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Information exchange will be a big challenge in MU Stage 2
One of the greatest challenges in Meaningful Use Stage 2 will be the health information exchange and related transitions-of-care requirements. So many organizations have had trouble with the Stage 1
Blue Button logistics could make VA contest problematic
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is offering a $50,000 prize to anyone who can develop a personal health record (PHR) that uses the government's Blue Button download method to import
How far has Google Health really fallen?
John Moore of Chilmark Research, a respected health IT industry blogger, suggested this week that Google Health is "cryogenically" frozen in place after the disbanding of most of its development
MetroChicago HIE will be the nation's largest
The Metropolitan Chicago Healthcare Council (MCHC) has announced plans to develop what it says will be the largest health information exchange (HIE) in a U.S. metropolitan area. The MetroChicago
Health Language partners with MEDecision to take advantage of ICD-10
Health Language Inc., which specializes in terminology management, is partnering with MEDecision, which provides payer-based clinical summaries and care gap alerts to doctors. The aim of their
When will doctors and patients connect online?
Patient portals have become more important to healthcare providers because of their desire to show meaningful use of electronic health records. But there's a disconnect with patient care: While
Accenture contract will examine EMR real-world use
Under a new contract, Accenture will be working with the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology to develop and manage real-world "use cases" that ONC will use to help in
NCI developing 'ultra-light record' for cancer care, data exchange
It won't qualify you for Medicare and Medicaid EMR incentive payments, but a an "ultra-light record" based on standards of the National Cancer Institute's Cancer Biomedical Informatics Grid (caBIG)
Leading CIOs question timetable, specificity of meaningful use proposal
Uber-CIO Dr. John Halamka, of CareGroup Healthcare System in Boston, is known for his workaholic tendencies, mostly in the name of improving healthcare through information technology. After talking
