whcchealthinnovations
The Engage with Grace Project is an effort to raise awareness of the importance of end of life care planning and discussing your wishes with your family and friends.
Dr. Bryan Vartabedian captures the simplicity of the project in his post, “It began with a simple idea: Create a tool to get people talking.
Their […]
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whcchealthinnovations
The West Virginia Health Information Network (WVHIN), West Virginia’s health information exchange, has issued proposed privacy and security policies and is seeking public comments on the proposed policies from December 3, 2010 through January 3, 2011. The WVHIN is a public/private partnership created in 2006 under W.Va. Code 16-29G-1 et seq. and is […]
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dleyva
Health and Human Services Secretary Sebelius and the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, David Blumenthal, announced the HITECH funding under the ARRA for State Health Information Exchanges (HIEs) and Regional Extension Center (RECs) across the country.
The White House Press Release provides a detailed list of HIEs and RECs receiving grants. Inormation is […]
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Jaan Sidorov
Today the West Virginia Health Information Network released a Request for Proposal (RFP) for a statewide Health Information Exchange. More information, including the deadlines, bidder worksheets and a full copy of the RFP are available on the WVHIN website.
Following are sections from the RFP that provide a general overview of the proposed […]
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John Goodman
Over the past several months I have been involved with a group in developing West Virginia’s statewide strategic plan for health information technology.
The final draft of the West Virginia Health Information Technology Statewide Strategic Plan, September 2009 is now available for review and comment. Additional comments and feedback on the strategic plan […]
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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 […]
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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 — […]
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