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Physicians eager but unprepared to meet Meaningful Use requirements
Although roughly half of physicians in a recent survey said they planned to apply to the Meaningful Use incentive program in 2011, few would have qualified for payments because their electronic
AHRQ hopes to help hospitals with health IT project workflow
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality hopes to address one of the most challenging aspects of big health information technology projects: workflow design. The federal agency announced it is
Docs working with regional extension centers attest to MU obstacles
Nearly three-fourths (74 percent) of physicians working with regional extension centers (RECs) to attest to the Meaningful Use of their electronic health records have encountered problems in doing
Mostashari: HIE, consumer engagement in healthcare will 'take off' in 2012
Health information exchange will take off in 2012, as will consumer and patient use of health information technology, according to National Coordinator for Health IT Farzad Mostashari in his latest
ONC 'dashboard' will evaluate REC performance
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) is creating a dashboard of provider information to assess the performance of ONC HIT grantees. The "ONC Health IT Dashboard," announced
REC, health tech vendor team to help docs meet Meaningful Use
The California Health Information Partnership and Services Organization (CalHIPSO) is joining forces with health technology vendor CDW Healthcare to enable the former--a federally designated regional
Regional extension centers struggling to help docs meet Meaningful Use
While the nation's 62 regional extension centers (RECs)--authorized by the HITECH Act to help small practice providers achieve Meaningful Use--recently surpassed an initial goal of signing up 100,000
ONC aims funding to boost EHR use by critical access, rural hospitals
An additional $12 million in new technical support assistance is being provided by the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) for Health IT to help critical access hospitals (CAHs) and rural
ONC adds $80M for meaningful use 'support players'
The use of regional extension centers (RECs), state health information exchanges (HIEs), and community college workforce programs is getting an $80 million push from the Office of the National
Regional extension centers get expanded period of funding
To help 62 regional extension centers better assist providers in adopting electronic health records, the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) for Health IT has announced in the Jan. 25 Federal
