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Health Innovation Health IT helping to fight the prescription drug abuse epidemic
Jennifer Frazier | November 14, 2013
Connecting for Impact: Integrating Health IT and PDMPs to improve patient care and fight the prescription drug abuse epidemic
ONC pilot projects prove that health IT can improve clinicians’ access to important clinical resources like Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs (PDMPs), which are data sources doctors and other providers can use to help fight the prescription drug abuse epidemic.
Consumer Engagement Blue Button Codeathon: Unlocking Data and Empowering Patients
Maya Uppaluru | November 8, 2013
Anyone who has struggled to remember the name of their medication or the date of their child’s vaccination, while juggling multiple doctor appointments for family members, knows firsthand how important it is that patients have access to their health information. We think our Blue Button initiative can help.
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From the ONC Desk VSAC Value Set Authoring Tool Launches
Julia Skapik | November 7, 2013
The National Library of Medicine launched the Value Set Authority Center (VSAC) Authoring Tool on October 31, 2013. People can now apply for authoring and stewardship credentials and use new features that improve search, perform code validation, and provide added guidance for authors as part of the federal government’s ongoing efforts to improve the quality and utility of value sets and data elements.
Why create a new location for value set authoring?
Electronic Health & Medical Records Certified Health IT Product List Enhancements for Fall 2013
Carol Bean | November 6, 2013
ONC’s Certified Health IT Product List (CHPL) is the place where one can find the complete list of the health IT products that have been certified by ONC’s authorized certification bodies and accredited testing labs (ACBs and ATLs).
During of the recent government shutdown, we were not able to process or post new products on the site. This meant that access to site, product lookup, CMS EHR Cert ID generation, and other automated functions continued to work,
Meaningful Use Weigh in on meaningful use electronic clinical quality measures now!
Kevin Larsen | October 31, 2013
We are taking a page from manufacturers’ development play books as we seek input from the public on new draft clinical quality measures (CQMs).
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