CHIME Concerned About Meaningful Use Definition
Reporting, product certification and implementation deadlines represent major concerns that could affect efforts to implement EHRs under HITECH, according to CHIME. CHIME’s initial analysis of the...
View ArticleDespite Regulatory Haze, CCHIT Marches On
CCHIT has certified 14 products under its two new programs — CCHIT Certified 2011 Comprehensive and Preliminary ARRA 2011. The CCHIT Certified 2011 Comprehensive program differs from the Preliminary...
View ArticleCHIME Highlights MU Concerns W/Eye to Commenting
The next few weeks offer an important opportunity for CIOs to digest the implications of meaningful use, as defined in CMS/ONC’s interim final regulation (IFR), and prepare comments that may ultimately...
View ArticleOne-on-One w/MedStar Health’s Gerry Higgins – Part 2
Gerald Higgins, PhD., MBA, MS, is not your typical CIO — that’s because Higgins is a chief innovation officer. Getting paid not to carry out EMR implementations or persuade physicians to embrace CPOE,...
View ArticleFDA Expands Gene Testing for Drug Prescription
“The FDA considers both unwanted harmful effects and lack of efficacy to be adverse events. When considering candidates for pharmacogenomic relabeling, the FDA evaluates the severity of the adverse...
View ArticleFeds Enable Genome-based EHR
Although not mentioned as one of the ‘Meaningful Use’ or ‘Initial Set of Standards and Certification Criteria’ for a Certified or Complete Electronic Health Record (see...
View ArticleCCHIT Stays in Step with Interim Regulation
Both CCHIT’s Comprehensive and Modular EHR certification programs will be updated to conform to the Meaningful Use Interim Final Rule, and applications for certification will open on the rule’s...
View ArticleSeeking a “Meaningful” IT Relationship?
Hospitals, let alone eligible providers, seeking to qualify for HITECH incentives have a steep hill to climb, even those with EMRs that are operational or in advanced stages of implementation. Why?...
View ArticleOne-on-One With Baylor CIO David Muntz (I)
As chair of the CHIME Advocacy Leadership Team, David Muntz is as plugged into the Meaningful Use saga as any non-government employee can be. And to hear him tell it, the interim final definition of MU...
View ArticleAdoption of the EHR in Physician Office Settings
Conventional wisdom suggests that physician-based office practices have been slow to adopt Electronic Health Record (EHR) systems. According to a survey from 2007, the biggest barriers to adoption...
View ArticleBig Pharma Invests in PGx – But What About the User?
PGx is an abbreviation for Pharmacogenomics or Pharmacogenetics. Although those “in the know”, in the large drug companies, now just call it “PG”. Today was the first day of the ‘5th Workshop:...
View ArticleOne-on-One W/Baylor CIO David Muntz (III)
As chair of the CHIME Advocacy Leadership Team, David Muntz is as plugged into the Meaningful Use saga as any non-government employee can be. And to hear him tell it, the interim final definition of MU...
View ArticleCIOs coming together to solve major HIT problems
Never in the history of the United States is there more at risk relative to the deployment of information technology and specifically health information technology. The very future of our health...
View ArticleOne-on-One w/eCW CEO Girish Kumar Navani (I)
While there is no doubt health system CIOs are working 18-hour days just to keep their heads above water, major inpatient and outpatient EMR vendors have significant to-do lists as well. From HITECH...
View ArticleOne-on-One w/McKesson Provider Pres. Sunny Sanyal
Evaluated on a revenue basis, they don’t get any bigger in the healthcare IT space than McKesson Provider Technologies. So when the President of that division speaks, it’s a good idea to listen. As...
View ArticleOne-on-One w/CCHIT Exec. Director Alisa Ray (I)
As the industry waits breathlessly for federal guidance on EMR certification, no organization is closer to the edge of its seat than CCHIT. As such, no individual will be more interested in reading...
View ArticleAre You Certified?
Is it worth your time, energy and money to pursue professional certification and recognition? Yes, in this competitive work environment all those fancy acronyms after your name on your resume can be...
View ArticleOne-on-One w/McKesson President Sunny Sanyal (II)
Evaluated on a revenue basis, they don’t get any bigger in the healthcare IT space than McKesson Provider Technologies. So when the President of that division speaks, it’s a good idea to listen. As...
View ArticleOne-on-One w/CCHIT Exec. Director Alisa Ray (II)
As the industry waits breathlessly for federal guidance on EMR certification, no organization is closer to the edge of its seat than CCHIT. As such, no individual will be more interested in reading...
View ArticleOne-on-One w/Methodist Health CIO Pam McNutt (I)
As chair of CHIME’s Policy Steering Committee, Pamela McNutt, SVP & CIO, Methodist Health System, is leading that organization’s response to the Meaningful Use Interim Final Rule (IFR). But...
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