Tag: meaningful-use

ONC Introduces Blue Button Plus, Pushes Initiative Forward. The folks at the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT’s (ONC) Consumer eHealth team aren’t about to slow down when it comes to its Blue Button initiative. They recently announced the arrival of Blue Button Plus, which will aim to make the initiative consumer friendly…

Skating to Where the Puck Is Headed: Why UPMC’s Advantages Go Beyond Resources and Market Share. Visiting senior executives at the UPMC health system in Pittsburgh last week, some of the thoughts I’ve been having lately around what creates and advances a culture of innovation were validated and confirmed for me.   It was great…

Healthgrades names top hospitals. Healthgrades, an online healthcare quality reporting group, released its list of 262 hospitals it calls the best when rated for risk-adjusted mortality and complication rates for 27 common procedures and conditions involving

More Than One-Third of Patients Go Online to Diagnose, Research Says. Historically, people have always tried to answer their health questions at home and made personal choices about whether and when to consult a clinician. Many have now added the internet to their personal health toolbox, according to new research published by the Pew Research…

DataSource Mobility To Sell The New Panasonic Toughpad G1 Windows Tablet. DataSource Mobility provides customers with the most reliable solutions for business, and today they are announcing an addition to their product portfolio, the new Panasonic® Toughpad G1 Windows® 8 tablet.

Central And North Florida HIMSS Chapter Meeting. It’s no secret that the use of mobile technology is expanding in healthcare. In fact, the FCC recently created the position of Health Care Director as part of its initiative to ensure mobile health technologies are available to Providers sooner.

Ways To Improve Quality Of Care Measurement From Electronic Health Records. Healthcare providers and hospitals are being offered up to $27 billion in federal financial incentives to use electronic health records (EHRs) in ways that demonstrably improve the quality of care. The incentives are based, in part, on the ability to electronically report clinical quality…

Most Physicians Won’t Qualify For EHR ‘Meaningful Use’. Two-thirds of office-based physicians plan to apply or have already applied for meaningful use incentives for using electronic health records (EHRs), a government survey found.

Dashboard-Driven Population Health Management in Northwest Ohio. Kenneth Bertka, M.D. has been helping to lead his colleagues at Mercy Health Partners, and its parent health system, Catholic Health Partners, forward on data-driven population health management. A key lesson learned? Take everything one step at a time. Interesting things have been happening lately at Mercy Health…

Onc Authorizes CCHIT To Certify EHRs For 2014 HIT Certification Program. The Certification Commission for Health Information Technology (CCHIT) announced recently that it has been authorized by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) to certify electronic health records (EHRs) for the ONC HIT Certification Program, 2014 Edition. CCHIT’s new ONC…