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HealthSouth, which provides inpatient rehabilitative services in 26 states, has implemented an automated recruitment platform to streamline the company's recruiting process and increase efficiency and privacy.
Recent stimulus-induced EHR deals show sooner-than-expected adoption, especially in the hospital sector, according to investment firm Piper Jaffrey.
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has unveiled The National Health Security Strategy, focused on protecting people's health during a large-scale emergency.
The National Quality Forum has endorsed 70 measures designed to increase the use of electronic data platforms to measure, report and improve quality of healthcare.
With a more urgent timeline for data sharing across the country, the government is now rethinking what the Nationwide Health Information Network – the NHIN.
Complying with the government's "meaningful use" definition to qualify for federal incentives will require a balancing act between improving patient care and using IT, according to experts.
With the release of the proposed rule on meaningful use, the glimmering potential of $44,000 in maximum bonuses for qualifying physicians is that much closer.
Standards organization Health Level Seven – HL7 changed its name to Health Level Seven International to represent its focus on the development of global healthcare IT standards.
The proposed meaningful use criteria up for public comment reflect “thoughtful policy,” said David Brailer, MD, the nation’s former healthcare IT chief – its first ever.
Medicaid programs in Tennessee and Pennsylvania will receive federal matching funds for state planning activities to implement the electronic health record incentive program established by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.