Government & Policy
National coordinator seeks public comment for upcoming discussion on personal health record privacy and security.
Plan calls to equip community and hospital-based clinics with e-record and practice management systems from eClinicalWorks.
Health IT Policy Committee panel aims to control proliferation of measures while broadening their usefulness.
New Jersey looks to transform its legacy Medicaid IT systems into a multi-purpose heath information exchange.
Veterans Affairs capitalizes on its stable patient population and health care mission to strengthen U.S. disease detection.
The Veterans and Defense departments open first-ever joint medical center, a model for future military health record system integration.
Following an outcry over the health care of U.S. immigration detainees, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency is slowly taking steps"”including acquiring e-health systems"” to reform
It's now or never for regional extension centers, who are picking EHRs, amassing personnel and prepping for what could be big paydays for providers"”and themselves.
Health IT policymakers are relying on federal healthcare agencies to pilot new standards and uses of the emerging Nationwide Health Information Network.
Health IT vendors should make sure they market and sell their products and services to health care providers in minority communities to avoid a new form of "digital divide" that could leave low income areas without the benefit of electronic health records