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Thomas A. Mason | September 18, 2015
The health ecosystem is comprised of many different inputs that impact health decision making: social, diet and exercise, environmental factors, the economy and the health care system. Within the health care system, which accounts for just 10 percent of health determinants, there are many important contributors from primary care physicians and surgeons, to nursing homes, behavioral health professionals, home health care organizations, public health departments, emergency medical services, social services, and many others.
Read Full Post.Talisha Searcy | September 17, 2015
Since the enactment of the HITECH Act as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, the number of health care providers using an electronic health record (EHR) has continued to rise, helping to build the foundation for an interoperable learning health system.
Read Full Post.Jon White | September 16, 2015
Ever have a complaint about the inability to share electronic health information and didn’t know where to turn? Have you ever needed to tell someone about your concerns with your certified health IT product, such as an electronic health record (EHR) and didn’t know where to go?
Today, ONC launched www.healthit.gov/healthitcomplaints to address these concerns and be the single point of entry for you to report problems or complaints about your health IT product.
Erica Galvez | August 13, 2015
A snapshot of health information exchange among America’s hospitals shows that 41 percent routinely are able to access important health information about a patient during treatment from sources outside their hospital according to recent ONC analysis of 2014 data from the AHA.
Read Full Post.Thomas A. Mason | July 28, 2015
The grants will fund community and state-based initiatives that help advance health information sharing, enable community members to work together to improve population health, improve the interoperability of health IT systems and continue efforts to train and nurture the health IT workforce.
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