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ONC: Health IT Fact Sheet
From the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology What Is Health IT? The term “health information technology” (health IT) refers to the electronic systems health care professionals – and increasingly, patients – use to store, share, and analyze health information. … Continue reading
10 Recommendations for Patient Safety in Health IT
by Sabrina Rodak, Becker’s Hospital Review The Institute of Medicine, which cited a need for greater oversight of health IT by public and private sectors, has made 10 recommendations for patient safety in health IT. IOM’s report, “Patient Safety and Health … Continue reading
EMR Implementation Creates Opportunities for Nurses
By Megan M. Krischke, NurseZone.com With the push to obtain the full incentive payout for meaningful use of electronic medical records (EMR)/electronic health records (EHR) created by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, many hospitals are in the … Continue reading
The Health IT Standards Committee Endorses EHR Vocabulary
By Mary Mosquera, Government Health IT The Health IT Standards Committee has endorsed a single set of vocabulary standards and a single guide for putting them in place for each area of quality reporting measures, an accomplishment that some individuals … Continue reading
HIE’s Save Payers Big Bucks
By Ken Terry, Fierce Health IT News A study of emergency-department visits conducted by Humana in the Milwaukee area shows that payers can save money if EDs have access to community health information exchanges (HIEs). When ED clinicians queried patients‘ … Continue reading
HHS Allot $137 Million for Public Health Surveillance & Health IT
By Bernie Monegaine, HealthcareITNews.com WASHINGTON – The Department of Health and Human Services on Thursday awarded $137 million to nearly every state to strengthen prevention efforts and to improve public health. Many of the awards include a health IT component, … Continue reading
Posted in Health Information Technology (IT), HHS, Medical Prevention, Public Health
Tagged Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Education, Health, HIT, Kathleen Sebelius, Public health, Public Health and Safety, United States, United States Department of Health and Human Services
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HHS Rural Health IT Task Force Focus Health IT for Rural Hospitals
By Bernie Monegain, HealthcareITNews.com WASHINGTON – The Departments of Health and Human Services and Agriculture have signed a memorandum of understanding linking rural hospitals and clinicians to capital loan programs to help them purchase software and hardware needed to implement … Continue reading
Posted in Health Information Technology (IT), HHS, Rural Health, Rural Health IT Grants, Rural Health IT Network Program
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HIE’s More Than Double Since Last Year
By Mary Mosquera, for Government Health IT The number of operational health information exchanges has more than doubled to 228 since last year, and of those, private exchanges have increased more rapidly than public organizations for sharing information, according … Continue reading
VA Awards 14 Major Technology Contracts Totaling $12 Billion
By Ken Terry, for FierceHealthIT The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is hoping to upgrade and “transform” its information systems through a series of 14 recently awarded contracts worth $12 billion. Among the recipients are Hewlett Packard, Booz Allen Hamilton, and Harris … Continue reading
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How Hospitals Address Patient Experience via Mobile Apps
By Carrie Vaughan, Health Leaders Media The number of people using mobile technology is on the rise. In 2008, the number of smartphone subscribers was 15 million. That number almost doubled in 2009, reaching 26 million, and is expected to … Continue reading
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