Interested in how many Eligible Professionals have attested for Meaningful Use? By state? By Regional Extension Center? Want to see how much money has been spent for HITECH programs (e.g. Beacons, SHARPs…)? Well, the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) has posted an interactive map that allows the user to examine some interesting statistics. Users…

Today’s the day… All comments are due to CMS and ONC regarding the NPRMs for Stage 2 of Meaningful Use (MU). Judging from off-the-record conversations with colleagues, CMS and ONC are likely to receive a barrage of comments from many different perspectives. Some of the likely areas of tension will be between and among: Technology advocates…

One of the areas drawing considerable attention among the clinician community (EPs or Eligible Professionals) is the focus on patient/family engagement. Here are the proposed measures: Greater than 50% of patients provided online access within four business days Greater than 10% of patients view, download, or transmit their record to a third party For EPs,…

The following was excerpted from an email received from the Office of the National Coordinator: The Next Steps: An Overview of Meaningful Use Stage 2 The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) is a cooperative agreement partner of National eHealth Collaborative (NeHC). On Monday, March 26, 2012 at 1 p.m. EDT,…

The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) published a research letter in the March 21 issue entitled, “Physician Violations of Online Professionalism and Disciplinary Actions: A National Survey of State Medical Boards,” written by S. Ryan Greysen, MD, MHS, MA; Katherine C. Chretien, MD; Terry Kind, MD, MPH; Aaron Young, PhD; and Cary P….

A controversial study in Health Affairs this month has provoked a series of articles and public exchanges about the potential for health IT to reduce costs while improving quality. Why so much attention to this article? The conclusions of the study call into question whether health IT will result in lower healthcare costs. Here are…