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Thu, Aug 19 2010 3:42 PM EST
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Part 2 of What is Meaningful's spotlight on health reform and its impact on hospitals continues below with John D'Amore, vice president of enterprise performance management, Eclipsys. Part 1 of his interview pinpoints three areas that he believes hospitals can actively prepa... [MORE]
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Wed, Aug 11 2010 6:38 PM EST
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For insights into health reform and its impact on hospitals, What is Meaningful spoke with John D'Amore, vice president of enterprise performance management, Eclipsys. In Part 1 of his two-part interview, D'Amore pinpoints three areas that he believes hospitals can actively prepare: qualit... [MORE]
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Wed, Jul 14 2010 11:39 PM EST
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The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH), part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, provides for an unprecedented amount of funding to improve the quality and efficiency of our health care system through health information technology. The HITECH Act&r... [MORE]
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Tue, Jul 13 2010 11:24 AM EST
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The US Health and Human Services Department today released the final rule on "meaningful use" of an Electronic Health Record (EHR).
The rule clarifies the requirements physicians must satisfy to earn financial incentives for automating and connecting their practices under the HITECH Act, part ... [MORE]
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Fri, May 14 2010 2:27 PM EST
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Below is a message from Dr. David Blumenthal, national coordinator for Health Information Technology.
Private and secure health information exchange enables information to follow the patient when and where it is needed for better care. The Federal government is working to enable a wide range o... [MORE]
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Thu, Apr 29 2010 8:50 PM EST
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As I write, physicians throughout the United States are deciding whether to become meaningful users of electronic health records by 2011 when Medicare and Medicaid start making extra payments to meaningful users. For some the decision may be pretty simple. Almost 200,000 doctors already ha... [MORE]
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Wed, Apr 14 2010 6:00 PM EST
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In this video, Rick Schooler, senior vice president of information services and CIO of Orlando Health, shares his experience with EHR implementations and the value of meaningful use with the editor of www.whatismeaningful.com. This interview is the first of a two-part interview with Schooler. Be... [MORE]
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Mon, Apr 05 2010 11:53 AM EST
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The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) is responsible for putting forward a vision for nationwide, interoperable health IT. Our work requires that we also support the creation of a learning health system that is patient-centered and uses information to co... [MORE]
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Tue, Mar 09 2010 12:26 PM EST
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What is Meaningful staff asked 9 clinicians and hospital executives to anwer the question: "What is meaningful to you in your role working with healthcare technology at your hospital?" Below is a transcript of their responses.
Dr. Steve Margolis, chief medic... [MORE]
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Tue, Mar 02 2010 3:40 PM EST
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Today the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) outlining the proposed approach for establishing a certification program to test and certify electronic health records (EHRs). The HITECH Act mandates the development of a ce... [MORE]
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