Quality and Safety

 
First glimpse at meaningful use stage 3 measures
August 2, 2012 |
Mary Mosquera
While meaningful use stage 3 will include more clinical decision support and care coordination, standards for interoperability remain a barrier. Other industry improvements the HIT Policy Committee is gunning for involve quality, safety, efficiency, patient engagement and population health.
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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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House subcommittee votes to defund AHRQ
July 19, 2012 |
Erin McCann
Controversial bill prohibits federal funding of patient-centered outcomes research. Republicans claim intent is to reduce over-regulation, ineffective spending.
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ONC tests health IT to reduce prescription drug abuse
June 21, 2012 |
Mary Mosquera
Indiana and Ohio will pilot efforts to make expand and improve access to statewide prescription drug monitoring databases.
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AHRQ offers e-prescribing toolsets for docs, pharmacies
June 12, 2012 |
Mike Miliard
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has released two toolsets, one for small physician practices and one for independent pharmacies, meant to help support e-prescribing implementation.
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CMS chief optimistic Supreme Court will uphold heathcare reform
June 12, 2012 |
Diana Manos
Marilyn Tavenner, acting administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, speaking at a June 7 session of the Accountable Care Organization Summit, said she was optimistic the upcoming Supreme Court ruling would support the health reform law.
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CHI taps Orion Health for enterprise HIE
June 12, 2012 |
Patty Enrado
Catholic Health Initiatives is partnering with Orion Health to build an enterprise-wide HIE that will enable physicians and clinicians to access patient records across its 100 facilities in 19 states. Once connected, CHI plans to link to statewide HIEs in states where its 76 hospitals are located.
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Report gives many hospitals a C in patient safety
June 6, 2012 |
Kaiser Health News www.kaiserhealthnews.org

In a contested new report, Leapfrog Group finds surprises among well-respected hospitals, but notes that even public hospitals can choose to be safe.
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Top 10 data breaches include public health departments
June 6, 2012 |
Michelle McNickle
Three of the four most significant data breaches thus far this year happened at academic or public health departments. Here's a look at the top ten.
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HHS awards Archimedes health data analytics contract
April 30, 2012 |
Mary Mosquera
The contract for the San Francisco-based firm is worth up to $5 million for modeling and simulation software to analyze diseases, treatments and delivery settings.
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Oklahoma gets little attention, but offers 43 delegates
March 6, 2012 |
Bernie Monegain
National political pundits seem to have little to nothing to say about Oklahoma. They save the lion's share of punditry for Ohio, as the nation inched its way to Super Tuesday.
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Performance relies on health IT, Corrigan says
February 22, 2012 |
Mike Miliard
Measures and incentives should be embedded in public reporting programs in every layer of the healthcare system, NQF's CEO said.
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Mostashari perfectly bipartisan, even in these partisan times
April 27, 2011 |
Mary Mosquera
The ONC head, much like the history of Health IT, struck a bipartisan balance, focusing instead on harnessing technology to improve healthcare.
Technical Elements of the PCAST Vision: Part II
February 21, 2011 |
John Loonsk
This is the second commentary in a series about the recent "Report to the President - Realizing the Full Potential of Health Information Technology to Improve Healthcare for Americans - The Path Forward" from the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST). The recommendations have broad implications for the "Meaningful Use" criteria of the HITECH incentive payments for physician adoption of Electronic Health Records (EHRs).
The State of Health Information Technology According to PCAST: Part I
February 8, 2011 |
John Loonsk
Before President Obama gave his State of the Union Address, the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) addressed the state of health information technology after HITECH and round I of Meaningful Use. Like the President, the report sought an upbeat tone, but there is no question that it recommends major changes in the national health IT agenda.
Approaches to statewide patient identification: pros and cons
September 30, 2010 |
Scott Schumacher
Determining the best way to identify patients statewide or nationally is one of the hottest topics of debate within today’s health IT community.
Finding common ground on global healthcare
June 1, 2010 |
Steve Rohleder
It is striking how much people around the world have in common when it comes to healthcare delivery. They share, for example, a perception that their governments should be doing more to make healthcare accessible to the most vulnerable and that their governments do not engage them enough when it comes to setting priorities for healthcare spending.
Lessons of the military's global EHR
April 26, 2010 |
Capt. Michael Weiner
As the nation moves toward standards for EHR and the Nationwide Health Information Network, the future of electronic health records has arrived.
Meaningful use: Start small, think big
February 18, 2010 |
Lorraine Fernandes
Between 13 percent and 35 percent of physicians would not meet the current definition of an "eligible provider" (EP) under the proposed meaningful use rules now being finalized by government health IT policymakers.