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Despite concerns that some providers are lagging in the adoption of EHRs, federal officials plan to stay on schedule in requiring hospitals to meet Stage 2 meaningful-use requirements.
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CMS officials pushed back Wednesday on Republican suggestions that a pause is needed in the electronic health-record incentive program.
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Health information exchange organizations in 10 states in the South, East and Midwest have entered into an agreement to use the federally developed Direct clinical messaging protocol to help their members transmit and receive patient medical records in the event of a disaster.
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Watch out for a French person talking about revolution.“The patient is the revolutionary in healthcare these days,” said Dr. Bettina Experton, a French-born oncologist turned U.S. citizen and health IT entrepreneur. “That is why I think Blue Button is revolutionary.”
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A noted physician informatics specialist is predicting the FDA soon will begin regulating health information technology for the first time.
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The nation's health information technology system passed a major milestone last month when the government announced that more than half of all U.S. physicians now use electronic health records.
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Getting out front of possible federal regulation of their industry and its products, a trade group representing more than 40 developers of electronic health-record systems issued an EHR Developer Code of Conduct. By signing on, vendors would commit to dropping “gag clauses” that hinder...
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Two HHS agencies announced they are partnering with one another to develop an interoperable data infrastructure to support patient-centered outcomes research.
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The nominees for Modern Healthcare's 12th annual 100 Most Influential People in Healthcare competition.
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As Oregon's governor, Dr. John Kitzhaber brought Democrats and Republicans together to reform his state's Medicaid program, and he brought doctors and lawyers together to advance tort reform.
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