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From Paper to Pixels: The Future is Bright for Health Information Management

Healthcare IT Today

Prior to the Meaningful Use incentives in 2005, only 20% of medical records were stored electronically. When I started my career in health information, I worked in the medical records department. HIM professionals have a long history of sharing health information – something that Mueller hinted was “baked into our DNA”.

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Massachusetts eHealth Collaborative dissolves, saying 'work completed'

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Since its founding in 2005, MAeHC has worked to improve the safety, efficiency and quality of healthcare delivery in the state by guiding organizations in the implementation and meaningful use of health IT. Lawrence Garber, chairman of the Board of MAeHC, in a statement. WHY IT MATTERS.

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