Government & Policy
A fistful of kinks need to be worked out before social media can truly help patients with chronic diseases.
The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged a former accountant at healthcare IT company Allscripts with insider trading, trades he's alleged to have conducted through his wife's account. The SEC alleges the violations occurred in April 2012 -- a time when the company was disarray.
Last October and November, as HealthCare.gov struggled to accommodate visitors and offer its promised user experience, HHS staff and contractors were, among other fixes, "adding server capacity" -- suggesting that the U.S. CTO's goals of technological innovation remain to be seen in health programs.
Kurt DelBene, longtime Microsoft executive, now the successor to Jeff Zients, the tech-surge czar at the Department of Health and Human Services gives his first detailed interview on what it's going to take to shore Healthcare.gov.
The Certification Commission for Health Information Technology will stop offering ONC testing and certification services. Instead, CCHIT will work toward increased IT interoperability by counseling providers and developers on certified EHR requirements, the group announced Jan. 29.
New national coordinator reveals that there has been "some internal thinking" about how ONC and other federal agencies might better align the spectrum of rules and regulations.
U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and U.K. Secretary of State for Health Jeremy Hunt signed an agreement Jan. 23 meant to strengthen the sharing of healthcare data and technology between the two countries.
The Stage 2 numbers for eligible docs are what some might call a little bit scary. Most office-based physicians are not prepared for the October 2014 beginning attestation date. In fact, many aren't even close.
The Office of the National Coordinator is looking for a new certification director at perhaps the most critical point in the evolution of the federal health IT incentive program. The new deputy would assume the post just as rulemaking and certification work starts for the third phase of the meaningful use program.
As we speak, scientists and technologists are combining rich stores of data with sophisticated detection modules that enable health plans to view provider behaviors from as many different angles as possible.