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Reflections from the HIMSS/AMDIS Physicians' IT Symposium at #HIMSS13

Medicine and Technology

Let me highlight a few key points and reflections I jotted down as I sat through several presentations about Meaningful Use (MU) and the future of clinical informatics: Health IT is about improving clinical workflow efficiency and patient care. The HITECH Act was signed in 2009. How far have we come?

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A new focus: How to become empowered patients

Meaningful HIT News

The “Meaningful HIT News” name itself has become dated, given that the Meaningful Use program from which this blog takes its name has evolved and kind of fallen out of favor. The Meaningful Use program remains unchanged for hospitals.

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Healthcare Innovation Funding – Regulations and Disrupting Traditional Models

Healthcare IT Today

government introduced the meaningful use program as part of the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act in 2009, LTPAC organizations – notably nursing homes – and the vulnerable patients they serve have been left behind. Since the U.S.

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How would you like to change HIPAA?

Health Blawg

Then, in 2009, as part of the Recovery Act, Congress passed the HITECH Act, one title of which is a statute that amended the HIPAA regulations — regulations that were drafted in the absence of a specific statute. And that’s what happened: Congress did not act, and HHS went to town on its own. The regs were finalized in 2003.)

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How would you like to change HIPAA?

Health Blawg

Then, in 2009, as part of the Recovery Act, Congress passed the HITECH Act, one title of which is a statute that amended the HIPAA regulations — regulations that were drafted in the absence of a specific statute. And that’s what happened: Congress did not act, and HHS went to town on its own. The regs were finalized in 2003.)

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The Time Has Come to Digitize Behavioral Healthcare

Digital Health Today

Since the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act was passed in 2009, healthcare has digitized rapidly, with electronic health records (EHRs) now ubiquitous across medical practices – except for within behavioral health. A Sponsored Post by Azalea Health.

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HIStalk Interviews Helen Waters, EVP, Meditech

HIStalk Interviews

Expanse for us represents the development over several years of an EHR that we designed for the post-Meaningful Use era. We had recognized the need for an ambulatory system that would be built and driven by us in an integrated fashion. How much of Expanse is newly developed and how does it differ from previous offerings?

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