Modern Healthcare Editor David Burda talks with Speranza Avram, executive director of the California Health Information Partnership & Services Organization, at the HIMSS 2012 Conference and Exhibition in Las Vegas.
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Modern Healthcare Editor David Burda talks with attendees on the exhibit-hall floor of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society's 2012 Annual Conference and Exhibition in Las Vegas.
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Modern Healthcare reporter Maureen McKinney talks with Dr. Jon White, director of the health information technology portfolio at the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, about health IT's role in improving patient safety and quality of care.
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Modern Healthcare reporter Joseph Conn talks with HIMSS President and CEO H. Stephen Lieber the night before the final day of the HIMSS 2012 Annual Conference and Exhibition about coordinating the conference in light of announcements about the planned deadline delay for ICD-10 implementation and...
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Demonstrating a “culture of compliance” will go a long way toward avoiding federal monetary penalties after breaches of patients' health information, HHS' top privacy regulator said.
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Modern Healthcare reporter Maureen McKinney recaps a keynote address by Democratic political strategist Donna Brazile and former White House press secretary Dana Perino and the final developments of the HIMSS 2012 Conference and Exhibition in Las Vegas.
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Todd Park, chief technology officer at HHS, has long been notoriously amped up about health IT.
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The Obama administration has not done enough to get the message of the healthcare reform law across to the nation, according to Democratic political strategist Donna Brazile.
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A majority of healthcare leaders say that health information technology is claiming a bigger slice of the spending pie in their organizations.
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Modern Healthcare is seeking nominations for the 10th annual CEO IT Achievement Awards competition.
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The proposed Stage 2 meaningful-use requirements raise the bar for hospitals and eligible professionals on the use of CPOE, e-prescribing and electronic recording of several patient-health measures.
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Modern Healthcare Editor David Burda talks with Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Chairman and CEO George Halvorson about how hospitals are using health information to technology to connect with patients.
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Modern Healthcare reporter Joseph Conn talks with National Coordinator for Health Information Technology Dr. Farzad Mostashari about providers' surge in adoption of health IT and the ONC's push for expanded information exchange and electronic health-record system interoperability.
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Modern Healthcare reporter Maureen McKinney reviews the third day of major programming at the HIMSS 2012 Conference and Exhibition in Las Vegas and looks ahead to Friday's final events.
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The CMS hopes to boost the number of hospitals and physicians eligible to participate in federal health IT incentive programs and ease the burden on states for conducting audits on EHR system use.
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Dr. Farzad Mostashari's keynote speech to the HIMSS meeting in Las Vegas was one part autobiography, another part recitation of organizational accomplishments and a last part pep talk.
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It was billed as a town hall meeting with Dr. Farzad Mostashari, but the head of the ONC turned a standing-room-only gathering at HIMSS into a “get-acquainted session.”
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"I'm from the federal government, and I'm here to help you.” For any industry leader, including many in healthcare, those can be dreaded words.
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Modern Healthcare Editor David Burda talks with Aetna Chairman, President and CEO Mark Bertolini about the evolving healthcare IT landscape and payers' role in it.
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Modern Healthcare Assistant Digital Editor Christine LaFave Grace reviews Wednesday's sneak peek at Stage 2 meaningful-use requirements and looks ahead to Thursday's events at the HIMSS 2012 Conference and Exhibition in Las Vegas.
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