September 16, 2013 Jeff Smith, Director of Public Policy at CHIME
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Sept. 16-20 marks the 8th Annual National Health IT Week (http://www.healthitweek.org/). During NHIT Week, hundreds of health IT stakeholders fly to Washington, DC to advocate for better health IT-related policies. Stakeholders that cannot come to DC for are encouraged to host an event locally at the state our regional level.
September 11, 2013 Mark Hagland
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Fast on the heels of an announcement by the ONC that the agency was launching a patient matching initiative, CHIME’s Russ Branzell gave HCI’s Mark Hagland an industry-first interview regarding CHIME’s praise for ONC’s announcement, and CHIME’s response to that announcement.
September 11, 2013 Gabriel Perna
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The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) has announced a collaborative patient matching initiative, a representative for the government agency announced in a blog post this week.
September 10, 2013 Mark Hagland
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Micky Tripathi, Ph.D., the founding president and CEO of the Massachusetts eHealth Collaborative, has been active in healthcare industry thought leadership for many years. In the wake of the recent announcement that Farzad Mostashari, M.D. would be stepping down as National Coordinator for Health IT this fall, Tripathi shared his thoughts with HCI’s Mark Hagland on a range of forward-looking topics.
September 4, 2013 David Raths
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Sept. 4 marked the last Health IT Policy Committee meeting under the direction of Farzad Mostashari, M.D., as national coordinator of health IT. The meeting saw lively discussion on two fronts: first, recommendations regarding the development of a risk-based regulatory framework and strategy for health information technology; and second, progress on the meaningful use work group’s efforts to develop a framework for outcome-oriented measures as part of Stage 3 of meaningful use.
September 4, 2013 Gabriel Perna
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The Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) has submitted its response to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)’s request for comments on a regulatory framework for Health IT.
September 3, 2013 Mark Hagland
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The seven acute-care-hospital, West Orange-based Barnabas Health, the largest health system in New Jersey, has been plunging headlong into accountable care development. And Anthony Slonim, M.D., the health systems vice president and CMO, has a lot to say regarding lessons learned so far in Barnabas Health's journey.
August 30, 2013 Rajiv Leventhal
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Regence BlueShield in Seattle, Wash. and the five-hospital MultiCare Health System in Tacoma, Wash. have teamed up to launch an accountable care program. The insurer and provider aim to further enhance care and bend the medical cost curve for people in the south Puget Sound region of the state.
August 29, 2013 Gabriel Perna
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Physicians are divided on the hot-button issue of healthcare data transparency, according to a recent poll from the American College of Physician Executives (ACPE).
August 28, 2013 Gabriel Perna
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As healthcare policy leaders wade into the thicket of issues confronting CIOs, one thing is clear: each issue has its own set of competing challenges, and there are no simple solutions. Healthcare Informatics Associate Editor Gabriel Perna recently spoke with seven industry insiders and leaders to attempt to unfurl the challenges that surround each regulatory issue and looked to answer that pervasive question: which one should come first?
August 28, 2013 Gabriel Perna
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A recent research effort out of Massachusetts has determined that at least one accountable care organization (ACO) initiative was directly responsible for lower spending for Medicare patients.
August 27, 2013 Mark Hagland
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When The New York Times runs an article on page 1 of its Sunday Business section, people notice. And that goes double when the headline on the article reads, "How to Charge $546 for Six Liters of Saltwater." The bottom line? The push for transparency will only intensify in the new healthcare.
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