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Posted on Monday, April 23rd, 2012 Filed Under: eHealth Initiative
House of Reps Subcommittee Considers Reauthorization of MDUFA and PDUFAOn April 18, the House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Health held a hearing on draft legislation reauthorizing the FDA to collect “user fees” from pharmaceutical companies and medical device manufacturers seeking approval for new drugs … Continue reading
Posted on Monday, April 16th, 2012 Filed Under: eHealth Initiative
Defining Value in Cancer CareOn April 12, 2012, Health Affairs held a public briefing on value in cancer care. At the briefing, a series of experts presented articles included in the April edition of the journal. The program included discussion of topics such as: … Continue reading
Posted on Tuesday, January 31st, 2012 Filed Under: eHealth Initiative
Empower Your HIE with ImagingInterest in securely exchanging medical images is increasing among HIEs. The need to provide diagnostic quality images to their physician users – whenever and wherever needed – is growing. Since there is no single service that will meet the array … Continue reading
Posted on Friday, January 20th, 2012 Filed Under: eHealth Initiative
Congratulations to Southeast Texas Medical Associates, eHI’s 2012 eHealth Innovator Award WinnerLast week, eHealth Initiative (eHI) held its tenth annual conference, drawing healthcare industry leaders from across the country. At the conference, eHI unveiled its strategy for 2012, which involves a new focus on identifying, assessing, and disseminating health IT tools … Continue reading
Posted on Tuesday, December 13th, 2011 Filed Under: eHealth Initiative
5010 – Ready or Not Here It Comes!Recently, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced they will not take enforcement actions against HIPAA covered organizations that are not 5010 compliant until March 31, 2012. This may sound like you have an extended deadline to become 5010 … Continue reading
Posted on Wednesday, December 7th, 2011 Filed Under: eHealth Initiative
Transition of Care: The Patient’s Problem?Care is transitioned every day. Between providers, diagnosticians, therapists, patients, and support systems, patients move, test results move, files move—and communication is LOST. Like the game called “telephone”… each pass of information changes the information communicated. This might be okay … Continue reading
Posted on Tuesday, October 11th, 2011 Filed Under: Guest Post, meaningful use
We Can’t Fix All of Medicine with Meaningful UseLast week’s eHealth Initiative Member Meeting was wonderful, but it crystallized something I have been feeling for months: We can’t fix all of medicine with Meaningful Use. There was a wonderful presentation by Margaret Anderson, Executive Director, FasterCures about the … Continue reading
Posted on Friday, September 30th, 2011 Filed Under: Guest Post, Reports
Just Released: “Still Thinking Research: Strategies to Advance the Use of Electronic Health Records to Bridge Patient Care and Research.”As the clinical world continues to adopt health IT, the research and patient advocacy communities need to push them to think research. The complexity of issues that affect human health—from the genomic and proteomic levels to the culture and locale … Continue reading
Posted on Friday, August 26th, 2011 Filed Under: Guest Post, Reports
HIT Trends Summary for July 2011This is a summary of the HIT Trends report for July 2011. You can get the current issue or subscribe here. Specialty EMRs. There is a market for EMRs that specialize by practice type. This month, the ophthalmologists tell us … Continue reading
Posted on Wednesday, August 17th, 2011 Filed Under: Guest Post, Health Information Exchange, eHealth Initiative
Healthcare is Local: The Role of the Small Community Hospital in the Transformation of HealthcareOne of my goals for this year is to talk with every Kansas hospital about the importance of participating in health information exchange activities; not just to achieve “meaningful use” and receive incentive payments, but to significantly improve health care … Continue reading Recently on eHealth Initiative Blog...
House of Reps Subcommittee Considers Reauthorization of MDUFA and PDUFA
Posted on Monday, April 23rd, 2012 Filed Under: eHealth Initiative
Defining Value in Cancer Care
Posted on Monday, April 16th, 2012 Filed Under: eHealth Initiative
Cancer Informatics and Research
Posted on Monday, March 5th, 2012 Filed Under: eHealth Initiative
The Many Faces of Clinical Communication
Posted on Wednesday, February 15th, 2012 Filed Under: eHealth Initiative
Empower Your HIE with Imaging
Posted on Tuesday, January 31st, 2012 Filed Under: eHealth Initiative
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