EHR Experts

By Mary Mosquera
A panel advising the Office of the National Coordinator of Health IT (ONC) said it will heed the overwhelming consensus it has received in recent public comments to develop the simplest possible certification standards for accelerating health IT adoption.
The Health IT Standards Committee’s implementation workgroup reported today that it distilled the testimony of [...]

Filed under: ARRA, EHR, EHR companies, HL7, Health Care on November 24th, 2009 | No Comments »

By Ken Congdon, Healthcare Technology Online
In my coverage of the healthcare technology industry, I’ve noticed that many software and hardware vendors, clinicians, and even some analysts tend to use the terms EMR (electronic medical record) and EHR (electronic health record) interchangeably. However, according to the National Alliance for Health Information Technology (NAHIT), there is a [...]

Filed under: CCHIT, EHR, HL7 on October 7th, 2009 | No Comments »