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By Mary Mosquera | 04:58 pm | October 14, 2010
ONC's standards and certification rule did not include specifications to enable EHRs to exchange symptom surveillance data.
By Molly Merrill | 11:57 am | October 14, 2010
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality has awarded a $12 million grant to Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center for the creation of an inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) registry that will initially link 27 sites across the nation.
By Mike Miliard | 11:52 am | October 14, 2010
In a move aimed to help the healthcare industry accelerate the use of electronic medical records, Verizon is expanding its Medical Data Exchange platform to allow the sharing of more types of digital patient health information.
By Molly Merrill | 11:17 am | October 14, 2010
After receiving concerns from stakeholders, EHR technology developers and ONC-ATCBs about public health surveillance specifications for certified EHRs, the ONC issued an interim final rule requesting to remove the specs.
By Diana Manos | 11:17 am | October 14, 2010
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia has announced it will house the Network Coordinating Center for a newly established data-sharing collaborative organization, the Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics Research Network.
By Mary Mosquera | 11:09 am | October 14, 2010
The Department of Health and Human Services plans to release significantly more health-related data in December to spur commercial development of new software applications designed to help patients, providers and policymakers make better healthcare decisions.
By Mary Mosquera | 05:22 pm | October 13, 2010
Chief technology officer Park lays out vision to 'flood market with data from HHS data vaults'.
By Jamie Thompson | 04:37 pm | October 13, 2010
As electronic health records become more prevalent, it becomes more difficult to choose an EHR that will remain relevant and usable well into the future. Jerry Buchanan of eMids Technologies, Inc., an IT consulting firm, shares the following five key components of the EHR of tomorrow.
By Kyle Hardy | 01:37 pm | October 13, 2010
The Dow Chemical Company has announced the deployment of a new EHR solution across its U.S.- and India-based facilities. Company officials said the new technology is part of a push to improve the quality of life for employees and the surrounding community.
By Mary Mosquera | 12:08 pm | October 13, 2010
VA's goal is to change the location of care from the hospital to the home via telephones, video conferencing and the Internet.