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NewsCHIME slams proposed ACO rules on data sharing
The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME), representing the nation's chief information officers, sent the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) some hard-hitting Read more...
Premier, IBM collaborative concentrates on data sharing
Last week's announcement of a collaboration between IBM and the Charlotte, N.C.-based Premier healthcare alliance could mean improved patient quality for more than 2,400 hospitals and healthcare Read more...
Medicare/Medicaid health data sharing network proposed
In a recent letter to Congress, a group of health policy experts urged the creation of a network to share information on Medicare and Medicaid patients to improve treatment received. In particular, Read more...
Group discourages far-reaching patient data use consents
While it may make health organizations feel better, it's not a good idea to ask patients to offer blanket consents for many levels of health data disclosure according to a new report by the Health Read more...
Research uses of EMR data are critical, official says
For some time now, vendors have attempted to bolster their argument that EMRs offer a return on investment by citing their value as research tools. When data is culled from EMRs to use in public Read more...
Maryland BCBS plan invests $1.5M in EMRs
CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield has invested upwards of $1.5 million in two pilot EMR initiatives, with plans to create a statewide HIE if the tests prove successful. The move follows a recent Read more...
Trend: E-prescribing top HIT issue for 2008
It's looking like e-prescribing is going to be the hottest health IT issue under discussion in 2008, according to a growing list of observers and stakeholders in the industry. For one thing, much Read more...
HHS group wants stronger health data protections
A group advising HHS has recommended that the healthcare industry develop stronger privacy protections for digital health records--standards which should stand on their own two feet, rather than Read more...
Health IT bill stalled in Senate
A federal bill intended to foster the development of a national HIE and support the development of clinical data-sharing standards has stalled in the Senate. The bill, the Wired for Health Care Read more...
DOD, VA still struggling to share EMR data
So you think you're facing interoperability headaches? Try this project on for size. According to reps from the U.S. Department of Defense and the VA, the two have been struggling to share complete Read more...
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