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Despite challenges, disruption, experts sunny on HIE market
In spite of turmoil, the health information exchange (HIE) market grew more than 40 percent in 2011, according to a Chilmark Research report . "In little over a year we have seen several vendors exit
ONC seeks opinions, concerns on mobile health security
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT is digging deep to determine the public's appetite for mobile health technology, and their concerns about mobile security, according to a recently
Tablets get major investor attention in DC-to-VC meetings
Tablet-enabled and chronic disease products are getting the most attention from healthIT investors and developers in the "DC-to-VC" initiative, Wil Yu, special assistant for innovation with the
ONC vendor search underway to examine patient e-consent
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) is looking for a vendor to review practices to obtain patients' informed consent for the recording and electronic exchange of their health
Panel proposes delay of Meaningful Use Stage 2
After hearing numerous concerns from providers and electronic health record (EHR) vendors, the Health IT Policy Committee--in a 12 to 5 vote on June 8--recommended delaying by one year (until 2014)
ONC proposes discipline measures to certification process
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) this week released a proposed rule to discipline the organization that provides oversight of the bodies that certify electronic health
ONC seeks vendor to develop, test electronic consent
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) is seeking a vendor to develop and test methods of obtaining electronic patient consent for the use of personal data in health information
CHIME to ONC: Allow plenty of time to encourage EHR adoption
Along with dozens of other organizations, the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) has sent the Office of the National Coordinator of Health IT (ONC) its official comments
Direct Project gathers steam, finalizes protocol
More than 60 healthcare and health IT organizations, including state-based and private sector health information exchanges, leading IT vendors, and several leading integrated delivery systems, are
How do you persuade docs to make the switch to EHRs?
If you build it, will they (the physicians) come? It's a whole new field of dreams for hospitals--and the stakes are high. As hospitals spend millions on obtaining and installing electronic health
