Meaningful Use
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services will be the first federal agency to test a mapping and data analysis tool developed by a White House oversight board to spot irregularities in the flow of economic stimulus funds.
David Blumenthal, MD, head of ONC, announced on Friday, June 18, the final rules for temporary certification of EHR products. With the temporary certification rule in place, he expects EHRs with this particular certification on the market by this fall.
As part of the National Health IT Week, held June 14-18 in Washington, DC, leaders of the the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) urged Congress to make haste on meaningful use, without losing sight of what can be realistically achieved by the industry.
Electronic health records certified under a new temporary certification program outlined by the government are expected to be on the market by fall, the nation's health IT chief said Friday.
The Office for the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology has announced a media briefing for June 18 on the final rule for a temporary certification program for electronic health record technology. The final rule will be published in the Federal Register today.
U.S. hospitals have a long way to go to reach the federal government's proposed standard of entering at least 10 percent of orders electronically, according to a new report from KLAS.
Steven P. Rosenberg, MD, of Palm Beach Dermatology, wants the Florida Board of Medicine to issue a statewide warning for EMRs. Why?
At the 2010 Government Health IT Conference and Exhibition held June 15-16 in Washington, DC, leaders from the brand new federal Regional Extension Center (REC) program showed their passion and determination for helping doctors achieve meaningful use.
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced Wednesday a $250 million federal investment aimed at increasing the number of primary care health professionals.
Carl Dvorak, executive vice president of Epic Systems, has been elected chairman of the HIMSS Electronic Health Record Association, and Charles Jarvis, vice president of healthcare services and government relations for NextGen Healthcare Information Systems, has been elected to the vice chair.