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Health Innovation ONC/Million Hearts/American Heart Association Beat Down Blood Pressure Video Challenge
Erin Poetter Siminerio | April 6, 2012
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One in three adults in the United States has high blood pressure (a.k.a., “hypertension”) – Do You? Many people who have high blood pressure don’t know it, which is why it’s often referred to as the “silent killer.” High blood pressure damages the brain, heart, eyes, and kidneys while causing no symptoms. Fortunately, there are steps that each of us can take to prevent or manage high blood pressure,
Privacy and Security HHS Mobile Devices Roundtable: Health Care Delivery Experts Discuss Clinicians’ Use of and Privacy & Security Good Practices for mHealth
Joy Pritts | April 4, 2012
Clinicians are increasingly finding mobile devices such as tablets, laptops, smart phones and PDAs useful in health care delivery due to their speed, convenience, and flexibility. But as the health care industry rapidly adopts these mobile devices, there is a growing concern about the potential privacy and security vulnerabilities that are cropping up in the process. The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) is striving to better understand this evolving marketplace, particularly from a privacy and security perspective,
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From the ONC Desk, State HIE Health Information Exchange Turns a Corner
Dr. Farzad Mostashari | March 30, 2012
As reflected in the guidance released last month by the State Health Information Exchange Program (HIE), this year we expect health information exchange to take off. The stage is set. Adoption of electronic health records (EHRs) by ambulatory providers doubled between 2008 and 2011. Substantial progress was made on interoperability through Stage 1 Meaningful Use requirements.
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From the ONC Desk Public Input Shaped the Guiding Principles for Stage 2 Meaningful Use NPRM
Joshua Seidman | March 27, 2012
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently released two notices of proposed rulemaking (NPRMs) related to Stage 2 of the Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs that detail proposed Meaningful Use requirements for providers and the Standards & Certification Criteria (S&CC) that delineate proposed requirements for certified EHR products. The vast majority of the proposed criteria derive from the two federal advisory committees that have been lauded as a model for public,
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From the ONC Desk 2012: The Year of Meaningful Use
Dr. Farzad Mostashari | March 26, 2012
Health IT plays a central role in building a 21st Century health care system—where care is safer, better coordinated, and patient-centered, where we pay for the right care, not just more care. Increasing the adoption and use of health IT is crucial, so we’ve set an ambitious goal for 2012: get 100,000 health care providers paid under the Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Programs by year’s end. For us to succeed,
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