Healthy Patients Through Health Technology
Healthy Patients Through Health Technology
The final rule on meaningful use can be found online here
The final rule on standards, implementation specifications, and certification criteria for EHR technology can be found online here
Kaiser Health News recently featured a column from Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius. The Secretary applauded major insurance companies, provider groups, doctors and hospitals that have teamed up to support the new “meaningful use” regulations.
Posted On: August 30, 2010
The State of Maine received federal government approval to use a $6.6 million grant to expand the state’s health information technology.
Maine joins six other states to qualify for agency funding through the Office of the National Coordinator, part of the Department of Health and Human Services.
“This approval reflects Maine’s leadership in developing strategies to advance [...]
Vice President Biden unveiled a White House report on Tuesday indicating that Recovery Act investments in health IT are helping to reduce errors and improve patient care.
The Health IT Policy Committee of the Department of Health and Human Services expressed its support for a plan to require patient consent before health providers exchanging heath records electronically with other clinics, testing labs or health information exchange (HIE) networks.
On Tuesday, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger launched the California Telehealth Network at the UC Davis Cancer Center in Sacramento.
Joel White, executive director of the Health IT Now Coalition, outlined the growing importance of broadband in the medical field, especially in record-keeping, diagnostics and treatments in rural areas. The executive director points out that increasing broadband investment in the healthcare sector would help reduce errors, while also decreasing costs.
Consulting firm McKinsey & Co. recently provided an estimate indicating that, if properly implemented, best-practice health IT policies could create health savings of $40 billion in one year. This amount eclipses the $27 billion the federal government will spend on Medicare and Medicaid initiatives for electronic medical records.
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