OSEHRA taps Halamka among IT heavy hitters for board of directors to guide open source work on VA's VistA innovations and VA-DOD iEHR.

Empowering patients to take a more active role in their own health care is only the beginning of what social media is making possible.

CGI will develop, test and maintain the Hawai'i Health Connector, and establish eligibility, enrollment, plan management, reporting systems.

HHS made it official: The ICD-10 compliance deadline will be pushed back. The WHO, meanwhile, has said it plans to make ICD-11 available in 2015 -- which creates a potentially strategic intersection for U.S. healthcare companies.

Reporting from HIMSS13, No World Borders managing partner Mike Arrigo spotlights the initial steps the newly-formed CommonWell Health Alliance intends to pursue.

Based on CMS projections combined with an estimated risk rate, the numbers total a sum equal to the loan portfolio write-down by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. This top line reimbursement risk could redistribute healthcare wealth enough to trigger bankruptcies, consolidations, mergers, and radical shifts in health IT companies and products.

Shortly after the National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS) recommended that the United States adopt ICD-10, the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) assembled a session on the code scheme for its annual conference. The last-minute addition was so late, in fact, that the MGMA did not have time to include it on the printed agenda, and the only available time slot was 7 a.m.

The application contest is designed to come up with a list of top five trending illnesses for the past 24 hours for public health surveillance.

NextGen vice president of EDI Ana Croxton explains software vendors' role in the HIPAA 5010 and ICD-10 conversions, and reveals intentions to create a "sandbox" for ICD-10 codes.

Federal agencies have made considerable progress rooting out fraud and abuse of the healthcare system, yet much work remains. Roger Foster looks at how CMS can use big data tools to fight fraud and abuse at all levels.

Amongst the growing projects issued to the public health sector, what are big data's challenges and what are its benefits? Here are our top five obstacles.

With his repeated vows to repeal the PPACA, a President Romney might be more cheerleader than funder for health IT, including the meaningful use program, which some experts said could become an attractive target for cuts because there is money promised but not yet paid.

CMS has paid out $400 million in incentives, while 77,000 providers registered as of July for Medicare and Medicaid meaningful use programs.

A tidal wave of health data is flooding government agencies. Here are 5 ways to use big data to reduce redundancies and unnecessary expenses while achieving better care outcomes that bolster population health.

ONC publishes first set of EHRs approved under the temporary certification program to meet meaningful use deadlines for 2011.

Despite progress and incentives, usability remains an issue for electronic health records. Booz Allen Hamilton consultants explain why, and point to 4 themes on the future of EHRs.

Health IT Policy Committee emphasizes care coordination among its stage 2 meaningful use measures.

The unfunded mandate promises to demand a new set of professional capabilities – and a workforce armed with those skills.

Federal agencies including FDA, AHRQ, NIST, will work with ONC on patient safety reporting, surveillance, and information sharing.

Soundbites and slogans don't approximate the whole PPACA picture, but many U.S. citizens base their understanding -- and potentially their votes -- solely on what politicians tell the public.