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Alisa Ray, executive director of the Certification Commission for Health Information Technology, said Friday that CCHIT doesn't foresee a backlog of any kind in accommodating testing for meaningful use certification.
The Certification Commission for Health Information Technology announced Oct. 1 that it has tested and certified 33 electronic health record products under the ONC-ATCB program.
In testimony Sept. 30 before a congressional committee, Joyce Sensmeier, vice president, informatics for HIMSS, called for more streamlined and timely health information technology standards - and warned that without them the government risks creating marketplace confusion.
Grants will help states design electronic systems that will lead consumers through the maze of picking an affordable insurance plan.
GammaTech Computer Corp. is marketing its ruggedized tablet PC in the government healthcare sector, where it aims to take on Panasonic.
"The future physician of America" is a tech savvy one - one who reaches for an iPhone to choose clinical references, and who expects to use an EHR when he or she begins practicing, according to a recent survey of medical students.
Alliance Health Networks, which develops social health networks to unite individuals in online communities centered around diseases and conditions, has announced that Leavitt Partners - founded by former Secretary of Health and Human Services Michael O. Leavitt - will help it expand its presence in the U.S. healthcare industry and beyond.
The Department of Health and Human Services has awarded nearly $49 million to help 48 states and the District of Columbia plan for health insurance exchanges, including assessing existing information technology systems and infrastructure.
APP Design, a software development firm specializing in the design, development and integration of healthcare systems, announced that it has been selected to design and develop a real-time patient consent interface for WNYHealtheNet through its RHIOnet product.
Institute of Medicine will examine prevention of health IT-related errors for the Office of the National Coordinator.