Category: healthinformationtechnology

John Goodman
Today the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONCHIT) issued a href=”http://www.hhs.gov/healthit/documents/NationwidePS_Framework.pdf”The Nationwide Privacy and Security Framework for Electronic Exchange of Individually Identifiable Health Information/a. The summary states that the framework creates a set of principles and consistent approach to:br /blockquote”. . .address the privacy and security challenges […]

Malorye Allison
The October edition of the a href=”http://www.healthlawyers.org/Template.cfm?Section=Health_Lawyers_News1amp;Template=/TaggedPage/TaggedPageDisplay.cfmamp;TPLID=7amp;ContentID=3817″Health Lawyers News/a, a publication of the a href=”http://www.healthlawyers.org/”American Health Lawyers Association (AHLA)/a, contains an article I co-authored with a href=”http://www.gpmlaw.com/professionals/gerald-e-deloss.aspx”Jud DeLoss/a, a principal in the law firm of Gray Plant Mooty, who blogs at a href=”http://mnhit.blogspot.com/”Minnesota Health IT/a. On the eve of the a href=”http://www.health2con.com/”Health […]

Malorye Allison
a href=”http://www.patientslikeme.com/members/view/29″Ben Heywood/a, co-founder of a href=”http://www.patientslikeme.com/”PatientsLikeMe/a, a href=”http://blog.patientslikeme.com/2008/10/10/health-20-where-do-we-go-from-here/”outlines simple (but difficult) goals/a that those in the health 2.0 space must accomplish. Based on his post I take it that he highlighted these during his keynote address at the second a href=”http://www.healthforum2.com/”Health 2.0 Northeast conference/a.br /br /His simple but eloquent a href=”http://blog.patientslikeme.com/2008/10/10/health-20-where-do-we-go-from-here/”message/a […]

Malorye Allison
Jen McCabe Gorman at a href=”http://healthmgmtrx.blogspot.com/”Health Management RX/a brought span style=”text-decoration: underline;”/spana href=”http://healthmgmtrx.blogspot.com/2008/10/breaking-news-congress-wants-to-create.html”attention/a to a new a href=”http://www.house.gov/stark/news/110th/legislation/200809-HIT/billtext.pdf”House of Representative Bill (HR 6898)/a focused on electronic health information introduced in the 110th Congress by a href=”http://www.house.gov/stark/contact/biography.htm”Congressman Pete Stark/a. The bill was a href=”http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/D?d110:18:./temp/%7EbdHfhQ:@@@Lamp;summ2=mamp;%7C/bss/d110query.html%7C”introduced/a on September 15, 2008, and is currently referred out […]

Lola Butcher
a href=”http://www.ixcenter.org/”Josh Seidman/a, president of Center for Information Therapy, of provides an update of the status of Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology’s (CCHIT) process for certification of personal health records (PHRs) over at a href=”http://www.thehealthcareblog.com/the_health_care_blog/2008/09/judging-persona.html#more”The Health Care Blog/a.br /br /CCHIT has published the first draft of the 2009 certification criteria for […]

Fred Fortin
As a part of West Virginia’s participation in the Health Information Security and Privacy Collaborative (HISPC), West Virginia Medical Institute and its partners launch the eHealthWV website focused on educating consumers about electronic health records and health information exchange.
West Virginia was one of a number of states awarded a grant by RTI […]

Scott MacStravic
The West Virginia Health Improvement Institute has launched its website that provides an overview of the efforts to improve the health care system in West Virginia.
The mission of the Institute is to assist with the execution of the strategies outlined in the Transformation Grants awarded by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid. […]

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The recent announcement of the Common Framework for Networked Personal Health Information by the Connecting for Health collaboration lead by the Markle Foundation is just the next wave in what may be a tidal shift. The tidal shift is one centered on the input, control, ownership, and administration of health information […]

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The latest statistics are out regarding the adoption and use of electronic health records (EHRs). The New England Journal of Medicine published the government sponsored survey report. Check out the article in the NY Times, “Most Doctors Aren’t Using Electronic Health Records.” (full report - Electronic Health Records in Ambulatory Care — […]

Scott MacStravic
Today the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) released “The ONC-Coordinated Federal Health Information Technology Strategic Plan: 2008-2012″. Find more information here, including a synopsis of the full report.
The plan is meant to serve as a guide to coordinate the federal government’s health IT efforts to achieve a […]