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How to complain about a certified EHR
ONC will direct complaints and concerns to the organization that certified the EHR for investigation.
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Mostashari: HIE road rules necessary to meaningful use
Governance for third parties and conditions for trusted exchange will result in HIE being automated, easy and scalable, Mostashari said.
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Q&A: 3M on how Open HDD and VA, DoD iEHR will trigger innovation
Jon Lindekugel, president of 3M Health Information Systems, speaks with Government Health IT about the newly open sourced health data dictionary and its potential implications for improving healthcare. Hint: Accurate, consistent, and complete clinical documentation.
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Full coverage of Election 2012
The national debate around healthcare has intensified in the 2012 elections. Government Health IT is deciphering the political doublespeak and asking the questions our readers find most pertinent – about politicians, healthcare policies and delivery system reform at the federal, state, and local levels.
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May 07
The uncertain future of health insurance exchanges
In this episode of the Political Malpractice podcast, Senior Editor Mary Mosquera discusses legislative wrangling inhibiting health insurance exchanges and looks at some states that are making tangible progress anyway.
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  • June 06, 2012
    HIMSS Virtual Conference & Expo
  • June 06, 2012
    SIIM 2012 Imaging Informatics Professional (IIP) Bootcamp
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    SIIM 2012 Annual Meeting
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Press Releases

May 29, 2012
LongView awarded $300M military health IT contract
May 29, 2012
Wheeling area businesses take action, call for the repeal of the Health Insurance Tax
May 29, 2012
West Wireless Health Institute appoints senior VP of government affairs, a newly created department
May 24, 2012
At EPA hearing, nurses say cutting greenhouse gases will improve nation's health
May 24, 2012
Modern Healthcare and ECRI Institute address interoperability challenges and risks
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NASCIO: 9 benefits of Medicaid IT Architecture 3.0
The recently-released MITA 3.0 framework and initiative could prove to be a boon to states, the federal government, vendors and the American public. In a new report, the National Association of State CIOs (NASCIO) outlines the advantages. MORE
CMS opens physician screening app contest
The competition aims to create a multi-state and multi-program software application to verify healthcare providers and reduce fraud and abuse. MORE
Texas: Great care, worst coverage
The state's political leaders appear to be striving for a status quo wherein a large number of citizens lack health insurance or the means to obtain it. Will that spark a shift among voters during the upcoming November elections? MORE
With eye on public health, Delaware, Michigan roll out clouds
Among the states deploying cloud computing infrastructures for a variety of agencies, Delaware and Michigan are aiming to bring public health entities into the fold. MORE
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May 29, 2012
Carl Natale

Political Analysis: Washington has bigger fights than the ICD-10 debate

Last year, Marilynn Tavenner was picked to succeed Donald Berwick as administrator at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). It was thought that Republicans wouldn't have significant objections to her considering her career lacked any controversy. MORE
May 25, 2012
Tom Sullivan

Editor's Desk: T.W.I.G. Notes

The top 10 IT projects at HHS, how big data can reduce inefficiencies, DHS' 5 security threats of medical devices, what the VA has learned since that 2006 data breach, and President Obama's nagging problem. MORE
May 24, 2012
Cari McLean

HIMSS to host Twitter chat with Aneesh Chopra May 30

The chat will focus on topics that will also be discussed during the Government Health IT conference in June. Here's a sampling of the questions that HIMSS hopes to ask Aneesh during the Twitter chat. MORE
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