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At the Healthcare Information Management Systems Society (HIMSS) annual conference on Sunday, HIMSS Senior Director of Privacy and Security Lisa Gallagher kicked off an all-day workshop Sunday on how providers can prepare for the potential impact of privacy and security under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).
The Office's chief medical officer says he does not use the technology to avoid the impact of a federal ban on e-prescribing controlled drugs.
In the HIE Symposium's opening keynote at HIMSS10, Congressman Phil Gingrey, MD (R-Ga.), said using the stimulus bill to drive adoption of integrated EMRs is "absolutely the right thing to do."
Congress probes safety risks as FDA suggests closer regulatory oversight of health IT products.
This past year has been the "tipping point" for e-prescribing, says Surescripts CEO and President Harry Totonis.
Recently funded Pennsylvania research net would be be 'main artery' for health info across state, says commerce secretary.
Open source software will make it easier to analyze and submit quality reports to public health organizations.
The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives filed its comments regarding the EHR Incentive Program with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on Friday. The comments address what the Ann Arbor, Mich.-based organization calls "critical concerns" regarding the proposed regulations that were unveiled on December 30, 2009.
After announcing that it would be postponing the release of its fourth quarter financial results, Watertown, Mass.-based athenahealth, Inc. (ATHN), which provides Web-based billing services to providers, saw its shares fall 13 percent in pre-market trading on Friday.
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT has launched "NHIN Direct" as a simpler way for physicians and consumers to exchange health information than through implementation of the full-blown Nationwide Health Information Network.