New online report shows health rankings by state and county
A new report released Wednesday examines the health and well-being of people living in nearly every county in the United States, and finds that rates of premature deaths are at the lowest level in 20...
View ArticleHouse panel grills Mostashari on delay of widespread interoperability
Today in the third of three hearings held by subcommittees of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, Farzad Mostashari, National Coordinator for Health Information Technology reassured a...
View ArticleACOs doomed to fail?
Accountable care organizations might be today’s hope for grappling with healthcare costs and bumping up quality, but according to one expert, they are doomed to fail without one key element. Without...
View ArticleCaradigm platform to integrate Orion Health HIE capabilities
Caradigm, the joint health IT venture formed by Microsoft and GE Healthcare, announced Wednesday that it will integratehealth information exchange technology from Orion Health into its analytics...
View Article5 Tennessee providers deploy Direct
Five healthcare organizations in Tennessee announced Thursday they will toss their hats into the ring for the pilot phase of a new Volunteer State initiative called Health eShare, implementing Direct...
View ArticleHL7 standards, IP now at no cost
Making good on its promise, Health Level Seven International’s primary standards and other intellectual property are now available to license at no cost. The decision represents HL7’s commitment to...
View ArticleAlaska HIE pilot slated to go live
Initiatives by the Alaska eHealth Network aim to connect hospitals and clinics in the nation’s northernmost metropolitan region to the state’s health information exchange. First, the eHealth Network...
View ArticleWorkgroup: Cut variation to spur HIE
Asked to find policy solutions for promoting interoperability, the ONCHealth IT Policy Committee’s Information Exchange Workgroup recommended the agency focus on payment policies, non-meaningful use...
View ArticleMostashari, policy committee take critical look at CommonWell
At a meeting of the Health IT Policy Committee on April 3, National Coordinator for Health Information Technology Farzad Mostashari, MD, and other committee members took a hard look at the CommonWell...
View ArticleTexas moves forward with HIE plans
The Texas Health Services Authority, a public-private partnership established to develop the state’s health information exchanges, is moving forward with its HIE plans after officials announced...
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