Regional Extension Centers Advancing Adoption, Interoperability and Transformation – Regional Extension Centers Surpass 100,000 Providers to Stage 1 Meaningful Use
Dr. Karen B. DeSalvo | September 17, 2014
In February 2014 we highlighted our regional extension centers’ (REC) success in supporting adoption of electronic health records (EHRs), and today, during National Health IT Week 2014, we are proud to announce the RECs have surpassed their goal and now support over 100,000 providers to demonstrate Stage 1 Meaningful Use.
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Health Information Exchange Virginia Department of Health and ConnectVirginia Build a Pathway to Meet Public Health Measures
Rachel Abbey | September 16, 2014
In late 2013, three key health IT issues came to light in the Commonwealth of Virginia resulting in a synergistic partnership between public and private health care entities that now uses ConnectVirginia, Virginia’s Statewide Health Information Exchange (HIE), for public health reporting.
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Consumer Engagement Announcing the New Blue Button Toolkit
Maya Uppaluru | September 15, 2014
A Single Source for Technical Standards & Guidelines to Support Patient Access to Their Health Data
Blue Button is for every person, provider, and community interested in improving care and health through information access and use. As part of the Blue Button Initiative, we are launching the Blue Button Toolkit.
Consumer Engagement Consumer Access and Use of Online Health Records: It Takes Two to Tango
Vaishali Patel | September 15, 2014
As the saying goes, it takes two to tango. An increasing number of health care providers offer new electronic tools to patients, but are patients interested in engaging online with their health records?
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Consumer Engagement NEW UPDATE: Thanks for making 2014 a success! Mark your calendars for the 5th Annual Consumer Health IT Summit October 1, 2015 (details to come).
Dr. Karen B. DeSalvo | September 10, 2014
We hope you are planning on joining us throughout the day on Monday, September 15, 2014, when we will kick off National Health IT Week (#NHITWeek) with our 4th Annual Consumer Health IT Summit (#BlueButton).
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