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NewsProposed legislation to ease telemedicine licensing, credentialing
Amidst calls to fix what some see as an unnecessarily restrictive technicality, proposed legislation for an integrated, universal credentialing database and simplified license applications seek to Read more...
Allscripts contest aims to create EHR-agnostic CDS tool
Allscripts has launched a Million Hearts Initiative Clinical Decision Support Challenge, aligned with the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services' Million Hearts campaign to prevent 1 million Read more...
Collegiate contest offers $10K prize for best mobile health app
The Institute of Medicine and the National Academy of Engineering have announced their second annual contest to spur health IT innovations by college students. The "Go Viral to Improve Health" Read more...
Government exchange considered to gather HIT innovation data
The Department of Health and Human Services has announced plans to develop an exchange to continually scan and collect data on health IT innovations and to help identify where critical problems or Read more...
OIG eyes 2011 health IT initiatives
With new changes ahead with health information technology in the Medicare and Medicare programs, the Health and Human Services' Office of the Inspector General (OIG) announced its intention in its Read more...
White House panel wants common language for HIE
A White House advisory commission is calling on CMS and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology to adopt a "universal exchange language" to help simplify and Read more...
HHS agenda looks to IT for self-management, patient engagement
HHS' newest 10-year health goals for the country, Healthy People 2020, focus on prevention, shared decisionmaking between patients and providers, personalized self-management of health conditions Read more...
HHS: Laptop theft is No. 1 source of health data breaches
Here's another reminder: Secure your laptop computers. HHS officials last week confirmed what many people have long suspected: Laptop theft is the most common source of health data breaches affecting Read more...
Blumenthal floats idea of multiple paths to 'meaningful use'
National health IT coordinator Dr. David Blumenthal seemingly wants some flexibility built into future requirements for "meaningful use" of health IT. But providers shouldn't be cheering just yet, Read more...
Donald Berwick - Disruptive Forces in Health IT
Who: Donald M. Berwick, M.D. Current position: Administrator, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Location: Washington, D.C. Fast facts: A Read more...
| Press ReleasesHHS awards more than $14 million to support patient-centered outcomes researchFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEWednesday, September 15, 2010
Contact: National Institute for Minority Health and Health Disparities(301) 402-1366
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