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Entwined in a blame game, few health entities have their HIPAA 5010 conversion underway, despite the looming deadline.
Even doctors who have purchased and successfully implemented electronic health record systems did not always know what they were buying until they were up and running, ONC director Farzad Mostashari, MD, told an audience June 15 at the Government Health IT Conference in the nation's capital.
Despite the growing number of EHRs, classic causes of market failure persist.
Despite disappointments, the cloud model promises "hope beyond the hype."
Unified communications (UC), which has become a hot issue among IT leaders and administrators, has recently been bolstered by video – and the "prognosis for its use in healthcare appears to hold promise," says one expert.
ONC says it is building a draft governance document to ultimately enable more providers to join the Nationwide Health Information Network.
Healthcare organizations are embracing the need for information transparency to drive clinical transformation, but they are lacking the tools and capabilities to make data available in real-time to make it happen.
The majority of Americans aged 18 to 26 are taking an active role in maintaining their health by seeing a family physician at least once a year for checkups and preventive services, and would see them more often if they provided conveniences such as online appointments, according to a new poll released by the American Academy of Family Physicians.
A new online network launched Tuesday allows providers and pharmacists to seamlessly report adverse drug events via electronic health records and other online services.
The opt-in legislation for Maine's health information exchange was met with "clear opposition" by providers throughout the state, but a revised version that is pending the governor's approval would make it a mandate that providers who are participating in the HIE provide their patients with a separate form to opt-out.