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HL7: not just for IT anymore. That thinking is the catalyst behind a triptych of recent moves designed to open the standards process up to more health professionals, notably caregivers.
By involving more health professionals -- caregivers specifically -- the organization hopes to not only enhance aspects of HL7 such as usability, workflow, domain content, but also to enable a more comprehensive and specific manner of decision support at the point of care. Well, that and other initiatives in genomics and mobile health.
Jimmy Farris played for the Redskins and Falcons. Now, he's looking to harness that grit in a fight for Idaho congress, and among his campaign strategies is to point out the benefits health reform has already brought to Idahoans.
For physicians, the proposed rule for meaningful use Stage 2 offers some changes that make it easier for healthcare providers to demonstrate the requirements, including aligning measures with other quality reporting programs.
Meaningful use stage 2 proposed rule eased some burdens for physicians and rightfully focused on exchange, Waldren says.
National Quality Forum President and CEO Janet Corrigan has submitted her resignation, effective late June 2012.
Partners HealthCare and its Center for Connected Health is offering its Partners Step It Up program to elementary students at six Boston public schools this year. The program incorporates technology, educational feedback and a team-oriented virtual foot race to raise awareness about the importance of daily activity and good health.
Secretaries Panetta and Shinseki, of the DoD and VA respectively, are amid a series of meeting to talk about issues of import to both departments, including the joint iEHR and VLER iniatives.
When Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta and Secretary of Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric K. Shinseki met at the Pentagon earlier this week, EHRs was one of the topics on the table.
GOP Presidential candidate looks to distinguish the bill he signed as Governor of Massachusetts from President Obama's Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.