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Berwick's resignation from CMS bad news for health IT
The resignation of Don Berwick last week after 18 months as administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) should be a cause of concern in the healthcare industry, as well as
Tracking system to help CDC monitor hospital med use
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has launched a new antibiotic use tracking system for hospitals, designed to increase the appropriateness of antibiotic prescribing. The system
Meaningful Use about better care, not just better technology
About a quarter of hospitals are qualified to meet the Stage 1 Meaningful Use criteria, according to a recent CHIME survey . Many institutions are still finding it difficult to implement the necessary
De-funding Center for Medicare Innovation would kill best part of reform
A story in FierceHealthcare last week really disturbed me. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, widely referred to as "healthcare reform" and mocked by some as a government takeover of
ONC contract could lead to another seminal IOM report
I've lost count as to the number of contracts the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology has handed out in its efforts to promote and advance the field of health IT, but
Politics aside, Berwick is the right choice to lead CMS
As you've likely heard by now, President Obama has circumvented the Senate confirmation process to install Dr. Donald M. Berwick as administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services via
As CMS chief, Berwick will embrace IT as long as it improves quality
You've no doubt heard the news that Dr. Donald M. Berwick will be named administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Berwick, founder and CEO of the Cambridge, Mass.-based
Classen: NQF trumps vendors in meaningful use 'tug-of-war'
We unfortunately missed the Institute for Healthcare Improvement's annual forum on quality improvement last week, but Hospitals & Health Networks had a whole crew down in Orlando, Fla., to cover
