This Week in Government Health IT ... HIE, HIT in a single act play, Vermont continues toward single-payer, reauthorized funding for public health, and the feds at HIMSS13.
This Week in Government Health IT ... the omnibus rule from several different perspectives, state CIOs top priorities, and consumerizing health services.
This Week in Government Health IT ... an Achilles Heel of the ACA, incentives hampering interoperability, states moving to ACO and PCMH models, breaches breaches and more breaches, and a new podcast.
The health IT model communities around the country have expanded EHRs and information exchange, more community partnerships and innovative tools -- and as their federal grant status winds down at this year's end, ONC is working to leverage what the test beds have learned about HIT standards, policies, as well as what works and what does not.
With just over a million people across Honolulu and the rural islands, Hawaii has a unique healthcare system, and several public and private incentive programs are encouraging IT use.
A visit to Hawaii's Beacon community, bridging private and public health to bolster care for veterans, VA and DoD mobile app for PTSD, and not your grandma's Medicaid.
Intrepid senior editor Mary Mosquera visited a Beacon on the Big Island and found that its volcanic and isolated geography poses a number of challenges — along with some unique but distinct advantages.
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.
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.
Many states are using the health reform law as a tool they didn't have before to drive care delivery and payment changes. Here's a look at how two such states are proceeding.