February 23, 2012 | In: EHR, Health 2.0, health IT
The Department of Health and Human Services on Feb. 16 issued a statement announcing its intent to push back the Oct. 1, 2013, compliance deadline for ICD-10 “for certain health care entities:” As part of President Obama’s commitment to reducing...
October 8, 2011 | In: CCHIT, Health 2.0, Health IT Policy, Hospital, Physician
The widespread development of health information exchange is happening quickly, and with it comes worries about confidentiality, privacy and security. But its benefits far outweigh potential concerns and include improved quality of care and reduced...
April 19, 2011 | In: CCHIT, health IT, Health IT Policy, HIMSS, HITECH Act
"OCR’s requested budget will support our ability to protect the public’s right to equal access and opportunity to participate in and receive services from all the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) programs without facing unlawful...
July 9, 2010 | In: CCHIT, EHR, EMR Stimulus Package, HITECH Act
HHS has submitted its final "meaningful use" rule and electronic health record certification criteria to the Office of Management and Budget for review and approval, Modern Healthcare reports. On Monday, CMS sent OMB a copy of the final rule that...
June 28, 2010 | In: CCHIT, Economic Stimulus, EMR, health IT, Health IT Policy
The Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology is about to lose its monopoly on EMR certification, as a final HHS rule establishing a temporary certification program requires testing organizations to earn government approval as...
June 25, 2010 | In: EHR, Electronic Health Records, Health Care, health IT, HITECH Act, Hospital
WASHINGTON – The Department of Health and Human Services awarded George Washington University a $1 million contract to study various healthcare reimbursement incentive approaches used by large government and commercial payers. HHS wants to find out...
An HHS advisory panel says that EHRs can help educate healthcare professionals on the rapidly evolving field of genetics. "This approach involves the EHR 'understanding' where the provider is in the patient workflow so that when the query [about...
May 19, 2010 | In: EHR, Electronic Health Records
The Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT is seeking patient perceptions of the delivery of healthcare through the use of an EHR. “Health IT experts agree that HITECH stimulus funds are likely to...
April 21, 2010 | In: EHR, Electronic Health Records
By Andrea Kraynak Is your EHR meaningful use-compliant? Healthcare providers may soon be able to find out for sure. HHS released a proposed rule Tuesday for establishing certification programs for health information technology. The proposed rule describes...
April 9, 2010 | In: Economic Stimulus, Electronic Health Records, EMR Stimulus Package
According to recommendations from a large collaboration of organizations, the success of the new federal incentives program for health information technology (“HIT”) largely depends on a specific set of health improvement goals, a prioritized set of...
April 6, 2010 | In: EHR, Electronic Health Records
Hospitals and physicians should be required to report data glitches in patients' electronic health records to a national patient safety organization beginning in 2013, according to the Health IT Policy Committee's adoption and certification work group,...
March 17, 2010 | In: EMR, EMR Stimulus Package
Final awards of state health information exchange cooperative agreement program work to build health information exchange infrastructure throughout the states U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today announced awards...
February 26, 2010 | In: EHR, Electronic Medical Records, EMR Stimulus Package, Health IT Policy
The Healthcare Information Technology Standards Panel has extended its contract with HHS through April 30, 2010, the panel announced Tuesday, Healthcare IT News reports. The panel and HHS have collaborated to expand the adoption and interoperability of...
February 1, 2010 | In: EHR, EMR Stimulus Package, Health IT Policy
HHS is gearing up to award $50 million in task orders to establish a national Health IT Research Center, Federal Computer Week reports. Joshua Seidman -- acting director of the "meaningful use" division at the Office of the National Coordinator for...
December 8, 2009 | In: EHR, Electronic Health Records
By Jennifer Lubell / HITS staff writer Private industry, not the federal government, will eventually drive health information technology initiatives, said David Blumenthal, M.D., national coordinator for health information technology at HHS, at a policy...
