From the monthly archives:
June 2009
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CCHIT Seeing the Light?
June 29, 2009The Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology (CCHIT) just announced a proposal that marks a dramatic change in the way they approach electronic medical record (EMR) certification. CCHIT is currently the only government-recognized body that certifies EMR software. The goal is to “accelerate” the ...
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Health IT Policy Committee Drafts 22 Objectives for “Meaningful Use”
June 25, 2009You have heard it so often it has almost become the Mantra of the EHR community. In order to qualify for federal incentives in the HITECH Act physicians must implement EHRs that demonstrate “meaningful use”. The quest to discover the definition of “meaningful use” ...
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CCHIT Responds to Open Source Popularity With More Flexible Standards
June 24, 2009Open source healthcare IT solutions have been gaining popularity with the federal government ever since Democratic Representative from California, Pete Stark promoted open source as a low-cost and viable approach to EHRs in a proposed bill back in September. The government has also pointed ...
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Interoperability – Credit Cards as a Model for Health Information Sharing
June 22, 2009Isn’t it amazing how we can travel the world and pay for nearly anything with a credit card? This is possible because credit cards are simple: they use a standard device; they are relatively secure; and they use a common data standard. In the ...
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