http://www.healthcareitpro.comhttp://www.healthcareitpro.com/blog/blogs/rss Healthcare IT Pro http://www.healthcareitpro.comhttp://www.healthcareitpro.com/blog/blogs/proposed__meaningful_use__rules_just_the_tip_of_the_iceberg_in_new_federal_healthcare_it_actions Just in time for its years-end deadline, the Federal government released new rules for "meaningful use" governing implementation of incentive funding for the establishment of Medicare and Tue, 26 Jan 2010 20:55:14 GMT http://www.healthcareitpro.comhttp://www.healthcareitpro.com/blog/blogs/proposed__meaningful_use__rules_just_the_tip_of_the_iceberg_in_new_federal_healthcare_it_actions Lois Wingerson 2010-01-26T20:55:14Z http://www.healthcareitpro.comhttp://www.healthcareitpro.com/blog/blogs/hospitals__vendors__not_uncle_sam__will_drive_ehr_adoption Given that few physicians' practices have the up-front money to build effective EHR systems--whatever the forthcoming "meaningful use" regulations say--the transformation will take place Fri, 18 Dec 2009 22:10:32 GMT http://www.healthcareitpro.comhttp://www.healthcareitpro.com/blog/blogs/hospitals__vendors__not_uncle_sam__will_drive_ehr_adoption Lois Wingerson 2009-12-18T22:10:32Z http://www.healthcareitpro.comhttp://www.healthcareitpro.com/blog/blogs/1484358 That's the title above a report in an Information Week blog that recounts a hearing before DHHS where providers described the problems with the current government initiative to kick-start Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:03:08 GMT http://www.healthcareitpro.comhttp://www.healthcareitpro.com/blog/blogs/1484358 Lois Wingerson 2009-11-04T22:03:08Z http://www.healthcareitpro.comhttp://www.healthcareitpro.com/blog/blogs/ehr_certification_promises Obama has promised $44,000 or so to physicians using EHRs. Payments start in 2011. Like any incentive, the bucks come with a catch. You have to be using a “qualified” EHR and be Wed, 14 Oct 2009 21:00:10 GMT http://www.healthcareitpro.comhttp://www.healthcareitpro.com/blog/blogs/ehr_certification_promises Pam Moore 2009-10-14T21:00:10Z http://www.healthcareitpro.comhttp://www.healthcareitpro.com/blog/blogs/1468721 At the recent ITdotHealth National Health IT Forum, the new federal CTO Aneesh Chopra and others were discussing a new view of the NHIN , as less of an information exchange between Mon, 05 Oct 2009 14:37:23 GMT http://www.healthcareitpro.comhttp://www.healthcareitpro.com/blog/blogs/1468721 Lois Wingerson 2009-10-05T14:37:23Z http://www.healthcareitpro.comhttp://www.healthcareitpro.com/blog/blogs/cool_emr_tool_promises_instant_certification The company behind a hot new EHR platform for physicians, Practice Fusion, is guaranteeing that those who adopt it will qualify for meaningful use before HITECH payments begin in January Fri, 25 Sep 2009 21:02:16 GMT http://www.healthcareitpro.comhttp://www.healthcareitpro.com/blog/blogs/cool_emr_tool_promises_instant_certification Edward Grossman 2009-09-25T21:02:16Z