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"This year, significant strides were made in health information technology," David Blumenthal, MD, the national health IT coordinator, wrote in his blog detailing health IT achievements for 2010.
Surescripts will verify that EHR modules for e-prescribing, privacy and security meet meaningful use and certification criteria.
The iPad has made its debut at a hospital in Israel where doctors have been given the technology to use on- and off-site.
CMS wants to change from a 'passive payer' of health claims to 'an active purchaser of quality health care.'
With federal approval of its statewide health information exchange secured, Wisconsin officials say organizations will begin implementing the plan in early 2011.
Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa), ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, is pressuring President Barack Obama's administration to defend how it has spent money fighting Medicare fraud, including the addition of new fraud-fighting IT.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the largest healthcare payer in the country, has released a plan for upgrading its computer and data systems with the aim of providing better care. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act mandates the overhaul.
NIIT Technologies, one of the world's largest IT corporations, has entered the U.S. healthcare industry with the acquisition of an electronic health records and referral management platform.
Geisinger Health System, a physician-led healthcare system of northeastern and central Pennsylvania, has notified approximately 2,928 patients that some of their protected health information (PHI) was disclosed in an unauthorized manner.
The federal Health IT Policy Committee's Quality Measures Workgroup has extended its deadline for public comment on its proposal for clinical quality measures for Stage 2 and Stage 3 meaningful use until Dec. 31.