Regional Extension Centers Rhode Island: A Look at How a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Team is Using ADT
Larry Jessup | November 3, 2014
Health care organizations using clinical alerting in Rhode Island are seeing improved outcomes and measureable reductions in 30-day hospital readmissions, duplicate testing, and fewer emergency department visits that result in a patient being admitted to the hospital.
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EHR Case Studies New Case Studies Explore Communities Supporting Accountable Care
Alex Baker | October 31, 2014
A growing number of care providers across the country are participating in value-based payment arrangements that are helping to transition the nation away from traditional fee-for-service methods of paying for health care. While fee-for-service models offer little accountability for health outcomes, more and more providers are using new models that reward their ability to deliver higher quality care with greater efficiency.
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From the ONC Desk Office of the National Coordinator update
Dr. Karen B. DeSalvo | October 28, 2014
On Thursday, October 23rd, Dr. Karen DeSalvo was asked by Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell to become Acting Assistant Secretary of Health (ASH) to serve the country on public health matters, especially the Department’s Ebola response efforts.
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Privacy and Security Building a Culture of Health IT Privacy and Security
Aja Williams | October 23, 2014
Cybersecurity is a shared responsibility. You’ve probably heard this many times during National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, as well as throughout the year. It’s an important principle — one that we at ONC firmly believe.
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Interoperability Input on Nationwide Interoperability Roadmap, made transparent by ONC
John Rancourt | October 16, 2014
We promised that the journey for drafting the nationwide interoperability roadmap would be collaborative and transparent, and today we are posting public summaries from a number of in-person meetings we held. ONC used a variety of channels to work collaboratively with and accept feedback from stakeholders as we developed the draft roadmap we posted earlier. These included meetings with industry subject matter experts (SMEs) and state health IT leaders.
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