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Technical Elements of the PCAST Vision: Part II

 Dr. John Loonsk February 21, 2011
PCAST is a shot across the bow of the current health IT agenda.
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ONC: Providers will see value in 2011 from information exchange

 Mary Mosquera February 21, 2011
Direct Project will spur 'sea change' in information exchange this year, while usability measures will smooth inconsistencies in EHRs.
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IOM wants to use EHRs, community data to keep people healthy

 Kathryn Foxhall February 21, 2011
IOM is exploring how to use various sources of data to measure and drive accountability for levels of population health.
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CDC award boosts hospital labs' ability to report results

 Mary Mosquera February 21, 2011
Surescripts, hospital and lab groups form 'lab interoperability cooperative' to link to public health agencies.
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GAO: CMS should reconcile e-prescribing, EHR incentive reporting

 Mary Mosquera February 18, 2011
CMS said it will propose methods to align reporting requirements of its e-prescribing and EHR incentive programs to relieve physicians' load.
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Louisiana fast tracks a statewide HIE

 Heather Hayes February 18, 2011
Following approval by the ONC of its strategic and operational plan, Louisiana moves quickly to develop health information network.
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Providers offer ideas for PCAST exchange goals but balk at burden

Mary Mosquera February 17, 2011
ONC sought methods over two days of testimony on how to realize PCAST goals for universal exchange language and metadata elements.
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HHS funds seven state insurance exchange IT designs

 Mary Mosquera February 16, 2011
HHS awards $241 million in early innovator grants to seven states and a group of states to develop IT models for health insurance exchanges.
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VA health IT receives budget boost

 Peter Buxbaum February 16, 2011
Despite the overall trend to cut fiscal 2012 government budgets, the Veterans Affairs' IT funding gets a big push from the Obama Administration
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Surescripts, AAFP will provide physicians direct information exchange

 Mary Mosquera February 15, 2011
AAFP will offer its 75,000 family physicians a Direct Project Web service over Surescripts network.
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HHS 2012 budget seeks increase in health IT funds

 Mary Mosquera February 15, 2011
ONC proposes increased health IT spending in 2012 from budget, as well as stimulus funds, as meaningful use program is well underway.
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FDA loosens rules on certain medical device data systems

 Kathryn Foxhall February 14, 2011
FDA final rule exempts from premarket review certain software and hardware used with medical devices.
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HHS expects new data warehouse to spur IT innovations

Mary Mosquera February 14, 2011
Health Indicators Warehouse offers vast collection of HHS health data and Web-based tools for IT developers to shape into new uses.
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Blumenthal takes issue with EHR adoption naysayers

Mary Mosquera February 11, 2011
About 18,000 providers have signed up to participate in EHR incentive program as ONC strengthens its support programs for meaningful use.
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EHRs can help researchers track newborns treated for disorders

Kathryn Foxhall February 11, 2011
NIH's child health center has developed a research network to track newborn disorders but needs physicians to collect the data in EHRs and send it to registries.
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Tricare seeks vendor data for military EHR system

 Mary Mosquera February 10, 2011
Tricare expects to issue soon a request for contract proposals for Web-based EHR for the military.
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Microsoft unveils state insurance exchange tools

 Mary Mosquera February 09, 2011
Microsoft will offer technology to help states establish statewide health insurance exchanges, including enrollment and eligibility technology.
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ONC boosts EHR funds for small, rural hospitals to $32M

 Mary Mosquera February 09, 2011
ONC adds $12 million to extension centers to help critical access and rural hospitals adopt EHRs, and assembles list of federal programs to aid rural meaningful users.
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FDA offers simpler path for new medical devices

Kathryn Foxhall February 09, 2011
Medical Device Innovation Initiative will provide a more predictable path to approval to attract innovation, FDA says.
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ONC seeks accreditor to manage EHR certifiers

 Mary Mosquera February 08, 2011
ONC will select a single approved accreditation organization to oversee EHR certification bodies as part of permanent program.
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