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CHIME calls for more focused ONC effort on patient safety

 Bernie Monegain February 07, 2013
In comments submitted to ONC, CHIME suggested a multi-stakeholder approach involving both federal and private partners.
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MAP weighs in on performance measures

 Mike Miliard February 05, 2013
The Measure Applications Partnership encourages public and private health entities to use the same measurement approaches and measures, in a new report outlining its suggestions to HHS.
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Why HIE hinges on terminology standards

 Viet Nguyen, MD February 04, 2013
That the industry needs standards to facilitate the flow of data is widely understood. It's figuring out what those should be that's proving to be difficult.
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Salient Federal Solutions Awarded $17 Million Contract by OPM for Complete Software Life Cycle Support for Retirement, Health and Insurance Benefits

 Industry News Release January 31, 2013
Salient Federal Solutions, Inc. (Salient), a provider of information technology, engineering, and intelligence analytic services to agencies in the intelligence, defense, homeland security, cyber security, and federal civilian markets, today announced the award of the Systems Support, Maintenance and Development (SSMD) contract for the US Office of Personnel Management (OPM)'s Benefits Systems Division. This one-year award, made under the OPM BPA, has three one–year option periods with an anticipated value of $17 million.
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5 biggest HIT VC deals and mergers of 2012

 Mike Miliard January 30, 2013
"The HIT sector really took off in 2012," according to the author of a new report finding that the realm more than doubled in investment activity over 2011.
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Healthcare hiring, pay to accelerate in 2013

 Bernie Monegain January 29, 2013
Heightened competition for healthcare talent will trigger higher compensation, according to a new report, and employers are also stepping up retention efforts.
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What to expect from federal HIT officials at HIMSS13

 Healthcare IT News Staff January 29, 2013
From Carolyn Clancy to Farzad Mostashari, with a former U.S. President topping it all off, federal health IT experts and agency heads will be presenting at the annual HIMSS conference in New Orleans come March.
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5 findings in ONC HIE research

 Mary Mosquera January 28, 2013
HIE research aims to help with technical and business skills for query-based exchange, push notification and subscription services, provider directories, master data management and consumer engagement.
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HL7 forms clinical quality information workgroup

 Bernie Monegain January 25, 2013
Group to focus creating a single point of coordination between stakeholders and those working to improve quality, HL7 CEO Charles Jaffe says.
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WEDI conducts ICD-10 readiness survey

 Carl Natale January 25, 2013
The Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI) is conducting a survey of ICD-10 preparedness. The questions are geared toward an organization's status and how the one-year delay affected plans.
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State Medicaid IT upgrades progressing, Kaiser survey finds

 Anthony Brino January 24, 2013
The Kaiser Family Foundation's annual survey of state Medicaid programs shows progress on interoperability and states mostly preparing to comply with the ACA's IT requirements, even if some are rejecting Medicaid expansion.
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mHealth VC slowed in second half of 2012

 Erin McCann January 22, 2013
Venture capitalists were cautious when it came to technologies that impact patient care, according to a new report, which also explained that a more stable investment environment may be better in the long run.
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49 community health centers win grants to boost HIT infrastructure

 Bernie Monegain January 21, 2013
Each of the grantees chose a project to advance their health IT systems, including meaningful use training, medical coding training, and performance improvement.
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Quick parse: 4 parts to HIPAA final rule on Privacy and Security

 Tom Sullivan January 17, 2013
The document is nearly 600 pages, but early on HHS explains that there are four rules within the omnibus final HIPAA Privacy and Security rule. Here they are, straight from the source.
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Accelerate Healthcare Reform with Information Technology

 Government Health IT Staff January 17, 2013
The current agenda is clear: wherever possible, reduce costs and improve quality-of-care services. These directives are in perfect alignment with the role of virtual and cloud computing infrastructure technologies, which help to lower costs and increase clinician productivity while future-proofing IT investments. As healthcare reform deadlines rapidly approach, choosing the right information technology (IT) platform will be critical to the success or failure of new services and exchanges. It will determine the ease or di!culty of updating existing applications and managing new ones. It will also serve as a foundation to help ensure that all healthcare services are secure, accessible and easy enough for citizens to access and use.
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CMS gives states more health insurance exchange details, options

 Mary Mosquera January 15, 2013
CMS proposes rule that outlines more standards, systems, flexibility for coordination of state health insurance exchanges, Medicaid and CHIP.
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Commentary: 3 ways to realign incentives and enable a functioning HIE market

 Dan Haley January 14, 2013
athenahealth VP of government and regulatory affairs Dan Haley offers an insider's take on the "interoperation" problem and how the EHR meaningful use incentives program could be tailored to correct it.
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VA kicks off $9M VistA contest

 Erin McCann January 10, 2013
The department is looking to boost the medical scheduling system for its EHR and will award up to $3 million for each winner.
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OCR's message in HIPAA settlement: Encrypt your data

 Erin McCann January 03, 2013
The fine that HHS levied against Hospice of North Idaho sends a strong message that no breach is too small for OCR to investigate and penalize health organizations for.
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OCHIN will use grant to help community health centers become PCMHs

 Diana Manos January 02, 2013
HRSA awarded OCHIN a three-year grant to guide participating centers in crafting a plan to ultimately achieve patient-centered medical home status.
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