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ONC’s HTI-1 Places Undue Burdens on Healthcare Providers, Health IT Developers

Healthcare IT Today

However, it seems that the protracted regulatory promulgation process that preceded the publication of HTI-1 was not used by ONC to push back various deadlines originally included in the proposed rule, resulting in suggested timelines that would be insufficient to complete sizable development work.

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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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The The Five Biggest Areas of Opportunity for Digital Health

The Digital Health Corner

To be sure there exist professional and regulatory guidelines for the use of social media for providers, vendors and other healthcare stakeholders. Examples are Treatment Diaries, patientslikeme , and WEGOHEALTH. Social media open platforms in healthcare have proven successful for patients, caregivers and others.

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More Short Takes at #HIMSS18 – Harlow On Healthcare

Health Blawg

Aprima belongs to CommonWell, has done some FHIR development, and Michael would like to see Congress condition Medicare reimbursement on real interoperability. Predictive risk models can extract data regarding social determinants of health, which can be used in conjunction with structured data. The Harlow Group LLC.

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More Short Takes at #HIMSS18 – Harlow On Healthcare

Health Blawg

Aprima belongs to CommonWell, has done some FHIR development, and Michael would like to see Congress condition Medicare reimbursement on real interoperability. Predictive risk models can extract data regarding social determinants of health, which can be used in conjunction with structured data. The Harlow Group LLC.

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Gearing up for Immunizations

Redox

Functionally, this type of tool is called an immunization registry , and, luckily for us, it has existed for decades. Perhaps more importantly, Meaningful Use spurred adoption on the provider side, requiring that providers use certified EHRs to receive Medicare and Medicaid funds. It also converged on HL7 2.5.1

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Fred Trotter on Data Journalism and Cybersecurity — Harlow on Healthcare

Health Blawg

Fred’s shorthand definition: “Using FOIA requests and other sorts of collaborations to get covered-over data out of the realm of the useless and into the realm of the useful.” He also partners with journalists (like the folks at ProPublica , for example) — to get data out to the public in a useful manner.

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