HIE Bright Spots: MRSA Prevention Through Care Coordination – Part 4
Erica Galvez | April 9, 2013
Over the last several weeks we have been following Larry (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3), a patient with diabetes and a history of non-compliance. Because Larry’s primary care providers either do not have EHRs or other care coordination tools or are unable to exchange information between one another, they do not know that he had been hospitalized and instructed to make important changes in his medications.
Read Full Post.ONC Partners with Two Health Information Exchange Governance Entities
Claudia Williams | April 4, 2013
Over the past six months ONC has launched a wide range of activities to support and learn from existing governance initiatives and advance our health information exchange (HIE) goals:
Read Full Post.EHR Adoption Encouraged by State Meaningful Use Acceleration Challenge 2.0
John Rancourt | April 3, 2013
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) is officially launching the State Meaningful Use Acceleration Challenge 2.0!
Read Full Post.HIE Bright Spots: Supporting Mental Health Care Coordination – Part 3
Erica Galvez | April 2, 2013
Last week we discussed the importance of health information exchange (HIE) and the work being done in Maryland to help make sure that providers receive important updates about patients. This week we want to share with our readers how HIE entities and automated, real time alerts can be critical in mental health care coordination for patients.
What is Meaningful Use of an EHR? Preventing Medical Errors and Early Cancer Diagnosis
Brett Coughlin | March 29, 2013
This is the second in a series of blog posts where we ask the question “What is a Meaningful Use of an EHR?
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