EHR Case Studies, State HIE Bright Spots of the Direct Project Adoption
Brett Andriesen | June 18, 2012
Reflect for a moment on the last time your doctor referred you to a specialist. When you arrived, did the specialist say, “Sorry, I did not get your paperwork, can you tell me why you are you here?” Wouldn’t it be great if your specialist already had the health information she needed before you arrived, so you did not have to remember your medications, previous tests, and diagnoses?
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Community College Consortia How the Region A Community College Consortia Is Training Health IT Professionals
Patricia Dombrowski | June 7, 2012
In late 2009, educators in the 10 northwestern states banded together to answer the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology’s (ONC) call for the nation’s community colleges to help train the health IT professionals needed to help providers and hospitals make the transition to adopting and meaningfully using certified electronic health records (EHRs).
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Beacon Communities Beacon Community Program’s Second Anniversary: A Story from the Field and Successes from Year 2
Christina Markle | June 4, 2012
Celebrating the second anniversary of the Beacon Community Program is about telling our stories, and reaching out to other communities as they begin their own health IT implementation. The Beacon Community Program office wants to acknowledge the on-the-ground work of Beacon Communities nationwide. If you haven’t yet personally received care from one of the many providers connected to a Beacon Community, this is what real people in the field are sharing about their experience with Beacons.
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Health Innovation Join ONC at This Year’s Health Datapalooza
Damon Davis | June 1, 2012
The Health Data Initiative Forum (HDI) is a flagship initiative of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Open Government Plan that brings together innovators, entrepreneurs, consumers, health care professionals, data gurus, and public and private sector organizations to unleash the power of health data and innovation in ways that improve health and health care.
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Meaningful Use ONC Seeking Nominations to the Health Information Technology Standards and Policy Committees
MacKenzie Robertson | May 31, 2012
ONC is seeking nominations to the Health Information Technology Standards and Policy Committees. All nominations must be submitted by Monday, June 11, 2012. For detailed instructions for submitting applications, please refer to the Federal Register Notice.
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