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HHS awards contract for medical identity fraud study
HHS's Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology has awarded a $450,000 conract to Booz Allen Hamilton to scope out the size of the medical identity theft problem in the Read more...
Federal HIT coordination office releases five-year plan
HHS's Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONCHIT) has released its five-year strategic plan, designed to help federal agencies synch up their health IT efforts. While the plan is broad, Read more...
Study: 75 percent of states developing HIEs
A new study has concluded that three-quarters of states have begun developing some form of HIE. The study, released by the State-Level HIE Consensus Project, found that while many projects are on Read more...
HIMSS08: Kolodner expects increase in EMR use
Just in case you haven't had your fill, here's more optimism from the feds on HIT adoption. (As for me, it's getting a bit grating, as I don't see enough going on to actually make adoption happen.) Read more...
ALSO NOTED: Mayo ditches paper invoicing; ONCHIT asks for help with key HIT definitions; and much more...
> The Mayo Clinic has ditched paper invoices completely, substituting a paper-free invoicing system. Article > The Office of the Read more...
Study: States making headway on HIE privacy
Most states have made progress in establishing privacy and security standards for HIEs over the past 18 months, according to a new study. The study, which came from the Office of the National Read more...
Radical health IT changes not expected in '08
Despite widespread talk of radical changes in health IT infrastructures and business practices, at least two senior health IT leaders think we're getting ahead of ourselves, according to an interview 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...
SPOTLIGHT: Getting a grip on HIT terminology
Here at FierceHealthIT, I use the term "EMR" rather than "EHR" to describe electronic records, as I believe the word "health" in the latter is unnecessarily vague. But that's just one editor's Read more...
Report: RHIOs need governance, technical standards
A new AHIMA report examining how RHIOs and HIEs are run has concluded that the industry sorely needs technical and governance standards--and a fair amount of direct state guidance and support--to Read more...
Paid Research Reports
- Stakeholder Opinions: Percutaneous Coronary Intervention - Adverse events with drug-eluting stents demand a new safety standard
- Impact of Pharmacogenomics on Public Healthcare Policy
- The Cardiovascular Disorders Market Outlook to 2012
- 2008 Trends to Watch: Pharmaceutical Technology
- Pharmaceutical Pricing and Reimbursement: Strategies for market access across the US, Europe, Japan and other key geographies