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VA open source group names board of health IT experts

Mary Mosquera March 07, 2012
OSEHRA taps Halamka among IT heavy hitters for board of directors to guide open source work on VA's VistA innovations and VA-DOD iEHR.
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3 ways social media is transforming the doctor-patient relationship

 Chris Foster January 17, 2012
Empowering patients to take a more active role in their own health care is only the beginning of what social media is making possible.
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Hawaii selects CGI to build health insurance exchange

 Mary Mosquera December 10, 2012
CGI will develop, test and maintain the Hawai'i Health Connector, and establish eligibility, enrollment, plan management, reporting systems.
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If HHS delays ICD-10 long enough, could the U.S. adopt ICD-11 instead?

 Tom Sullivan February 16, 2012
HHS made it official: The ICD-10 compliance deadline will be pushed back. The WHO, meanwhile, has said it plans to make ICD-11 available in 2015 -- which creates a potentially strategic intersection for U.S. healthcare companies.
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3 top priorities for CommonWell

 Michael F. Arrigo March 04, 2013
Reporting from HIMSS13, No World Borders managing partner Mike Arrigo spotlights the initial steps the newly-formed CommonWell Health Alliance intends to pursue.
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Could ICD-10 have as big a financial impact as the mortgage crisis? Yes. Here's why.

Michael F. Arrigo October 17, 2011
Based on CMS projections combined with an estimated risk rate, the numbers total a sum equal to the loan portfolio write-down by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. This top line reimbursement risk could redistribute healthcare wealth enough to trigger bankruptcies, consolidations, mergers, and radical shifts in health IT companies and products.
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HHS launches Twitter public health app contest

 Mary Mosquera March 20, 2012
The application contest is designed to come up with a list of top five trending illnesses for the past 24 hours for public health surveillance.
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Q&A: HIPAA 5010 and ICD-10 from a vendor's perspective

 Tom Sullivan October 30, 2011
NextGen vice president of EDI Ana Croxton explains software vendors' role in the HIPAA 5010 and ICD-10 conversions, and reveals intentions to create a "sandbox" for ICD-10 codes.
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Top 9 fraud and abuse areas big data tools can target

 Roger Foster May 14, 2012
Federal agencies have made considerable progress rooting out fraud and abuse of the healthcare system, yet much work remains. Roger Foster looks at how CMS can use big data tools to fight fraud and abuse at all levels.
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Public health's 5 big data hurdles

 Kate Spies June 11, 2012
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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Would Romney kill meaningful use?

 Erin McCann October 29, 2012
With his repeated vows to repeal the PPACA, a President Romney might be more cheerleader than funder for health IT, including the meaningful use program, which some experts said could become an attractive target for cuts because there is money promised but not yet paid.
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CMS counts early EHR incentive adopters

Mary Mosquera August 04, 2011
CMS has paid out $400 million in incentives, while 77,000 providers registered as of July for Medicare and Medicaid meaningful use programs.
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How to harness big data for improving public health

 Roger Foster April 03, 2012
A tidal wave of health data is flooding government agencies. Here are 5 ways to use big data to reduce redundancies and unnecessary expenses while achieving better care outcomes that bolster population health.
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5 reasons EHR functionality hasn't changed since 1982

 Timathie Leslie March 19, 2012
Despite progress and incentives, usability remains an issue for electronic health records. Booz Allen Hamilton consultants explain why, and point to 4 themes on the future of EHRs.
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5 reasons EHR functionality hasn't changed since 1982

 Megan Doscher March 19, 2012
Despite progress and incentives, usability remains an issue for electronic health records. Booz Allen Hamilton consultants explain why, and point to 4 themes on the future of EHRs.
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5 reasons EHR functionality hasn't changed since 1982

 Brynnan Toner, Booz Allen Hamilton March 19, 2012
Despite progress and incentives, usability remains an issue for electronic health records. Booz Allen Hamilton consultants explain why, and point to 4 themes on the future of EHRs.
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Panel endorses delay of stage 2 meaningful use to 2014

 Mary Mosquera June 08, 2011
Health IT Policy Committee emphasizes care coordination among its stage 2 meaningful use measures.
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Top 4 jobs ICD-10 will place in high-demand

 Tom Sullivan August 10, 2011
The unfunded mandate promises to demand a new set of professional capabilities – and a workforce armed with those skills.
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Mostashari assures patient safety plan sooner than 12 months

 Mary Mosquera November 09, 2011
Federal agencies including FDA, AHRQ, NIST, will work with ONC on patient safety reporting, surveillance, and information sharing.
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Recognizing voices in the trickiest terrain: The battlefield

 Peter Buxbaum June 02, 2011
It's not here yet, but the United States military has plans to perfect technology that would enable combat medics to dictate treatment notes for casualties on the battlefield – and have those end up as structured data and narrative information in fighters' electronic medical records.
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