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Health Innovation 6 Things you need to know about Meaningful Use and EHR Certification in 2014
Steven Posnack | September 20, 2013
With the 2014 EHR reporting period for meaningful use right around the corner, here are 6 key pieces of information you need to know:
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Health Innovation Student Immunization Records Are Easily Reviewable Thanks to Health IT
Fadesola Adetosoye | September 19, 2013
Many of us are still taking care of back to school obligations, including looking for our children’s immunization records. Now, with the wider use of health information technology, or health IT, parents can better manage their children’s health information and school nurses can use these electronic tools to help facilitate reviews of student immunization records.
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Health Innovation The Story Behind the Numbers: Best Practices for Adopting and Implementing Health IT
Emily Jones | September 19, 2013
There has been a dramatic increase in the adoption and use of electronic health records among healthcare providers and hospitals across the country.* But the numbers don’t tell the whole story. Behind the steep increase in electronic health record (EHR) adoption is the story of each provider and organization as they adopt and optimize health information technology (health IT). What are the experiences of providers and organizations as they implement and optimize health IT?
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Health Innovation Fall Health IT Fellows: Leveraging Technology to Transform Their Practices
Lisa-Nicole Sarnowski | September 19, 2013
This is one in a series of blog posts to coincide with National Health IT Week. To follow the conversation on Twitter, look for the #NHITweek hashtag.
In August, we announced the first 28 Health IT Fellows, health care providers and office staff who are leaders in achieving meaningful use in their own offices and helping their colleagues. Joining that group of local champions for health IT is the Fall class,
Health Innovation The Path to Health IT Interoperability
David Muntz | September 18, 2013
When HITECH was enacted, we understood our mission to be two-fold as the nation moved toward improved health and healthcare through the use of information technology.
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