Announcing the New Blue Button Toolkit
Maya Uppaluru | September 15, 2014
A Single Source for Technical Standards & Guidelines to Support Patient Access to Their Health Data
Blue Button is for every person, provider, and community interested in improving care and health through information access and use. As part of the Blue Button Initiative, we are launching the Blue Button Toolkit.
Consumer Access and Use of Online Health Records: It Takes Two to Tango
Vaishali Patel | September 15, 2014
As the saying goes, it takes two to tango. An increasing number of health care providers offer new electronic tools to patients, but are patients interested in engaging online with their health records?
Read Full Post.NEW UPDATE: Thanks for making 2014 a success! Mark your calendars for the 5th Annual Consumer Health IT Summit October 1, 2015 (details to come).
Dr. Karen B. DeSalvo | September 10, 2014
We hope you are planning on joining us throughout the day on Monday, September 15, 2014, when we will kick off National Health IT Week (#NHITWeek) with our 4th Annual Consumer Health IT Summit (#BlueButton).
Read Full Post.Two questions made easier with an Electronic Health Record (EHR)
David Hunt | September 4, 2014
NAMCS Physician Reported Impact of EHR on Patient Safety
At the end of each day, every physician asks themselves two questions:
- “Was there something I did today that I shouldn’t have?”
- “Is there something I didn’t do that I should have?”
Expecting the Unexpected
Dr. Karen B. DeSalvo | September 3, 2014
The question isn’t whether or not we will have another disaster – it is just a matter of when, where and how severe it will be. The recent earthquake in Northern California, centered near Napa, serves as a reminder that we must be prepared for the unexpected no matter where we live.
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