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By Mary Mosquera | 07:23 pm | August 12, 2011
Taconic IPA's Dr. John Blair discusses putting in place medical home, care coordination, and a strong hands-on patient care manager to transform health care, in the second of a two-part series.
By Tom Sullivan | 05:42 pm | August 12, 2011
Whether it's a designated day or a full week, without updated software from vendors, providers and payers are limited in the testing they can conduct.
By Mary Mosquera | 11:00 am | August 12, 2011
Arien Malec, who coordinated the development of the Direct Project exchange protocols, is leaving the government's Office of the National Coordinator to return to the private sector.
By Mary Mosquera | 04:40 pm | August 11, 2011
Malec coordinated the communities that developed the Direct protocols for simple exchange and are fine-tuning exchange standards to be able to share information.
By Molly Merrill | 03:22 pm | August 11, 2011
Meaningful use expert Jim Tate has written that the Medicaid EHR incentive program reminds him of "zero entry" swimming pools: very easy to get into, with almost no barriers. Given its less stringent requirements compared to the Medicare EHR incentive program, Tate writes, he's surprised that more eligible professionals are "not jumping into this incentive program with both feet."
By Mike Miliard | 12:12 pm | August 11, 2011
Rep. Renee Ellmers sent a letter Thursday to Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, in which she requested that HHS consider a study of health IT's benefits and cost effectiveness, with a focus on gauging medical error rates.
By Eric Wicklund | 11:59 am | August 10, 2011
A Los Angeles-based entrepreneur is looking to take basic charting and clinical functions out of the EMR and offer a simple clinical software package to nonprofits working around the globe.
By Eric Wicklund | 10:05 am | August 10, 2011
The Ontario Telemedicine Network, touted as one of the world's largest, is moving beyond its video conferencing roots by adding a web-based system from Vidyo that will enable doctors and patients to communicate through their PCs.
By Molly Merrill | 05:12 pm | August 09, 2011
The State of Kansas is returning its "Early Innovator" grant that was distributed by HHS to aid in the design and implementation of the IT infrastructure needed to launch its state health insurance exchange.
By Bernie Monegain | 10:43 am | August 09, 2011
SCI Solutions, a provider of enterprise access management, physician connectivity and front-end revenue management software, is flush with two new investments and a new CEO, and it is on a path to growth, executives announced Tuesday.