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CDC will use Direct protocol for health safety network
August 31, 2012 |
Mary Mosquera
CDC needs vendor to deploy Direct to help providers transmit data from EHRs using CDA document standard to National Healthcare Safety Network.
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Ryba's 16 rules of effective HIE
August 10, 2012 |
Joel Ryba
HIXNY COO Joel Ryba outlines sixteen tenets for enabling effective health information exchange -- and does so in response to a market wherein far too many products are being touted as HIE enablers when many are not.
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Beacons advance data tools to measure population health outcomes
August 9, 2012 |
Mary Mosquera
Beacon communities have emphasized the capture of structured data in EHRs and enhancing data quality so they can share and compare outcomes.
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Public health and HIE: Web services integration
August 8, 2012 |
Noam Arzt, PhD, FHIMSS
Noam Artz continues his series on public health, in this episode examining web services industry standards as a more sophisticated approach than the Direct protocol for exchanging health information.
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3 questions with...HealtheLink's Daniel Porreca
August 2, 2012 |
Kate Spies
The Western New York HIE's executive director discusses the pact HealtheLink signed with the VA this week to exchange clinical information among providers, the ways each sides will benefit, and challenges ahead.
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HealtheLink syncs up with Western NY VA hospital
August 1, 2012 |
Mike Miliard
The VA facility and regional HIE kicked off a pilot project to share clinical information under the VLER program.
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CONNECT posts open source HIE software patch
July 31, 2012 |
Tom Sullivan
Version 3.3.1 adds features requested by the SSA and VLER teams to the open source health information exchange software.
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Q&A: Why HIE needs an 'ATM-like appetite for health data' to flourish
July 30, 2012 |
Tom Sullivan
Health information exchange, much like online and ATM banking, will succeed when people cannot live without their health data. Someone has to create that appetite, says Reginald Coopwood, MD, chairman of HIP TN.
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Q&A: Mostashari weighs in on meaningful use, 2012 elections and more
July 20, 2012 |
Richard Pizzi
As the United States works to reform its care delivery system, health IT must play a critical role, said National Coordinator for Health Information Technology Farzad Mostashari, MD, interviewed at the Healthcare Unbound conference in San Francisco on Thursday.
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Microcosm for interstate exchange in Kentucky, Ohio
June 29, 2012 |
Patty Enrado
Kentucky HIE, HealthBridge and St. Elizabeth Healthcare are building are sharing health records across state borders today, and expecting to do even more of it moving forward.
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Kaiser to swap records with SSA via NwHIN-Exchange
June 25, 2012 |
Bernie Monegain
Health entities looking to streamline claims verification, move beyond print/fax/scan of patient records.
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Public health's 5 big data hurdles
June 11, 2012 |
Kate Spies
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.
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Editor's Desk: T.W.I.G. Notes
February 2, 2012 |
Tom Sullivan
This Week in Government Health IT: A triptych of 2012 predictions about ACOs, HIE, and ICD-10, all rather bold.
Editor's Desk: This Week in Government Health IT
January 5, 2012 |
Tom Sullivan
GOPers fear of healthcare questions, with an eye on New Hampshire a lesson learned in Iowa, HHS accomplishments, HIPAA 5010, CMS Innovation Advisors, and more.
Editor's Desk: This Week in Government Health IT
December 23, 2011 |
Tom Sullivan
Clueless doctors don't like sharing, HHS names Pioneer ACOs while other health org's remain uncertain about the model, federal health IT spending skyrockets, and Southeast Minnesota's use of NwHIN protocols to the benefit of both providers and patients.
Editor's Desk: This Week in Government Health IT
December 1, 2011 |
Tom Sullivan
Soaring EHR adoption? How sequestration might impact health IT, slight attestation delay, and the VA's CIO on VLER momentum.
Why the 3-month HIPAA 5010 enforcement delay is benign
November 22, 2011 |
David A. Feinberg, CDP
A look at who might really be affected by CMS decision to not enforce HIPAA compliance for 90 days beyond the deadline, with the four scenarios to consider starting on January 1, 2012.
Editor's Desk: This Week in Government Health IT
November 10, 2011 |
Tom Sullivan
OCR audits, PHI for HIEs, HIX IT, the value of electronic medical data in the theater of war, and more.
Editor's Desk: This Week in Government Health IT
November 3, 2011 |
Tom Sullivan
ACO, EHRs, HIE, disconcerting poll results about HIPAA 5010, and an explanation of why privacy compliance need not be so scary. Those and more.
Top 5 takeaways from annual MGMA show
November 1, 2011 |
Miriam Paramore
Meaningful use, HIE, ACOs and more were abuzz at the Medical Group Management Association's annual conference.
Editor's Desk: This Week in Government Health IT
October 27, 2011 |
Tom Sullivan
Syndromic surveillance even patients can use, ACOs of course, EHRs, ICD-10, HIPAA 5010 and Watson.
Are you feeling 10 percent healthier this year?
October 24, 2011 |
Steve O' Keefe: My Cup of IT
With salaries rising far less than health insurance premiums, perhaps it's time for something new, such as creativity, innovation, and sanity in care delivery.
Living document: Our ACO coverage all in one place -- updated 11/4/11
October 21, 2011 |
Tom Sullivan
Our own coverage of the final accountable care organization rule, as well as articles from Healthcare IT News, Healthcare Finance News, and EHRWatch.
What Dr. Seuss might have said about ICD-10
October 21, 2011 |
Steve Sisko
"Will ICD-10 succeed? Yes indeed, yes indeed! 98 and three-quarters percent guaranteed!" And other rhymes in the spirit of Dr. Seuss.