Author: trident50
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Lessons Learned and the Road Ahead in Meaningful Use
How can the meaningful use program become more meaningful? Judy McCarthy, chief technology officer at National Jewish Health, shares her thoughts in preparation of the Health IT Summit in Denver later this month. In the meaningful use (MU) program, much of the attention has been on the development of electronic health records (EHRs), which can…
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State telemedicine efforts encounter hurdles
Legislative efforts to enhance the use of telemedicine in both Florida and Tennessee have hit some bumps in the road, according to various reports. read more …read more
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WEDI roadmap urges HHS to limit burden of ICD-10 delay
The Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange urged the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in a letter dated June 4 to take action to minimize disruption within the healthcare industry from the ICD-10 delay. read more …read more
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ONC unveils 10-year plan for healthcare interoperability
By 2024, the national health IT infrastructure and data standards will evolve to support robust information sharing and aggregation, creating a “continuous learning” environment for care, according to an ONC paper published today. read more …read more
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A Call To Action for a Nationwide Interoperable Health IT Infrastructure
Today we are pleased to release Connecting Health and Care for the Nation: A 10-Year Vision to Achieve an Interoperable Health IT Infrastructure. This paper describes ONC’s broad vision and framework for interoperability and is an invitation to health IT stakeholders – clinicians, consumers, hospitals, public health, technology developers, payers, researchers, policymakers and many others…
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University of Colorado Health building a data infrastructure from scratch
University of Colorado Health is building IT systems to treat people, not diseases, according to CIO Steve Hess. read more …read more
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CBO to stop scoring some parts of the health law
The congressional budget analysts announce that they will continue to track the financial impact of the marketplaces and the Medicaid expansion program, but not some of the other smaller changes made under the law. Meanwhile, a new strategy for employers who provide health care is coming under scrutiny. …read more
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Highlights: Calif. insurance commissioner battle; food stamps and Medicaid in Calif.; Mo. and experimental drug therapies
Incumbent Democrat Dave Jones held a strong lead in Tuesday’s primary election voting for state insurance commissioner, but he still faces a rematch in November against Republican challenger Ted Gaines (Lifsher, 6/3). …read more
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First Edition: June 5, 2014
Today’s headlines include the latest developments regarding congressional action on the veterans’ health care scandal as well as reports about the latest Medicaid enrollment figures in the context of the health law. …read more
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ASTRO issues new Model Policy for proton beam therapy
The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) has issued a new Model Policy for proton beam therapy (PBT) that details which cancer diagnoses meet ASTRO’s evidence-based standards and should be covered by private insurers and Medicare. …read more