Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius last week announced $83.9 million in grants to help networks of health centers implement electronic health records and other healthcare-related IT systems.
The grants are part of the $2 billion allotted to HHS’ Health Resources and Services Administration under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to expand [...]
Filed under: EHR, Electronic Health Records on June 11th, 2010 | 2 Comments »
The Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT is seeking patient perceptions of the delivery of healthcare through the use of an EHR.
“Health IT experts agree that HITECH stimulus funds are likely to improve how physicians practice medicine for Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries and, ultimately, for advancing [...]
Filed under: EHR, Electronic Health Records on May 19th, 2010 | No Comments »
By Andrea Kraynak
Is your EHR meaningful use-compliant? Healthcare providers may soon be able to find out for sure.
HHS released a proposed rule Tuesday for establishing certification programs for health information technology. The proposed rule describes the creation of a certification program for EHRs, as mandated by the HITECH Act.
EHR certification is designed to “give purchasers [...]
Filed under: EHR, Electronic Health Records on April 21st, 2010 | No Comments »
Hospitals and physicians should be required to report data glitches in patients’ electronic health records to a national patient safety organization beginning in 2013, according to the Health IT Policy Committee’s adoption and certification work group, Federal Computer Week reports.
On Monday, the work group considered a draft proposal that evaluated best practices for electronic reporting [...]
Filed under: EHR, Electronic Health Records on April 6th, 2010 | No Comments »
By Jennifer Lubell / HITS staff writer
Private industry, not the federal government, will eventually drive health information technology initiatives, said David Blumenthal, M.D., national coordinator for health information technology at HHS, at a policy conference sponsored by the National Committee for Quality Assurance in Washington.
The federal government “has been investing a lot of effort and [...]
Filed under: EHR, Electronic Health Records on December 8th, 2009 | No Comments »
By Joseph Conn / HITS staff writer
The Certification Commission for Health Information Technology is adopting a two-tier system of testing and certifying IT systems.
In a conference call with vendors and developers of health IT systems Thursday, CCHIT Chairman Mark Leavitt announced the not-for-profit organization’s new testing program, as the group readies itself for [...]
Filed under: EHR on September 21st, 2009 | No Comments »