Thursday, May 10th, 2012 at 09:18
The newly revised Health IT Dashboard presents key information and data to support the monitoring of the impact of federal policies, programs, and research activities related to health IT.
The new Dashboard provides summary information about all ONC HITECH grant programs and detailed information on Regional Extension Centers and the Community College Consortia which serves to educate Health IT Professionals.
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Tuesday, April 17th, 2012 at 11:44
On Tuesday, March 20, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) convened an all-day Consumer Innovation Challenge meeting in Chicago in order to launch the Consumer Innovation Challenge to State Health Information Exchange grant recipients. building on the momentum of the ONC Pledge Program, to increase consumers’ access to their health information. Participating HIE states are being asked to make tangible progress over the next six months to provide electronic health information to consumers and the providers that care for them.
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Wednesday, March 14th, 2012 at 09:44
The Office of the National Coordinator has just released (March 7, 2012) a Health Affairs aper on “The Strategy for Advancing the Exchange of Health Information”.
The presentation contains a lot of information in it. I found the section on the lack of timely information on patient discharges being sent to primary care providers rather interesting.
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Friday, September 23rd, 2011 at 10:41
In this video you can learn more about the Regional Extension Center program and how RECs can help health care providers implement Electronic Health Record systems.
Most health care providers appreciate the many benefits that Electronic health records (EHRs) offer, but they may not be sure on how to get started. ONC's Regional Extension Centers (RECs) help providers make the ...
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Saturday, June 25th, 2011 at 12:12
Announcing an HIE Leaders Roundtable being sponsored bu ONCHIT.
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) is a cooperative agreement partner of the National eHealth Collaborative (NeHC).
On Tuesday, June 28, 2011 at 1:30 p.m. ET, NeHC will convene the HIE Leaders Roundtable, a group of Health Information Exchange (HIE) ...
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Monday, March 28th, 2011 at 16:10
The Public Comment period for the Federal Health IT Strategic Plan is now open. The following is the press release announcing it. I included a link at the bottom to an overview of the plan and the actual plan. Sorry, but they are in PDF formats.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Friday, March 25, 2011
Contact: HHS Press Office
(202) 690-6343
ONC ...
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Thursday, March 24th, 2011 at 08:50
In this 55 minute webinar, John Halamaka covers the major areas of meaningful use, how to use it, how to be eligible and what it all means.
First off, there are the five major priorities:
Improving quality, safety, efficiency, and reducing health disparities
Engage patients and families in their health care
Improve care coordination
Improve population and public health
Ensure adequate ...
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Thursday, March 17th, 2011 at 11:29
The medical industry has changed significantly over the past decade. One of the major changes is that many medical offices are moving from paper to electronic medical records. There are also a number of practice management software packages available to medical practitioners. This makes their lives easier, but what does it mean for patients? To ...
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