Health Information Exchange, Meaningful Use Health IT: Charting the Course for 2013 to Harness Health IT to Bring Down Costs and Improve Quality in Health Care
Dr. Farzad Mostashari | March 6, 2013
Today HHS is announcing critical progress toward building the infrastructure needed for Health Information Technology (IT) systems to communicate seamlessly and securely. This is crucial to our efforts to modernize our health care delivery system and will facilitate our efforts to bring down costs and improve care for patients.
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Meaningful Use, Regional Extension Centers, State HIE Let’s Keep One Million Hearts Beating Strong!
Larry Jessup | March 5, 2013
In February, communities across America celebrated American Heart month to promote healthy lifestyles and provide Americans with resources to prevent and control heart disease.
Every year, approximately 935,000 Americans suffer from a heart attack, and about 600,000 people die from heart disease, which is 1 out of every 4 American deaths. Heart Disease is the leading cause of death for both men and women in the United States.
Meaningful Use ONC’s Thoughts on Patents, Health IT, and Meaningful Use
Jodi G. Daniel | March 4, 2013
ONC was recently asked whether the regulatory requirements for EHR certification and meaningful use, especially some of the more patient-focused requirements, like the view, download, and transmit to a 3rd party meaningful use objective, could implicate patents.
We want to share with you our thoughts on patents and meaningful use, and identify the proactive steps ONC is taking to understand their implications and share that understanding with the community.
From the ASTP Desk National Health Information Exchange Governance Forum Announced
Jodi G. Daniel | March 1, 2013
Last year, ONC issued a Request for Information looking for comments about a potential governance mechanism for the nationwide health information network. Based on comments we received, along with feedback from multiple stakeholders, we decided not to continue with a formal rulemaking process, but instead pursue a non-regulatory approach to health information exchange (HIE) governance. We committed to launching a range of activities to support and learn from existing governance initiatives and advance our HIE goals:
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State HIE State HIE Program Policy Office Releases Tactical Issue Briefs on Sustainability Building
Lee Stevens | March 1, 2013
Health Information Exchange (HIE) has rapidly developed across the United States over the past three years but there is an elusive word attached to its future: Sustainability. Building and operating exchange capacity outside corporate structures has historically relied almost solely on federal, state and private grant dollars, all aimed at improving health care delivery outcomes and efficiency in the United States.
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