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• EMR and HIE Use Increases Among U.S. Doctors, Survey Finds

  
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  “Ninety-three percent of U.S. doctors report actively using electronic medical records (EMR), and nearly half (45 percent) of doctors surveyed said they regularly access clinical data outside their own organization, representing a 32 percent annual increase, according to consulting firm Accenture.On behalf of ...
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• Finding the value in HIE, IT integration will push adoption: Q&A

  
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  “What’s in it for me?” isn’t an unreasonable question when it comes to healthcare information technology. Providers are being asked to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on new IT systems, and finding the business case for these massive investments is crucial to spurring adoption and improving healthcare ...
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• ONC Issues Governance Framework for HIEs

  
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  The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) has developed the Governance Framework for Trusted Electronic Health Information Exchange that healthcare organizations and physicians can use to align their health information exchange systems. .
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• New Tips for Meeting the Stage 2 Meaningful Use Transition of Care Measure

  
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  Are you looking for more support on how to meet the transition of care measure that is required for Stage 2 Meaningful Use? ONC has just released a new brief that provides support. This is a part of one of the ONC Health Information Exchange (HIE) team’s goals – to provide support and direction to grantees.  ...
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• Upcoming Virtual Health IT Events

  
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  HIT, HIE, HIPAA, EHR Incentive Audits, RxNorm, CQMs Take advantage of these upcoming online educational events. The webinars are all intended for eligible professional and their practices. They are free of charge so register today. Learning Lunch: Utilizing EHR Templates to Improve Electronic Workflow Wednesday, May ...
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• Electronic Health Information Exchange Governance Framework Released

  
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  Farzad Mostashari, MD, ScM National Coordinator for Health Information Technology Twitter: @Farzad_ONC Last year, ONC issued a Request for Information (RFI) to gather public input on a potential regulatory approach that would have spelled out “conditions for trusted exchange” (safeguards, technical, and business ...
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• 2013 State Healthcare IT Connect Summit

  
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  Connecting the States’ To Transform and Modernize State Health IT Systems The 2013 State Healthcare IT Connect Summit is brought to you in partnership with the National Association of State CIOs (NASCIO). It will take place at the Four Seasons in Baltimore, MD from May 21-22. The summit will “bring together public ...
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• 2013 WEDI Report to Tackle Health Information Exchange

  
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  WEDI Committee and Workgroups to Create Framework for HIE The Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI) is a non-profit organization established in 1991 by Health and Human Services (HHS). WEDI’s mission is to improve the use of health information technology and reduce healthcare system costs. In 1993, WEDI ...
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• Doximity’s new iPad app and the “poor man’s HIE”

  
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  “Doximity, the medical communications platform headed up by Epocrates co-founder Jeff Tangney, has announced its first tablet app, an iPad product that offers various improvements to its existing iPhone and Android offerings that take advantage of the larger screen real estate. The company also announced that it now ...
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• What’s e-health and what does it mean for you?

  
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  “If you visit a doctor’s office or hospital and you usually see stacks of manila folders with labels on them and loads of paper inside. When a doctor wants to research more about a patient, it can take a while to sort through the file and decipher handwritten notes. Electronic health records are fast [...]
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• Electronic Health Information Exchange Governance Framework Released

  
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  Last year, ONC issued a Request for Information (RFI) to gather public input on a potential regulatory approach that would have spelled out “conditions for trusted exchange” (safeguards, technical, and business practice) through rulemaking, and establish a voluntary accreditation and certification process for ...
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• Industry Responds On How to Advance Health Information Exchange

  
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  Advancing Interoperability and Health Information Exchange On March 7, 2013 CMS and HHS filed a notice in the Federal Register seeking input on policy and program changes to accelerate health information exchange. The goal of the notice was to solicit new ideas to advance the key issue of interoperability beyond the ...
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• Here an HIE, There an HIE, Everywhere an HIE

  
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  In late March, I headed down to Belize with a bunch of high school students to do some service work. Joining the crew was a parent, Harry (not his real name), who happened to be a urologist sharing a private practice with five other urologists. We got to talking about the industry, the rapid changes that are occurring ...
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• PHRs to reduce health disparities, collect longitudinal data?

  
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  “A compelling presentation about the secure exchange of radiological imaging in the cloud from last week’s Information Management Network (IMN) Hospital Cloud Forum included insightful commentary into how personal health records (PHRs) could potentially minimize healthcare disparities.Before overviewing the ...
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• Protecting Data When an HIE Shuts Down

  
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  “In recent years, a number of health information exchanges across the country have faded away as seed money ran out, participants dropped out and larger, statewide HIEs emerged. What happens to the data an HIE has gathered when the organization shuts down?The Wisconsin Health Information Exchange, which ceased ...
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• Using EHRs for Health Information Exchange and Interoperability

  
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  EHR Use in Health Information Exchange The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) is an agency operating under Health and Human Services (HHS) with a primary goal of  improving access to health care services for the uninsured, isolated, or medically vulnerable. HRSA provides leadership and financial ...
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• ONC Releases Evaluation of the Beacon Community Cooperative Agreement Program

  
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  Brief Explores Differences on How Each Beacon Community Operates The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology’s Beacon Community Cooperative Agreement Program funds 17 communities across the U.S. The Beacon Community Program is an initiative of the HITECH Act and supports our national ...
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• Setting the Story Straight on CommonWell

  
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  Arguably, the biggest news story coming out of HIMSS last month was the announcement of the CommonWell Health Alliance – a vendor-led initiative to enable query-based, clinical data sharing. So much has been written about CommonWell that there is little need to rehash what has been said before. What has not ...
  5 weeks ago

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