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In his welcome speech to attendees of the inaugural HIMSS Europe Health IT Leadership Summit in Rome, Italy, Steve Lieber, CEO of HIMSS, said that CIOs must ensure that "staff quickly adapt to new technologies and new IT solutions."
Updated tool is designed to "shine some sunlight" on the details of how insurance options actually work, Sebelius says.
De-identified data is critical for studying population health but risks of re-identification remain from records available on the Internet.
Trying to build a critical mass of physicians to adopt electronic health records (EHRs) and participate in health information exchanges (HIEs) is one of the more difficult tasks for HIEs and regional health information exchanges.
Alisa Ray, executive director of the Certification Commission for Health Information Technology, said Friday that CCHIT doesn't foresee a backlog of any kind in accommodating testing for meaningful use certification.
The Certification Commission for Health Information Technology announced Oct. 1 that it has tested and certified 33 electronic health record products under the ONC-ATCB program.
In testimony Sept. 30 before a congressional committee, Joyce Sensmeier, vice president, informatics for HIMSS, called for more streamlined and timely health information technology standards - and warned that without them the government risks creating marketplace confusion.
Grants will help states design electronic systems that will lead consumers through the maze of picking an affordable insurance plan.
GammaTech Computer Corp. is marketing its ruggedized tablet PC in the government healthcare sector, where it aims to take on Panasonic.
"The future physician of America" is a tech savvy one - one who reaches for an iPhone to choose clinical references, and who expects to use an EHR when he or she begins practicing, according to a recent survey of medical students.