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First Implementation of One-Click EHR Rolled Out on Brooklyn Health Information Exchange (BHIX) BHIX is now providing breakthrough electronic health record (EHR) connectivity that is expected to dramatically speedup care delivery for BHIX clinicians. “The advanced functionality enables physicians to securely access patient records via the InterSystems HealthShare-based BHIX network directly from an eClinicalWorks EHR with just one click,” said BHIX Executive Director Irene Koch. “This seamless interconnectivity…” Read more >

Rhode Island Health Information Exchange Deployed on InterSystems HealthShare currentcare®, Rhode Island’s statewide health information exchange (HIE) and a service of the Rhode Island Quality Institute (RIQI), has initiated project rollout....“East Side Clinical Laboratory is the first data-sharing partner in a statewide HIE project that will involve connecting hundreds of clinical practices….” said Gary Christensen, CIO and COO of RIQI.Read more >
 

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Perspective: National experts to meet at HIMSS to promote health record banks
A successful nationwide system of electronic health records must address three key issues: (1) privacy; (2) stakeholder participation; and (3) financial sustainability. Read more
Channel: Federal Initiatives
Source: William Yasnoff, president, Health Record Banking Alliance
Date: Feb 7, 2012
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Pioneer ACO Update: Q&A With Health IT Leaders from Eastern Maine Healthcare System
In December 2011, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released the names of 32 health organizations selected to participate in their Pioneer Accountable Care Organization (ACO) model, which launched just over one month ago on Jan. 1.Read more
Channel: Federal Initiatives
Source: Healthcare IT News
Date: Feb 7, 2012
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Cal eConnect report: California e-prescribing adoption growing
Twenty-five percent of California's physicians are writing prescriptions electronically, up from 3 percent in 2007, but there is still a long way to go, according to a recent Cal eConnect report on e-prescribing adoption, which officials say is critical to the success of the statewide HIE.Read more
Channel: Architecture
Source: Marketwire/COMTEX
Date: Feb 7, 2012
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'Obamacare' a lightning rod, but what about health IT?
Healthcare reform is arguably the hot-button political issue of our time. And with the Supreme Court locked and loaded to decide the fate of the Affordable Care Act this summer, it's a safe bet the controversial two-year-old legislation will have a huge impact on the 2012 election and beyond.Read more
Channel: Federal Initiatives
Source: Healthcare IT News
Date: Feb 7, 2012
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California's San Joaquin residents to get safety-net HIE
A partnership of healthcare providers in the San Joaquin Valley will develop a safety-net health information exchange for residents using a $500,000 grant from Blue Shield of California Foundation.Read more
Channel: Privacy and Security
Source: Stockton Record
Date: Feb 7, 2012
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University of Michigan researchers say CMS should encourage EHR interoperability
Two University of Michigan researchers are calling on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to drive the vendor community to make their electronic health record systems interoperable to enable the exchange of patient health information.Read more
Channel: Federal Initiatives
Source: PRNewswire/Comtex
Date: Feb 7, 2012
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Editorial: Are RHIOs no longer critical in the NwHIN buildout?
An article in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association questions whether the push by the federal government to focus on Internet-like architecture in realizing the Nationwide Health Information Network and leave out regional health information organizations is a sound plan.Read more
Channel: Federal Initiatives
Source: CMIO
Date: Feb 6, 2012
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Oregon Health Authority faces IT challenges with HIE implementation
Rapidly changing health information technology is proving to be a significant challenge as the Oregon Health Authority attempts to build out its statewide health information exchange.Read more
Channel: Federal Initiatives
Source: The Lund Report
Date: Feb 6, 2012
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Inspector General review highlights IT challenges for HHS
The Office of Inspector General has provided a laundry list of management and performance challenges facing the Department of Health and Human Services. Many have IT implications, such as improving patient safety, preventing Medicare and Medicaid fraud and ensuring that IT systems and data are secure.Read more
Channel: Federal Initiatives
Source: Healthcare IT News
Date: Feb 6, 2012
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Will health IT bipartisanship survive the elections?
Healthcare reform is arguably the hot-button political issue of our time. And with the Supreme Court locked and loaded to decide the fate of the Affordable Care Act this summer, it's a safe bet the controversial two-year-old legislation will have a huge impact on the 2012 election and beyond.Read more
Channel: Federal Initiatives
Source: Government Health IT
Date: Feb 6, 2012
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