Can we keep politics out of meaningful use?

Date: Jul 28, 2010
The "Party of No" continues its unrelenting assault on anything the current administration does, and its latest victim is the final meaningful use criteria. Really. Read »

How will Berwick impact health IT adoption?

Date: Jul 09, 2010
While Congress was in recess, President Obama appointed Donald Berwick, MD, to lead the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, which has been without an administrator since 2006. Let's forget the usual politics for a moment and focus on the impact this appointment will make on health IT adoption. Read »

HITSP to continue to blaze a trail

Date: Jan 27, 2010
It was reported on Jan. 26 that the Healthcare Information Technology Standards Panel, better known as HITSP, will close shop when its contract expires Jan. 31, but John Halamka, MD, said a contract extension will keep HITSP operational until ONC awards work for the next evolution of standards development. Read »

Learn how to "thrive"

Date: Sep 15, 2009
It's been almost six years since former President Bush declared that he wanted every American to have an electronic health record (EHR) by 2014. President Obama has taken up the cause, citing health IT as an important component the healthcare reform and transformation, and he put our money on it.  Read »

H.R. 3014 helps the little guys

Date: Sep 03, 2009
Congress is returning to Capitol Hill on Tuesday, September 8, with healthcare reform staring them in the face. It's been a scorching summer in more ways than one, but there's one piece of legislation that should get a quick pass. Read »