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In the Office of the National Coordinator's new plan for EHR certification, not all certifiers will be created equal.

Five grantee teams have been selected as part of Project HealthDesign's national program that explores how personal health records can be used to capture and integrate patient-recorded observations of daily living (ODL) into clinical care.

Verizon Business launched a new platform Wednesday at HIMSS that will allow more than 350,000 physicians to digitally share patient notes by the end of the summer.

At the HIMSS10 Interoperability Showcase, the Federal Health Architecture (FHA) exhibited 40 kiosks of 23 scenarios involving 60 organizations, increasing its presence times eight.

Social media and evolving business models have completely changed job recruitment, and getting the best healthcare IT talent in the 21st century will require employers to adapt to a completely new talent landscape, said Dan DeMaioNewton, director of strategy and business development at Monster Worldwide, in a session Tuesday at HIMSS.

Surescripts report shows government incentive programs spur adoption, though others like Medicaid and DEA regulations, slow it.

Proposal sets up two-stage certification process to ensure EHRs are approved in time for upcoming meaningful use deadlines.

Group of House members say deadline for incentive plan compliance is too steep and that more flexibility is needed.

David Blumenthal, MD, the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, surprised a packed hall of attendees Tuesday afternoon at HIMSS10 with the release of the notice of proposed rulemaking on certification.

Healthcare IT is the foundation for transforming healthcare, and right now states are leading the way, according to Jim Douglas, the Republican governor of Vermont, at a Monday HIMSS10 session.