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EHR vendor cooperation vital to interoperability workgroup
The agreement by seven states, eight electronic health record vendors, and three health information exchange vendors on an initial set of standards for exchanging health data is a major step toward
NoMoreClipboard's Jeff Donnell: IT challenges stem from a lack of education
In a perfect world, collaborative care records would be used by all of the people, all of the time, says NoMoreClipboard President Jeff Donnell. "I think we have to get away from 'there's the patient
Google Health's demise spells trouble for 'untethered' PHRs
Google's decision to pull the plug on its Google Health platform, effective Jan. 1, 2012, is not unexpected. As John Moore of Chilmark Research points out, there have been numerous warning signs
Patient portal use becoming an inevitability
Members of the Health IT Policy Committee, a government advisory body, recently debated whether Stage 2 of meaningful use should require the use of web portals to provide patients with online
Standardization of data exchange remains a Holy Grail
Recently, I interviewed the CIO of a large Midwestern healthcare system about its plans to become an accountable care organization. The healthcare system was installing a well-known electronic health
CCDs help UPMC coordinate care across various settings
The continuity of care document (CCD), a standardized care summary designed for information exchange among different kinds of electronic medical records, has not been widely used up until now. But
HIMSS: Several meaningful use issues persist
Contrary to the beliefs of some, electronic health records are far from a silver bullet for healthcare documentation issues. Joyce Sensmeier, vice president of informatics with HIMSS, made that
Siemens hires John Glaser to lead health IT division, updates Soarian
As followers of our Twitter feed and fans of FierceHealthIT on Facebook learned on Friday, Siemens Healthcare scored a major coup by hiring Partners HealthCare System CIO John Glaser to be CEO of the
Small steps could support grand plans for meaningful use
If you think this whole "meaningful use" thing is a challenge, just wait 'til you hear what they're trying to do over in Europe. Last week, the European Commission--think of it as the executive
Geisinger to stress care coordination with Beacon Communities grant
Last week, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology announced that it would award two additional grants for the Beacon Communities program, on top of the 15 grants
