Healthy Patients Through Health Technology
Healthy Patients Through Health Technology
Regulatory Education Action for Patients (REAP) Meaningful Use Stage 2 Comment Letter to CMS
Health IT Now Coalition Meaningful Use Stage 2 Comment Letter to CMS
Health IT Now Coalition Meaningful Use Stage 2 Comment Letter to ONC
Health IT benefits patients while supporting health care providers to make smart decisions about their patient's care. Health IT lowers administrative and clinical costs by automating transactions, reducing duplicate testing and providing the right information to providers at the point of care. Tell the Deapartment of Health and Human Services to improve interoperability.
Andy Mekelburg, Vice President, Government Affairs, Verizon Communications moderated a panel of industry experts at ATA on policy solutions to accelerate adoption of anytime anywhere care.
Posted On: May 11, 2012
The Government Accountability Office released a report this week that says the Meaningful Use rules implemented by CMS create complex system. They warn that this “complexity increases the risk that CMS will make improper Medicare and Medicaid payments relating to health IT.”
In collaboration with one another, the New York City Investment Fund, New York State Department of Health and the New York eHealth Collaborative launched a $4.2 million program to create 1,500 new jobs foster health IT innovation on a broader scale.
Harvard University is set to unveil a new health record bank (HRB) that will allow anyone to own and manage a secure digital copy of their health records. For those who sign up, they will be able to access their records and wellness information free of charge.
Government Health IT recently posted an article on “4 ways hospitals can harness big data.” As providers move towards EHRs and begin utilizing other innovative technologies, adapting to the data library and utilizing it effectively can prove to be a challenge.
Medical app developers are finding themselves confronted with FDA guidelines that are often confusing and disorienting for those who are not accustomed to operating in a regulated space. From the perspective of an app developer whose world is rapidly moving, regulated territories present an entirely new set of challenges.
Richard Hodge, Congressional Affairs senior director at HIMSS spoke to InformationWeek about his concerns with the Supreme Court’s decision on Obamacare and its potential impact on health IT. HIMSS released a fact sheet that coincided with the oral arguments heard by the Supreme Court on the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act.
