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Karen DeSalvo, M.D., the new National Coordinator for Health IT, answered questions from journalists on the morning of Feb. 27, the last day of HIMSS14, including a question from Healthcare Informatics on what the meaningful use Stage 3 requirements might look like Karen DeSalvo, M.D., the new National Coordinator for Health IT, answered questions from…

You can do whatever you like to lock down your data, but it if they do they do it did buy a block of members of the earth is the work doesn’t go for all it takes is one insider who knows how to unlock it to create a serious security breach. Results from the…

Speaking at the HIMSS14 Annual Conference & Exhibition this Wednesday evening, Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton did not disappoint. Addressing a packed crowd of thousands of health IT professionals, Clinton underscored the importance of electronic health records, IT infrastructure and why the industry needs to ditch ideologies at the door for the sake…

On the final day of HIMSS, Marilyn Tavenner, R.N., chief administrator for the CMS and Karen DeSalvo, M.D., the National Coordinator for Health IT made it clear the agencies were pushing forward, looking beyond a number of key initiatives read more …read more    

0 At the CCHIT Summit at HIMSS, Dr. Karen DeSalvo noted that although the meaningful use program has done a good job of getting providers focused on implementation and improvement, it targets just one part of the health continuum. Providers in behavioral health, long-term care, and other areas must be added to the mix. “That…

0 Within the last month, several notable healthcare security surveys and reports were released. As usual, they showed improvement in some areas, but generally that healthcare continues to lag in its embrace of good sound security and compliance. Within the last month, several notable healthcare security surveys and reports were released. As usual, they showed…

Last week, ONC issued a proposed rule containing voluntary certification criteria for EHR systems in 2015. On Feb. 25 at HIMSS 2014, during a late-breaking session, ONC further explained the criteria. Last week, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) issued a proposed rule containing voluntary certification criteria for electronic health record…

0 In an era of mergers, acquisitions and EHR consolidation, do you know what many large health systems end up with? Legacy system junkyards — dozens of old applications so old they are no longer supported by vendors yet still in use by a handful of people in the organization and with years of historic…

The field of nursing informatics continues to grow and more informaticists have post-graduate training, according to the 2014 Nursing Informatics Workforce Survey, released Tuesday at the Health Information and Management Systems Society’s (HIMSS) annual conference. read more …read more