These days, all data seems to be moving towards the ‘Cloud’ with delivery of computing as a service rather than a product. With the advent of cloud computing and remotely hosted applications (ASP), is there still a place for a local server to run an EHR in a medical practice? What are the benefits (and…

Last week, the Health Information Technology Policy Committee Meaningful Use Workgroup (HITPC MU WG) held a hearing on Stage 3 of Meaningful Use, followed by a day of discussion among the Workgroup members. I am a member of the HITPC MU WG and found the testimony offered by those invited to speak incredibly helpful and…