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April 22, 2014Privacy and security are vital components of all major projects that the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT has under way, says Karen DeSalvo, M.D., the new head of the office. “We consider privacy and security an important … Continue reading
Posted in ONC | Tagged CMS EHR Incentives, EHR, EHR Adoption, EHR Cloud Hosting, EHR Consulting, EHR Implementation, EHR Incentives, Electronic Health Records, Electronic Medical Records, EMR, Environmental Intelligence, Health Information Exchange, Health IT, Health IT Policy, Health IT Standards, HIE, ONC, Patient Experience, PHI Data Security | Leave a commentONC Chief DeSalvo Charts New Course
April 21, 2014Karen DeSalvo, MD, the national coordinator for health information technology, has proposed that ONC become “more forward-thinking.” At an April 8 Health Information Policy Committee, which she chairs, she urged the panel to consider what needs to change. DeSalvo suggested … Continue reading
Posted in ONC | Tagged CMS, CMS EHR Incentives, CMS Policy, EHR Incentives, Environmental Intelligence, Health IT, Health IT Policy, Health IT Services, HHS, Meaningful Use, ONC | Leave a commentONC Chief Vision Of An Interoperable Future
April 9, 2014Dr. Karen DeSalvo is a woman in transition. As the fifth head of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, just four months into the job, she will oversee the winding down of many programs started and … Continue reading
Posted in ONC | Tagged CMS EHR Incentives, CMS Policy, EHR, EHR Adoption, EHR Consulting, EHR Implementation, EHR Incentives, Electronic Health Records, Electronic Medical Records, Environmental Intelligence, Health IT, Health IT Best Practices, Health IT Policy, Health IT Services, HHS, ONC, Stage 2 Meaningful Use Rule | Leave a commentONC Chief Moving To Make Public Health A Priority
March 27, 2014Dr. Karen DeSalvo is not the first head of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology with a public health background. But she’s sounding as though she may be the first to make public health an ONC … Continue reading
Posted in ONC | Tagged CMS, CMS EHR Incentives, CMS Policy, EHR, EHR Adoption, EHR Consulting, EHR Implementation, Electronic Health Records, Electronic Medical Records, EMR, Environmental Intelligence, Health IT Policy, Health IT Services, HIE, HIE Standards, Meaningful Use, ONC | Leave a commentONC Chief DeSalvo Perspectives On Patient ID’s and HIE’s
March 19, 2014Health information exchange on a national level is attainable within the next three years, but matching patients to all the right records is a critical data security, privacy and patient safety concern that must first be addressed, says Karen DeSalvo, … Continue reading
Posted in ONC | Tagged CMS, CMS Policy, Environmental Intelligence, Health IT, Health IT Policy, Health IT Services, HIE, HIE Standards, Meaningful Use, ONC, PHI Data Security, PHI Security | Leave a commentONC, CMS Explore Aligning Incentives
February 26, 2014This is not going to be easy: ONC and CMS officials are talking about aligning incentives at some point in the future. On Monday during a town hall session, an attendee representing a Kentucky regional extension center asked top officials … Continue reading
Posted in ONC | Tagged CMS, CMS EHR Incentives, CMS Policy, EHR, EHR Adoption, EHR Consulting, EHR Hosting, EHR Implementation, EHR Incentives, Electronic Health Records, Electronic Medical Records, EMR, Health Information Exchange, Health IT, Health IT Policy, Health IT Services, HIE, Meaningful Use, ONC, Stage 3 Meaningful Use | Leave a commentONC Proposal Addresses EHR Vendors Concerns On Evolving Rules
February 24, 2014Federal officials issued the first set of voluntary standards under a new process that will give companies that develop electronic health-record systems more notice about what requirements will be included in the federal rules governing their products.HHS’ Office of the … Continue reading
Posted in ONC | Tagged CMS EHR Incentives, CMS Policy, EHR, EHR Adoption, EHR Cloud Hosting, EHR Consulting, EHR Implementation, EHR Incentives, Electronic Health Records, Electronic Medical Records, EMR, Health IT, Health IT Policy, Health IT Services, Health IT Standards, Meaningful Use, ONC, Stage 2 Meaningful Use Rule, Stage 3 Meaningful Use | Leave a commentHSS Appoints New ONC Chief
December 23, 2013New Orleans Health Commissioner Karen DeSalvo, MD, will take over as national coordinator for health information technology, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced this morning. Sebelius made the announcement Thursday in a memo sent out to staff members. DeSalvo will be … Continue reading
Posted in ONC | Tagged CMS, CMS EHR Incentives, CMS Policy, Environmental Intelligence, Health IT, Health IT Policy, Health IT Services, HHS, Meaningful Use, ONC | Leave a commentHealthcare Leaders React To ONC’s New Chief Appointment
December 13, 2013HHS appointed a new chief to head the Office of the National Coordinator on Thursday, and so far the decision has been lauded by industry leaders. Karen DeSalvo, MD, current health commissioner of New Orleans, will be taking the ONC … Continue reading
Posted in ONC | Tagged CMS, CMS EHR Incentives, EHR, EHR Adoption, EHR Consulting, EHR Implementation, Electronic Health Records, Electronic Medical Records, EMR, Environmental Intelligence, Health IT, Health IT Policy, Health IT Services, HHS, Meaningful Use, ONC | Leave a commentONC Workgroup Working on Crafting Principals For Alligning CQM & CDS
November 13, 2013Health IT stakeholders are digging in for the task of aligning standards clinical quality measurement and clinical decision support, but they’re still laying the groundwork. Broadly, the ONC’s Health IT Standards Committee charged the Clinical Quality Workgroup with “commenting on … Continue reading
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