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The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives says questions on reporting, product certification and implementation deadlines could hinder efforts to implement electronic health records under recently proposed federal regulations.
Applications for the $6 million project for higher education institutions that want to develop competency exams for a new healthcare IT workforce are due Jan. 25, and details will be critical to success, said Charles Friedman, deputy national coordinator for healthcare IT.
A CSC survey suggests that many hospitals and physician practices aren't ready to meet the terms of “meaningful use” of healthcare IT by 2015.
Seventeen members and affiliate program participants of the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives are the first to be credentialed as Certified Healthcare CIOs and CHCIO-Eligible.
Most providers believe their electronic medical record systems will meet 2011 meaningful use deadlines, says a new survey.
Officials say a San Diego pilot program marks a key milestone in meeting a presidential priority to expand military health record sharing.
ONC seeks firm to test ability to re-identify personal health data that has been scrubbed of digital links to an individual.
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, says an expert from the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society.
Eighty-five percent of healthcare providers believe their ambulatory electronic medical record software will enable them to meet the 2011 meaningful use deadlines being considered by the federal government, according to a new report from KLAS.
The Mountain States Health Alliance has deployed new electronic health record and practice management solutions for its 300 employed and affiliated physicians and mid-level providers.