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Health Innovation Apps for Health: New “Leading Health Indicators App Challenge” Aims to Make It Easier for Americans to Get Healthier
Wil Yu | January 24, 2012
We’re very excited to have launched a new Investing in Innovation challenge partnering with the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion in support of the Healthy People 2020 initiative, which establishes benchmarks for healthy living and provides 10-year goals for improving the health of all Americans.
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Health Innovation popHealth Makes Meaningful Use Reporting Easier. How Can You Help Providers Transition to EHRs?
Wil Yu | January 18, 2012
Learn About the popHealth Tools Development Innovation Challenge!
Electronic health records (EHRs) and health information technology will modernize the way that health care professionals do their work and provide care to patients by giving them the tools to offer their patients better, more efficient care. There are also great tools like popHealth available to help providers make the transition to EHRs.
EHR Case Studies EHRs Make Flu Shot Reminders Easier
Parmeeth M.S. Atwal | January 13, 2012
Discusses how electronic health records can help make flu shot reminders easier.
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Health Innovation Start the New Year Off Right! Get involved with ONC’s Healthy New Year Video Contest
Erin Poetter Siminerio | January 10, 2012
Have you seen any compelling videos that went viral lately? Ever dreamed of seeing your name in lights? Think information technology is a powerful tool that can be leveraged to improve health and health care? You may be the next viral sensation or help inspire someone else to be, thanks to ONC’s Healthy New Year Video Contest.
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From the ONC Desk 12 Months of Health Information Technology: A Year of Momentous Progress
Dr. Farzad Mostashari | January 6, 2012
ONC earned its nickname as the “Office of No Christmas” during the 2009 Holiday season roughly two years ago when we, along with our colleagues at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), announced the proposed regulations to govern the Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Record Incentive Programs (EHR Incentive programs) established under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act). CMS’s proposed rule outlined provisions governing the EHR Incentive programs,
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