State HIE State HIE Program Policy Office Releases Tactical Issue Briefs on Sustainability Building
Lee Stevens | March 1, 2013
Health Information Exchange (HIE) has rapidly developed across the United States over the past three years but there is an elusive word attached to its future: Sustainability. Building and operating exchange capacity outside corporate structures has historically relied almost solely on federal, state and private grant dollars, all aimed at improving health care delivery outcomes and efficiency in the United States.
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Beacon Communities, From the ONC Desk, Meaningful Use, State HIE HIMSS 2013 is Right Around the Corner – Here’s Where to Find ONC
Dr. Doug Fridsma | February 28, 2013
It’s hard to believe that yet another year has passed and we are once again upon our industry’s largest event: the annual Health Information Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Conference. As in years past, ONC will have a significant presence at the conference.
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Meaningful Use Meaningful Use Stage 2 Interoperability Criteria Training Course
Lee Stevens | February 25, 2013
Online Interoperability Criteria Training Course is Now Live
The State HIE Program Policy Office and the Regional Extension Center Program recently issued Interoperability Basics, a 75-minute online training course offering in-depth information to:
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State HIE Michigan HIE Bright Spots: Improving Quality and Health Care Efficiency —One Doctor’s Experience with Exchanging Information and Capacity Building
Brett Andriesen | February 22, 2013
Dr. Brian McCardel has been a practicing orthopedic surgeon in Lansing, MI, for more than 20 years. As both a physician and a son with caregiving duties for his parents, McCardel has witnessed how health care efficiency can reduce the frustration patients and their families feel when navigating today’s healthcare system. In a recent discussion with ONC, McCardel described his parents’ reaction to a follow-up appointment for a CT scan of his father’s sinuses. When they arrived at the doctor’s office,
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Electronic Health & Medical Records Health IT as an Ultra Large-Scale System
Dr. Doug Fridsma | February 21, 2013
This week I want to discuss a technical report that was issued in 2003, but that (I think) can help us understand why getting to an interoperable health IT system is so hard, and why we are not advocating for a single health care IT system.
We often see health care systems (and the IT in health care) as different and not comparable to work that has been done in other areas. However, I think there is a lot that we can learn from other industries.