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Blumenthal: "It's just the beginning of the beginning"
Date: Sep 03, 2010 I don't normally blog on Fridays, but after speaking with Dr. David Blumenthal, head of ONC, yesterday after the announcement of the final two Beacon communities, I didn't want to wait to post until Tuesday.
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It's official: CCHIT and the Drummond Group can certify EHR products
Date: Aug 31, 2010 The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT announced that it has authorized the Certification Commission for Health Information Technology and the Drummond Group to certify EHR products to qualify for the federal incentives for meaningful use of EHRs.
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The Mad dash to health IT adoption
Date: Aug 25, 2010 Despite the relaxation of the proposed meaningful use criteria for the adoption of EHRs and EMRs, critics claim that the final rule is still too stringent and the rushed timeline will doom the whole transformation to a fully electronic healthcare delivery system. Politics aside, the critiques are actually a good thing.
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Medical certification boards help drive critical mass of health IT
Date: Aug 10, 2010 Continuing on the theme of Monday’s blog on driving critical mass, two significant medical certification boards - the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) and the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) - have announced their intention to make health IT deployment a standard in their assessment and certification of physician competency.
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Payers continue to support health IT adoption
Date: Aug 09, 2010 Commercial payers don't come to mind when you think of health IT adoption, but many have been active in the area for quite a while.
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ONC, CMS handholding physicians
Date: Aug 05, 2010 The final rule on the meaningful use of EHRs may have been released three weeks ago, but the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid are not idly standing by.
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Glaser offers solid advice
Date: Jul 27, 2010 Suffice to say, when John Glaser speaks, the healthcare industry should listen. Even as Glaser moves from the healthcare provider and policy areas of the industry to the vendor side, he remains a respected authority on healthcare IT.
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The Road to EMR adoption: A Q&A with Heather Haugen and Jeffrey Woodside, Part 3
Date: Jun 25, 2010 This is the third installment of the interview conducted with Heather Haugen and Jeffrey Woodside, MD, whose book, Beyond Implementation: A Prescription for Lasting EMR Adoption, was published in May.
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Will "temporary" hurt the ARRA incentive program?
Date: Jun 21, 2010 David Blumenthal, MD, head of ONC, announced on Friday, June 18, the final rules for temporary certification of EHR products. With the temporary certification rule in place, he expects EHRs with this particular certification on the market by this fall.
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Home-based care needs EHRs
Date: Jun 15, 2010 We're starting to see more validation for EHR implementation from multiple organizations and different segments of the healthcare delivery system. This is good news.
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