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Roles of health executives evolve as IT increases in importance
Options for hospital CIOs who want to advance their careers and round out their professional skills continue to emerge as technology becomes more of a priority in healthcare, Bonnie Siegel, a
Study: Physician mergers, private networks won't hurt HIEs
Public community and state health information exchanges (HIEs) will still be useful even if physicians and other providers to merge into larger, more private networks. That's the conclusion of a new
HIE growth trending nationwide
Greater Houston Healthconnect, which completed its initial launch last December , is set to become one of the largest health information exchanges in Texas after merging with two adjacent HIEs this
Mostashari to Brailer: 'Tremendous movement' ahead for Health IT
National Coordinator for Health IT Farzad Mostashari, M.D., predicted 40 percent of primary care providers will have a basic electronic health record by the end of this year and that half will have
Experts: National HIE strategy evolving
There's consensus that the architecture of a nationwide health information network (NwHIN) is shifting. But there's less agreement as to whether this change is a favorable development. That's the
Special Edition: News roundup from an upbeat and social HIMSS 2012
No, you're not seeing double. We're publishing two issues of FierceHealthIT today, including this special edition that highlights some of the news, interviews, and commentary from the 2012...
CSC consultant: Healthcare reform is driving technology growth
Among the top concerns of health IT professionals attending the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society's (HIMSS) annual conference in Las Vegas last week were data mining and analysis,
Putting numbers to the challenges of HIE, Meaningful Use
With the release of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' proposed Meaningful Use Stage 2 rules as a backdrop, a flurry of health IT surveys shed light on provider's preparedness for the
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
CMS releases Stage 2 Meaningful Use proposals
Officials with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) today announced the proposed requirements for Stage 2 Meaningful
