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NewsNIST awards EHR testing contract, ONC seeks to re-identify HIPAA data
As work continues to implement the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology is looking for a contractor to re-attach Read more...
National leadership for health IT
The health IT community was rather stunned when President George W. Bush dropped this one line into his 2004 State of the Union address: "By computerizing health records, we can avoid dangerous Read more...
The inside track on behing a healthcare solutions architect
Thanks to the stimulus bill, health IT implementations are going forward at a rapid pace. There's no way that the industry can produce enough healthcare-specific experts to run all of these projects, Read more...
HIMSS defines 'meaningful use' of EMRs for Medicare incentives
So, soon providers will get incentives for putting EMRs into place--but as is usually the case, there's a catch. To get Medicare incentive payments, it's not enough to simply roll out the technology; Read more...
Health IT stimulus includes Medicare EMR incentives
The stimulus spending plan promoted by President Obama has passed, including a healthy $20 billion in IT spending that will largely be funneled through CMS to provide incentives for EMR adoption. The Read more...
Q&A: TEPR founder Peter Waegemann
We had a chance to talk with Medical Records Institute CEO and TEPR founder Peter Waegemann on a number of issues, including how and why the show plans to expand its audience, and the future of Read more...
What Obama's administration means to health IT
According to TEPR founder Peter Waegemann, only time will tell how much success the Obama administration will have in the field of health IT. A strong advocate of mobile health, Waegemann believes Read more...
Hospitals favoring CCHIT-certified vendors
It looks like the OK from the Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology (CCHIT) is starting to become important to health IT managers. New data from the HIMSS Analytics Database Read more...
CCHIT plans to incorporate HHS framework for PHRs
Last week, the HHS released a privacy and security framework for health IT. Now, the Certification Commission for Healthcare IT is planning to incorporate some of the framework into its own personal Read more...
Privacy should be #1 PHR priority, CCHIT committee says
While other issues matter, privacy should be the top priority in setting certification criteria for PHRs, according to a task force run by the Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Read more...
| Press ReleasesMorrisey Associates' Morrisey Concurrent Care Manager™ Version 2 Receives Leading Certification Under Federal ProgramCHICAGO, Jan. 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Morrisey's Morrisey Concurrent Care Manager (MCCM™) Version 2 is certified as an electronic health records (EHRs) module under a federal program. Hospitals that Read more >> Hello Health Inc. Receives ONC-ATCB 2011/2012 Certification for Hello Health Version 5.0NEW YORK, Dec. 5, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Hello Health Inc. announced today that Hello Health, Version 5.0, is 2011/2012 compliant and was certified as a Complete EHR on November 30, 2011 by the Read more >> gloStream's Electronic Medical Record gloEMR Version 6.0 Receives 2011 CCHIT CertificationEMR Solution Meets Highest Standards for Security, Functionality and InteroperabilityTROY, Mich., Sept. 22, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- gloStream, maker of gloEMR and gloPM – the only electronic medical Read more >> The Criterions EHR Has Been Selected for New York City REACH EHR Partner ListGREAT NECK, N.Y., Sept. 9, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- NYC REACH, the Regional Extension Center overseen by the Primary Care Information Project at the NYC Health Department, has selected the Criterions EHR Read more >> Sevocity Division of Conceptual MindWorks Inc.'s Sevocity EHR Earns CCHIT 2011 CertificationSevocity Electronic Health Record Achieves 5 Star Usability RatingSAN ANTONIO, July 12, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Sevocity, the leader in cloud-based Electronic Health Records, today announced that Read more >> |
