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With a more urgent timeline for data sharing across the country, the government is now rethinking what the Nationwide Health Information Network – the NHIN.

Complying with the government's "meaningful use" definition to qualify for federal incentives will require a balancing act between improving patient care and using IT, according to experts.

With the release of the proposed rule on meaningful use, the glimmering potential of $44,000 in maximum bonuses for qualifying physicians is that much closer.

Standards organization Health Level Seven – HL7 changed its name to Health Level Seven International to represent its focus on the development of global healthcare IT standards.

The proposed meaningful use criteria up for public comment reflect “thoughtful policy,” said David Brailer, MD, the nation’s former healthcare IT chief – its first ever.

Medicaid programs in Tennessee and Pennsylvania will receive federal matching funds for state planning activities to implement the electronic health record incentive program established by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.

Providence Holy Cross Medical Center, a 254-bed hospital serving the North San Fernando and Santa Clarita Valleys in California, is revamping its healthcare IT with a $500,000 grant from Verizon.

His team makes him look good, William A. Spooner said last month in acknowledging he had been named CIO of the Year.

Providers are airing their concerns about the newly proposed "meaningful use" requirements as they begin to wade through the 700 pages of documents that will help them gain bonuses under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.

A recent merger of two workforce management vendors is designed to help hospitals and other healthcare providers improve staffing efficiency and the bottom line.