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Health Innovation Practice Transformation: RECs Partnering with Health Care Providers Like You
Mat Kendall | September 18, 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.
Health information technology (health IT) is essential for better health, better patient care, and controlling costs, but effectively using it requires training and focus. More than 130,000 primary care providers (PCPs), 40% of all PCPs in the country, already receive support from Regional Extension Centers (RECs) for adoption and Meaningful Use of health IT.
Health Innovation Health IT Week Interoperability Showcase Highlights Progress in Electronic Health
Dr. Doug Fridsma | September 17, 2013
On Tuesday, September 17 and Wednesday, September 18, several of our federal partners will be participating in the Health IT Week Interoperability Showcase on Capitol Hill. Federal Health Architecture (FHA) member agencies will highlight their work toward the development and use of interoperable electronic health information exchange.
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Health Innovation ONC Announces Winners of Blue Button + Challenge
Adam Wong | September 16, 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.
The winner of ONC’s Blue Button Co-Design Challenge, the third challenge this year, is GenieMD !
Health Innovation Using Health IT to Integrate Behavioral Health and Primary Care Information
Jodi G. Daniel | September 16, 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.
Health IT can support better clinical decisions and coordinated care for patients. As a key factor in health and health outcomes, it is critical to support health IT adoption and use by behavioral health providers and to use health IT to support integration of behavioral health and primary care information.
Consumer Engagement Help Us Put Blue Button on the Map
Peter Garrett | September 16, 2013
How do we talk about the Blue Button Initiative in a way that really gets the attention of those who don’t already know about it or haven’t thought about its benefits?
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