Local Implementation Support The ONC Resource Repository and the top 10 downloads from HealthIT.gov
Mat Kendall | January 22, 2014
Healthcare providers are a diverse group. Solutions that work for a critical access hospital will probably not work for a small practice, and that’s ok. What is important is that the various solutions to help you implement health IT will work in your practice setting.
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Beacon Communities Using Health IT to Support Children’s Health: Lessons Learned from the Beacon Communities
Dr. Barbara Yawn | January 21, 2014
When the Beacon Program began in 2010, ONC asked that each of us take steps to align our health IT investments with the top population health priorities for our community. Along with several other Beacon Communities, we in Southeast Minnesota selected children’s health, with a clinical focus on pediatric asthma.
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From the ONC Desk Survey Says: EHR Incentive program is on track
Dr. Karen B. DeSalvo | January 17, 2014
We continue to see progress in improving the nation’s health care system, and a key tool to helping achieve that goal is the increased use of electronic health records by the nation’s doctors, hospitals, and other health care providers. These electronic tools serve as the infrastructure to implementing reforms that improve care – many of which are part of the Affordable Care Act.
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Electronic Health & Medical Records SAFER Guides will help optimize for safety
Jacob Reider | January 15, 2014
After a lot of hard work, we have combined evidence-based guidelines with practical advice to help you use your health information technology more safely. We’ve been working to post the Safety Assurance Factors for EHR Resilience (SAFER ) Guides since we highlighted them in our Health IT Patient Safety Action and Surveillance Plan last July.
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Consumer Engagement Person @ Center: Envisioning the Health IT-Enabled Future of Health from the Person’s Perspective
Jodi G. Daniel | January 10, 2014
When I started at ONC nearly a decade ago, there was a lot of talk about “patient-centered care” and how health IT supports this view. Most of the comments I heard throughout the health care and health IT space were about having the health care provider obtain a more complete view of the patient. I was struck by the “provider-centric” thinking around patient care.
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