This week health care organizations were startled and not a little concerned to learn of the ONC's unprecedented action with regards to a California health software company. The agency is decertifying electronic health records systems which initially met ONC requirements for certification. Via Modern...
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The Department of Health and Human Services has formed a new workgroup, charged with “identifying key considerations to improve patient safety and promote innovation in health information technology (Health IT), including mobile medical applications.” The group has been selected by HHS and...
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Timed somewhat appropriately on Valentine’s Day, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced the winner of its Million Hearts Risk Assessment Challenge this week. More than 35 developers competed to create a mobile app that would leverage Archimedes analytics engine IndiGO (which...
As of December 2012, more than 355,000 hospitals and healthcare professionals registered for the EHR incentive programs and more than 190,000 health care providers received payment totally over $10 billion for participating in the Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Programs...
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HHS has finally announced a long-awaited final rule that implements a number of provisions of the HITECH Act, enacted as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, commonly known as the "Stimulus Bill," to strengthen the privacy and security protections for health information...
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