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ONC Chief Addresses IT And Delivery System Reform

Posted on by Frank J. Rosello

The following Q&A took place on Thursday, July 19th between Richard Pizzi, Editorial Director at MedTech Media, and Dr. Farzad Mostashari, MD, National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, at the Healthcare Unbound conference in San Francisco. During their time together, … Continue reading

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ONC Launches What’s in Your Health Record? Video Challenge

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Officials at the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) have announced the initiation of their “What’s in Your Health Record??” video challenge, a project aimed at spurring patient involvement with their personal health record data. ONC … Continue reading

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eHealth Initiative Voices Concerns Over NwHIN Proposed Rule

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The eHealth Initiative (eHI) has concerns that the proposed regulations for health information exchange could unintentionally stifle innovation and hinder the growth of data exchange. In a letter submitted this week to the Office of the National Coordinator for Health … Continue reading

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Environmental Intelligence Releases June 2012 Newsletter

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Environmental Intelligence LLC is pleased to release its June 2012 EI Connections Newsletter.  Please send your feedback or suggestions to [email protected]. Click Here to view: June 2012 EI Connections Newsletter Want to automatically receive our monthly newsletter?  Click on this link to … Continue reading

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White House Town Hall Highlights EHR Success Stories

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Eighty-two healthcare providers from across the country will be recognized for their successful implementation of electronic health record (EHR) technology at Tuesday’s White House Health IT Town Hall in Washington, DC. At the town hall, senior White House and HHS … Continue reading

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OCR Reminds Patients About Legal Right To Access Medical Records

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The administration’s top enforcer of health information privacy and security has issued an official reminder that patients have a legal right to access their medical records, and they should use it. Patients can also print the single-page memo to take … Continue reading

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ONC To Release Updated Online Certified EHRs List

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The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) is releasing a new version of its online Certified Health IT Product List (CHPL) that introduces new features to help providers, including the functionality to support information and identification of … Continue reading

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ONC Health IT Pilot Intended To Reduce Prescription Drug Abuse

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The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT has launched a pilot program to make existing prescription drug use data available to healthcare providers and pharmacists when they treat patients during office visits and in emergency departments. The test … Continue reading

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Environmental Intelligence Releases May 2012 Newsletter

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Environmental Intelligence LLC is pleased to release its May 2012 EI Connections Newsletter.  Please send your feedback or suggestions to [email protected]. Click Here to view: May 2012 EI Connections Newsletter Want to automatically receive our monthly newsletter?  Click on this link to … Continue reading

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ONC Chief Mostashari Comments On HIE Proposed Rule

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Healthcare providers need health information exchange to be fully automated and easy to do in order to scale up sharing of patient data to improve care, according to Farzad Mostashari, MD, the national coordinator for health information technology. Some steps … Continue reading

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