EHR Experts

By Mary Mosquera
The National Quality Forum has published a standard set of clinical data elements to measure quality performance that electronic health records should be able to capture across all care settings.
It will make it easier to compare healthcare providers’ reports on their performance in quality measures, said Dr. Paul Tang, chairman of NQF’s Health [...]

Filed under: EHR, Electronic Health Records on December 9th, 2009 | No Comments »

By Mary Mosquera
Dr. David Blumenthal, the national health IT coordinator, said yesterday his office will explain “in the coming weeks” how it will define a “certified” electronic health record,” which providers must purchase in order to qualify for new federal health IT incentive payments.
In an e-mail message, Blumenthal gave a preview of what further guidance [...]

Filed under: EHR, Health Care on October 13th, 2009 | No Comments »