What does 'era of meaningful use' really mean?
Date: Jan 24, 2011 David Blumenthal, MD, head of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT, told an eHealth Initiative audience in Washington, DC, last week that the nation is now in the era of meaningful use.
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Mapping workflow before EMR selection
Date: Jan 18, 2011 A lot of studies have recently come out looking at productivity declines that are typical following the implementation of EMRs. Everyone expects the decrease in productivity because of the disruption in workflow.
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Latest digital divide solution is tardy, lacks punch
Date: Jan 12, 2011 There has been a lot of talk about ensuring that the digital divide was eliminated - not widened - with the introduction of federal funding and legislation to drive EMR adoption.
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ONC begins work on Stage 2 meaningful use requirements
Date: Dec 22, 2010 While healthcare entities are still trying to change the Stage 1 meaningful use criteria, the Health IT Policy Committee has begun fleshing out the Stage 2 criteria.
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ONC to roll out five initiatives
Date: Dec 21, 2010 The 62 regional extension centers (RECs) provided feedback that enabled the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT to announce the rollout of five new initiatives aimed at driving greater EHR adoption. They're great ideas, but shouldn't they have been in place when the RECs were first announced? In other words, shouldn't ONC have anticipated these needs?
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Contract negotiation skills required for EHR purchases
Date: Nov 03, 2010 In a guest column, Steven J. Fox and Vadim Schick warn that healthcare providers need to hone their contract negotiation skills when purchasing EHRs from vendors.
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ONC, Office of Minority Health MDs urge EHR vendors to address digital divide
Date: Oct 21, 2010 David Blumenthal, MD, head of ONC, and Garth Graham, MD, director of the Office of Minority Health, are asking EHR vendors to have a presence in minority and medically underserved communities.
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Sage advice for RECs serving rural areas
Date: Oct 07, 2010 Physician groups in rural parts of the country have greater challenges in adopting EHRs. The regional extension centers (RECs) are a new resource for them, but RECs serving rural areas, not surprisingly, also have challenges.
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Advice for getting small physician practices to adopt EHRs
Date: Oct 06, 2010 Steven Waldren, MD, director of the Center for Health Information Technology for the American Academy of Family Physicians, has helped many small physician practices implement and adopt EHRs.
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RECs get extra help from CHIME
Date: Sep 28, 2010 Regional extension centers (RECs) across the country got a major boost when ONC and The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) offered their assistance to help enable health IT adoption.
