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HHS Launches Meaningful Consent to Engage Patients in Sharing Electronic…
The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) recently launched a new website aimed at aiding providers in their…
Electronic Health Records: Update on Meaningful Use, and Five Steps for a…
We have written previously about the "Meaningful Use" electronic health record (EHR) initiative, which is run by the Centers for…
ICD 10 Update – Expect a Busy Year in 2014
Even with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) 1-year delay, the October 1, 2014 deadline to transition to the new…
CMS ICD 10 Implementation Countdown to October 1, 2014
Even with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) 1-year delay, the October 1, 2014 deadline to transition…
Electronic Health Records: Physician Organizations Requesting One Year…
As both congressional chambers debate reopening of the goverment, budgets and whether to defund all or pieces of the Affordable…
Health IT: White House Office of National Coordinator Issues Surveillance…
According to a report at FierceEMR, The Office of the National Coordinator of Health IT has issued its first surveillance guidance…
Health Information Technology – Creating a Common Vocabulary
Often when health care professionals meet with a health IT professionals they get lost in the conversation somewhere around the…
NIH To Support Big Data to Knowledge Centers of Excellence
NIH announced that it will fund up to $24 million per year for four years ($96 million total) to establish six to eight…
Senate Hearing: Health Information Technology Using it to Improve Care –…
Recently, the Senate Finance Committee held a hearing entitled "Health Information Technology (HIT): Using it to Improve Care."…
HHS OIG: Hospital Compliance Programs
The Office of Inspector General (OIG) for the U.S. Department of Health and Human services (HHS) recently did a podcast on…