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EHR Case Studies Diabetes Specialist Uses Health IT Tools To Help Patients Improve Their Care – Part I
Damon Davis | April 27, 2012
Patients and physicians nationwide are leveraging health information technology (health IT) to make their health care interaction more efficient and effective without necessarily having to be face-to-face. The use of existing and emerging technologies—such as cell phones, personal health records, mobile apps, and monitoring devices—are creating ways for patients and providers to monitor health conditions remotely. Endocrinologist, Dr. Gail Nunlee-Bland, shared her story with ONC about several studies she has done looking at how using health information technology can improve her patients’ diabetes self-management.
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Community College Consortia Health IT Workforce Development Program Celebrates Two-Year Anniversary
Chitra Mohla | April 26, 2012
March 2012 marked the two-year anniversary of the Community College Consortia Program, which is part of ONC’s Health IT Workforce Development Program. The Consortia Program is enabling community colleges across the country to train a skilled workforce of health IT professionals. To date, an impressive 12,000 students have completed health IT training at 82 community colleges funded by the Consortia Program.
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EHR Case Studies Model-Driven Health Tools (MDHT): Creating Interoperability Models and Infrastructure for the Health and Health IT Community
Dr. Doug Fridsma | April 20, 2012
Imagine if you had a cell phone from a particular carrier that could only call other phones serviced by that carrier. A system such as that would limit the sharing of information and communication among all members in the cell phone community. The current wireless infrastructure allows cell phones to exchange data, text messages, emails, and phone calls across all networks—obviously the best way to facilitate effective communication.
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EHR Case Studies Developing Solutions to Health Information Exchange Challenges: Cheers to Another Successful S&I Framework Face-to-Face Meeting!
Dr. Doug Fridsma | April 19, 2012
Last week, the Office of Standards & Interoperability (OSI) hosted its third Standards & Interoperability (S&I) Framework Face-to-Face meeting in Alexandria, VA. More than 350 committed, enthusiastic volunteers traveled—on their own dime—to the nation’s capital to participate in this working meeting.
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State HIE State Health Information Exchange Grantees Take Part in the Consumer Innovation Challenge
Peter Banks | April 11, 2012
ONC recently issued the Consumer Innovation Challenge to State Health Information Exchange grantees, building on the momentum of the ONC Pledge Program, to increase consumers’ access to their health information. Participating states will make concrete progress in the next six months to get electronic information into consumers’ hands so they can share it with family members and multiple providers who care for them and use it to improve their health and health care.
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