There is growing interest in the health care information technology community in an emerging data exchange technology known as FHIR (pronounced “fire”). Last year we held a webinar on the topic with Dr. John Halamka, CIO of Beth Israel Deaconess Me…
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On December 1, 2014, CMS released an NPRM updating policies under the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP). The proposed rule outlines proposed changes and seeks feedback in key program areas, including some health IT components. Comments are due …
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HHS released a draft report that includes a proposed strategy and recommendations for a health information technology (health IT) framework, which promotes product innovation while maintaining appropriate patient protections and avoiding regulator…
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Healtheway Calls for Industry to Band Together to Transform Dream of Nationwide Health Data Sharing into a Reality Carequality, a new initiative dedicated to accelerating progress in health data exchange among multi-platform networks, healthcare pro…
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I appeared on the Fed Tech Talk radio program on Federal News Radio which aired on WFED 1500 AM in Washington, DC on January 28, 2014. It was a fun discussion with host John Gilroy (check out his blog here ) where we discussed the Office of the Nat…
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This is my post on the value of health information technology for National Health IT week . So far we have not yet fully been able to realise the value of health IT. While great efforts at adopting electronic health records and interoperability and …
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After eleven years working at Mid-Columbia Medical Center (MCMC) in The Dalles, Oregon, I have decided to take advantage of some new opportunities and move on from the organization. This was a very difficult decision to make because I truly love MC…
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The latest SK&A " Physician Office Usage of Electronic Health Records Software " report shows continued growth in EHR software adoption, with 50% adoption in medical offices. In addition to reported trends by specialty, office size, ap…
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