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Mostashari appointment provides continuity for health IT movement
In the view of some health IT observers, the recent appointment of Farzad Mostashari, MD (pictured), to the role of national coordinator of health information technology as a replacement for outgoing
athenahealth's Jonathan Bush: Washington needs to think less
athenahealth CEO Jonathan Bush is never one to mince words, especially when it comes to his love--or lack thereof--for software based systems, as well as the government's efforts to oversee (or as he
Blumenthal's departure will not derail federal health IT
Dr. David Blumenthal, who announced late last week that he's leaving his post as National Coordinator for Health IT in the spring, is proud of his accomplishments--as evidenced by his departing memo
Analyst: Blumenthal's replacement needs to be more 'operationally focused'
In the aftermath of Dr. David Blumenthal's announcement yesterday that he will leave his post as health IT coordinator to return to Harvard, where he has served as a professor of medicine and
ONC adds $80M for meaningful use 'support players'
The use of regional extension centers (RECs), state health information exchanges (HIEs), and community college workforce programs is getting an $80 million push from the Office of the National
'Direct Project' takes big first step toward interoperability
The first data interchanges among healthcare entities using Direct Project standards have taken place in Minnesota and Rhode Island, and more are expected this month in New York, California, and
Regional extension centers get expanded period of funding
To help 62 regional extension centers better assist providers in adopting electronic health records, the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) for Health IT has announced in the Jan. 25 Federal
Blumenthal: Meaningful Use, healthcare reform 'two sides of the same coin'
National health IT coordinator Dr. David Blumenthal welcomed providers and health IT vendors alike into the "era of meaningful use" at last week's eHealth Initiative Annual Conference held in
Payers announce meaningful-use incentives
Four major insurers announced they will align their pay-for-performance programs with federal meaningful-use criteria for electronic medical records. However, it is not clear in all cases if those
CMS' Berwick gets to work selling the meaningful use EHR rule
On his second day of work as head of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Donald Berwick got down to business, pitching the final meaningful use rule for 2011-12, as a "win-win," which
