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Realizing the Promise of Health Information Exchange

 GHIT Staff April 13, 2011
True reform of the healthcare system will depend on having clinical data points available upon which to make decisions. At this point, clinical data exchange remains mostly theoretical; even the exchange of administrative data is fraught with challenges. In order to get the right incentives in place through both meaningful use and payment reform, we need a very focused and deliberate plan moving forward. We are making progress -- but it must move faster. Gain insight into what levers are being considered and pulled in order to help realize the promise of health information exchange.
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Ten Things to Ask Your SAAS Vendor Before Entering the Cloud

 Government Health IT Staff October 12, 2011
This whitepaper provides tips based on best practices gathered through analysis of the industry and direct experience with thousands of cloud deployments—including tips from CIOs, program and project managers, directors of IT, engineers, developers, and administrators in various industries and various size companies
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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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ICD-10's ten-year reign of fear

 Tom Sullivan October 03, 2011
Shortly after the National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS) recommended that the United States adopt ICD-10, the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) assembled a session on the code scheme for its annual conference. The last-minute addition was so late, in fact, that the MGMA did not have time to include it on the printed agenda, and the only available time slot was 7 a.m.
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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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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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ONC posts list of certified EHRs and modules

 Mary Mosquera October 06, 2010
ONC publishes first set of EHRs approved under the temporary certification program to meet meaningful use deadlines for 2011.
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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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How politics distort Americans' perception of health reform

 Tom Sullivan January 30, 2012
Soundbites and slogans don't approximate the whole PPACA picture, but many U.S. citizens base their understanding -- and potentially their votes -- solely on what politicians tell the public.
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CMS unveils quality compare finder portal

 Mary Mosquera August 05, 2011
CMS offers single portal for consumers to link to quality compare data about hospitals, nursing homes and physician offices to make informed choices about health care.
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AMA adds new wrinkle to ICD-10 delay: ICD-11

 Tom Sullivan June 20, 2012
The organization urges other agencies -- notably CMS -- to consider multiple options for replacing ICD-9, including moving straight to ICD-11.
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Big data and public health, part 2: Reducing unwarranted services

 Roger Foster May 07, 2012
Roger Foster continues his look at how government and private health agencies can harness big data to the betterment of public health. In this article, Foster delves into ways that data analytics can both enhance patient care and cut costs.
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ONC to stand up NwHIN Exchange in October

 Tom Sullivan March 15, 2012
No longer a pilot in any regard but name, the Nationwide Health Information Exchange is ready to enter a new phase as a non-federal, nonprofit entity enabling public-private interoperability and data exchange.
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Q&A: Todd Park on the bridge between HHS' Health Data Initiative and meaningful use

 Mary Mosquera June 27, 2011
Two different programs with distinct missions, but both are headed toward the same goal of improved care - and they cross paths in more than one place.
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Q&A: Todd Park on the bridge between HHS' Health Data Initiative and meaningful use

 Tom Sullivan June 27, 2011
Two different programs with distinct missions, but both are headed toward the same goal of improved care - and they cross paths in more than one place.
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Measures: Top 10 HHS IT projects in Obama's 2013 budget

 Andrea Falciani May 21, 2012
President Obama's budget request for fiscal 2013 spans an array of key health IT projects in the Department of Health and Human Services. Here's a look the most prominent.
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A look inside AMA lobbyists' role in the ICD-10 delay

 Alex Bronstein-Moffly April 17, 2012
The battle plan, fought on two fronts, yielded an early if tactical victory in the one-year compliance delay that HHS proposed last week. But is the AMA's war to oppose ICD-10 over?
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Telehealth heads toward the mainstream (July/August 2011)

 Eric Wicklund September 06, 2011
When the Ford Motor Company announced plans in mid-May to partner with at least three companies to develop healthcare apps for the company's car-based platform, telemedicine experts around the country offered a hesitant smile. Could this be the big break they've been waiting for?
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