 | Will MU Objectives Advance Privacy, Security?
HIT committee members disappointed with security requirements
Issue: Online
Category: HCI Online
Author: By David Raths
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| Calls for Privacy, Quality in PCAST Report
Report recommends strengthening ONC authority
Issue: Online
Category: HCI Online
Author: By Jennifer Prestigiacomo
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| CIOs: Final Rule Shows ONC Listened
Final rule smooths the way for adoption, although concerns persist
Issue: Online
Category: HCI Online
Author: By David Raths
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| Creating a ‘Meaningful’ Community
Web-Exclusive Interview: Tim Raimey, Strategy Specialist and Community Manager, CSC’s Healthcare Group
Issue: Online
Category: HCI Online
Author: By Jennifer Prestigiacomo
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| First Look at Final MU Rule
CIOs Should Like À La Carte Approach
Issue: Online
Category: HCI Online
Author: By David Raths
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| Meaningful Use Anxiety
Web-Exclusive Interview: Daniel Garrett, Partner and HC IT Practice Leader, PricewaterhouseCoopers
Issue: Online
Category: HCI Online
Author: By Mark Hagland
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| Proposed HIPAA Changes Unveiled
Rules pertain to business associates, research, marketing
Issue: Online
Category: HCI Online
Author: By David Raths
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| eHI Survey: Government Programs Need Better Coordination
Survey reveals concern that processes intended to accelerate health IT adoption may backfire
Issue: Online
Category: ONLINE
Author: By David Raths
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| Healthcare IT on the Hill
Web Exclusive Interview: Justin Barnes, Chairman, Electronic Health
Records Association
Issue: Online
Category: HCI Online
Author: By Jennifer Prestigiacomo
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| First Look at Temporary Certification Final Rule
Five firms to apply to be temporary certifying bodies
Issue: Online
Category: HCI Online
Author: By David Raths
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| HITECH Revisited
Web-Exclusive Interview: Helen Pfister, J.D., Manatt Health Solutions
Issue: Online
Category: HCI Online
Author: By Jennifer Prestigiacomo
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| New Mexico to Measure HIE’s Impact
HIE Leaders Outline Next Steps
Issue: Online
Category: HCI Online
Author: By David Raths
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| The Six Toughest Policy Issues
Health IT leaders, and policy-makers grapple with change on several fronts
Issue: June 2010
Category: Departments
Author: by David Raths
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| The Many Flavors of Health Information Exchange
States are following widely different strategies in planning implementing health information exchanges.
Issue: Online
Category: HCI Online
Author: By John DeGaspari
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| Reaching Out to NYC’s Underserved
While some believe RECs lack the funding and staff needed to succeed, one NYC-based program is off to a promising start.
Issue: Online
Category: HCI Online
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| The Download Button
Experts discuss how the push to get patients more involved in their care might shape meaningful use criteria.
Issue: Online
Category: HCI Online
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| HIEs and the Funding Dilemma
In states like New Jersey, the intent to build a connected care network is there — but the money is not.
Issue: Online
Category: HCI Online
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| Beyond Scanning
AIIM conference speakers make a case for enterprise content management’s role in EHR meaningful use.
Issue: Online
Category: HCI Online
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| EHRs and Quality Measures
At the World Health Care Congress, industry leaders discussed the importance of using EHR data for clinical quality measures.
Issue: Online
Category: QA
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| Healthcare Reform and IT
CIOs, industry observers, gauge reform bill's impact
Issue: May 2010
Category: Department
Author: by David Raths
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| Working Together on Meaningful Use
A nationwide healthcare collaborative brings CIOs together on HITECH
Issue: May 2010
Category: Department
Author: by Mark Hagland
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| One-on-One with David Blumenthal, M.D., National Coordinator for Health IT (Part 2)
In the final part of our interview, Blumenthal addresses concerns providers have regarding the interim final rule.
Issue: Online
Category: QA
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| One-on-One with David Blumenthal, M.D., National Coordinator for Health IT (Part 1)
Blumenthal talks about the balancing act involved in establishing a final ruling on meaningful use.
Issue: Online
Category: QA
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| Q&A with CCHIT's New Chair, Karen Bell, M.D.
HCI catches up with Bell to discuss the challenges facing hospitals and her plans with CCHIT.
Issue: Online
Category: QA
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| REC Roadblocks
Identifying gaps in functionality and selling physicians on the benefits of EHRs remain the top challenges for REC leaders.
Issue: Online
Category: QA
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| Working Together on Meaningful Use
A nationwide healthcare collaborative brings CIOs together on HITECH.
Issue: Online
Category: QA
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| The DEA, E-Prescribing and Prescription Monitoring Programs
Taking a closer look at the push to allow physicians to electronically prescribe controlled substances.
Issue: Online
Category: QA
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| Outside Track Advances
Think smaller and rural hospitals are hopelessly behind in satisfying the meaningful-use criteria under ARRA-HITECH? Don't be so sure
Issue: April 2010
Category: Department
Author: by Mark Hagland
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| Ramping Up Data Exchange
At a meeting of the HIT Standards Committee, ONC outlined the aggressive timeline for NHIN Direct.
Issue: Online
Category: Q&A
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| ONC Makes a Move
HCI’s David Raths examines the new Certification regime.
Issue: Online
Category: WASHINGTON WORD
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| The State of HIEs
HCI’s David Raths shares his observations from the eHealth Initiative’s Annual Conference, held earlier this week.
Issue: Online
Category: QA
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| Shifting Away from Silos
The interoperability challenges that hospitals face pale in comparison to the headaches plaguing state departments
Issue: January 2010
Category: Departments
Author: by David Raths
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| One-on-One With Good Samaritan Hospital CIO Chuck Christian, Part II
In this part of our interview, Christian says many benefits of going electronic only come to light after implementation.
Issue: Online
Category: Q&A
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| Going Public with HIEs
WIth a solid infrastructure and the right people, public health organizations stand to benefit from HIEs.
Issue: December 2009
Category: Departments
Author: by David Raths
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| One-on-One With CCHIT Trustee & Search Committee Chair Frank Trembulak
Want to be Mark Leavitt’s replacement? Frank
Trembulak, Geisinger Health System EVP & COO, describes who CCHIT is
looking for.
Issue: Online
Category: Q&A
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| One-on-One With HIMSS Analytics Executive VP Mike Davis, Part III
In this part of our interview, Davis says the job of onsite HIT inspections could ultimately fall to the Joint Commission.
Issue: Online
Category: Q&A
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| One-on-One With The Drummond Group CEO Rik Drummond, Part II
In this part of our interview, Drummond says
turning out interoperable EHRs that users want, at a price vendors can afford,
takes a village of input.
Issue: Online
Category: Q&A
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| One-on-One With HIMSS Analytics Executive VP Mike Davis, Part II
In this part of our interview, Davis says
ONC’s thirst for data is all about developing nationwide EBM guidelines.
Issue: Online
Category: Q&A
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| One-on-One With HIMSS Analytics Executive VP Mike Davis, Part I
Mike
Davis says some parts of the Meaningful Use Matrix are intentionally cryptic.
Issue: Online
Category: Q&A
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| One-on-One With The Drummond Group CEO Rik Drummond, Part I
Rik Drummond says his company is entering
the EHR-certification market at the request of HIT vendors.
Issue: Online
Category: Q&A
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| One-on-One With CCHIT Chair Mark Leavitt, Part III
In this part of our interview, Leavitt says vendors
must be part of the certification discussion.
Issue: Online
Category: QA
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| One-on-One With CCHIT Chair Mark Leavitt, Part II
In this part of our interview, Leavitt says when
HITECH made certification a requirement, CCHIT responded with “Preliminary ARRA
2011.”
Issue: Online
Category: Q&A
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| One-on-One With Allscripts CEO Glen Tullman, Part I
Tullman says hospitals should leverage IT to
align with their customers – the independent docs.
Issue: Online
Category: Q&A
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| One-on-One With Premier SVP of Public Affairs Blair Childs
Childs says healthcare reform could have a big impact on hospital CIOs.
Issue: Online
Category: QA
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| Battleground States
With HITECH dollars forthcoming, the pressure is on for states to develop organizations that represent both public and private interests
Issue: October 2009
Category: Departments
Author: by David Raths
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| SMALL HOSPITAL SPOTLIGHT: One-on-One With Crittenden Health CFO Joe Swab & IT Director Reese Baker
Crittenden Health has a message for David Blumenthal:
mandating CPOE is easier said than done.
Issue: Online
Category: Q&A
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| One-on-One With Capital Health CIO Gene Grochala, Part III
In this part of our interview, Grochala says
hospital IT departments are operating under enormous pressure.
Issue: Online
Category: QA
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| SMALL HOSPITAL SPOTLIGHT: One-on-One With Wyoming County Community Health System IT Director Jane Beechler, Part II
In this part of our interview, Beechler asks the committees
shaping HITECH to remember the special challenges of small hospitals.
Issue: Online
Category: Q&A
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| Is the Bar Still Too High?
ONCHIT appeased some by tweaking CPOE requirements, but many still say the timeline for patient access to records is too aggressive
Issue: September 2009
Category: Departments
Author: by David Raths
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| One-on-One With Janet Dillione, CEO, Health Services Business Unit, Siemens Healthcare, Part III
In this part of our interview, Dillione says
there’s enough clarity around meaningful use for vendors to move forward
intelligently.
Issue: Online
Category: QA
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