Regional Health Information Organizations (RHIOs) news from FierceHealthIT
NewsFocus on patients need when choosing an HIE strategy for 'meaningful use'
In what may as well be part of "Meaningful Use 101" curriculum for physicians, American Medical News this week examines a key but potentially problematic element of the federal standards required to Read more...
HIMSS10: IBM marches into HIE after closing Initiate deal
It may have been a coincidence that IBM closed on its acquisition of Initiate Systems just as HIMSS10 got underway in Atlanta last week. We're certain that it was no coincidence that IBM introduced a Read more...
HIPAA is getting stronger and the rules are getting tougher
In addition to authorizing a net $19.2 billion in health IT funding, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act tightens HIPAA privacy and security regulations. The standards will be more stringent Read more...
National Health Information Network begins test data exchange
Last week, a handful of participants began the first practical data exchange of the national health information network (NHIN), a move that gains significance in the wake of newly-passed $20 billion Read more...
California EDs set up health information exchange
A group of 23 California emergency departments have come together to form a health information exchange, beginning with medical information on patients in state health plans. The new HIE is being Read more...
Hospitals favoring CCHIT-certified vendors
It looks like the OK from the Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology (CCHIT) is starting to become important to health IT managers. New data from the HIMSS Analytics Database Read more...
Competitive fears slow growth of HIEs
While health information exchanges can have benefits for providers, many are uncomfortable sharing such data, as they fear that they could lose their competitive advantage. For that reason, many HIEs Read more...
NAHIT name game gives some vendors a headache
In theory, it doesn't make sense to move ahead with major IT initiatives until the industry has at least some clue as to how to define key terms. However, a recent effort by the National Alliance for Read more...
Non-profits wondering how IRS feels about RHIOs
As most readers know, it took what felt like an eternity for the IRS just to come out with it and say how it felt about non-profit hospitals' plans to make EMR donations to physicians. So complex Read more...
HIEs on the upswing despite tough odds
Color me impressed: If today's issue is any indication, HIEs may have a brighter future than I'd previously thought. For one thing, this week we saw at least one powerful employer--the California Read more...
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