June 15, 2012
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According to a new study from researchers at the University of California at San Francisco (UCSF), EHRs are widely used by California physicians, but many of their systems are not designed to meet meaningful use standards. The research report says while 71 percent of California physicians have an EHR system, only 30 percent have one with the functionalities needed to achieve meaningful use requirements from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' (CMS).
May 24, 2012 David Raths
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On May 15 the Office of the National Coordinator published a Request for Information (RFI) on governance of the nationwide health information network (NwHIN). At their May 24 meeting, Health IT Standards Committee members debated some of the fine points involved in setting up another accreditation and validation system to make trusted exchange of health data easier. If ONC’s basic framework is adopted, CIOs may have to add at least two new acronyms to their vocabulary: CTE (Conditions for Trusted Exchange) and NVE (NwHIN-Validated Entity).
May 21, 2012 The Editors of Healthcare Informatics
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Healthcare Informatics, a New York City-based magazine providing leadership and strategy for healthcare IT leaders, is proud to officially announce the 2012 version of its unique, industry offering: the Healthcare Informatics 100, a compilation of the top health IT companies based on HIT revenues from the most recent fiscal year. For this year’s list, McKesson Technology Solutions (Alpharetta, Ga.), was the top ranked company, marking the fifth year in a row that the diversified healthcare IT software solutions vendor has sat atop the list.
May 10, 2012
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According to a research report from Cambridge, Mass.-based Chilmark Research rapid growth and evolution will continue to define the nascent health information exchange (HIE) market, even though federal funds earmarked for them have begun to run dry this year. The report, 2012 HIE Market Report: Analysis and Trends, says the market is making a significant shift to serving healthcare organizations (HCOs) of all sizes – an enterprise market.
May 1, 2012 Mark Hagland
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Even as the federal Medicare shared savings program for accountable care gets underway, private health insurers in some markets are moving ahead very quickly. Juan Davila of the San Francisco-based Blue Shield of California shares his insights on the strategic and strategic IT lessons already being learned.
April 2, 2012
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Framingham, Mass.-based research firm, IDC Health, has revealed a report that’s aimed at helping healthcare organizations establish enterprise or community health information exchanges (HIEs). The new report provides a framework for establishing a new HIO based on keen insight from successful early adopters. It includes the major components of success: stakeholder engagement, communications, data governance, HIE solution selection, project management and implementation, EHR deployment, clinical utilization, privacy and security and funding and sustainability.
March 13, 2012 Jennifer Prestigiacomo
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Last month the Washington, D.C.-based National eHealth Collaborative (NeHC) released the results of its 2012 NeHC Stakeholder Survey, which featured the biggest challenges to achieving widespread health information exchange. Sixty-one percent of respondents said funding and sustainability was the main obstacle, while 53 percent said interoperability standards were hindering HIE adoption.
March 6, 2012 Jennifer Prestigiacomo
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With federal health information exchange (HIE) funding drying up in 2014 and with the release of the Affordable Care Act, health plans are increasingly being viewed as key stakeholders in the HIE sustainability equation. HIEs can’t be successful unless payers get involved, said Gary Austin, principal and co-founder of TranzformHealth, a Las Vegas-based healthcare consultancy.
March 2, 2012 Jennifer Prestigiacomo
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As I was telling someone this week, I’m still digging out from HIMSS12 that took place last week in Las Vegas. Not only did I conduct a lot of great interviews with interesting folks like MAeHC’s Micky Tripathi, Huntington Hospital’s Rebecca Armato, and NeHC’s Kate Berry, I sat in on a ton of great sessions. A couple of sessions that stuck out were from the HIE Symposium which delved into timely topics of HIE sustainability and interstate collaborations
February 14, 2012 Jeff Smith, Assistant Director of Advocacy at CHIME
February 10, 2012
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The Washington, D.C.-based National eHealth Collaborative (NeHC) recently released the results of a survey to the attendees of its NeHC University recent program on health information exchanges (HIEs), called, "Introduction to the HIE Landscape." NeHC says the results of the survey will determine the development of future NeHC University programs and provide valuable insight into key issues and challenges facing the world of HIE.
February 8, 2012
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HealthLevel Seven International, the Ann Arbor, Mich.-based organization responsible for the standards for interoperability of health information technology and America’s Blood Centers, the Washington D.C.-based association of independent community blood centers, announced that HL7 has published an implementation guide to extend the HL7 standard used by many hospitals into the blood center environment.
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