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Regional Extension Centers Addressing Health Disparities through the Lens of Public Health
Brent Stackhouse | May 7, 2014
At the New York City Health Department’s Primary Care Information Project (PCIP), we work to promote health equity and address the health disparities that persist across our country, not just during Minority Health Month (which was April).
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Rural Health Rapid Advances in Health IT Adoption and Use in the Safety Net
Michael Wittie | May 6, 2014
Federally funded health centers are making strides adopting and using electronic health records (EHRs) to treat some of the nation’s poorest and most at-risk patients since the enactment of the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act, according to a new first-of-its-kind study.
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From the ONC Desk Nurses Leading the Way
Carol J. Bickford, PhD, RN-BC, CPHIMS | May 6, 2014
Happy National Nurses Week to all nurses as we celebrate from May 6 until May 12, 2014! Also, Happy Nursing Informatics Day on May 12, 2014, which is also an important day in nursing history because it is Florence Nightingale’s birthday.
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From the ONC Desk Celebrating National Nurses Week 2014
Judy Murphy | May 5, 2014
As a nurse, I am excited to kick off National Nurses Week at the ONC with this post. Nurses have always played a special role in health care, and no year has highlighted that more than this one. Today, nurses are found in inimitable roles throughout the health care continuum, often serving as the coordinator of care. This is true in health IT as well – nurses are often found coordinating IT projects and playing pivotal roles in its adoption and use.
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Health Information Exchange Health Information Exchange among U.S. Hospitals Continues to Grow, but Significant Work Remains
Matthew Swain | May 5, 2014
Hospitals across the country continue to adopt health IT such as electronic health record (EHRs) to improve the health and health care of their patients. ONC posted the latest results [PDF – 933kb] from the 2013 American Hospital Association’s (AHA) Annual Health IT Survey, which show that more than nine out of ten hospitals possess certified EHR technology, and nearly six in ten hospitals adopted an EHR with advanced functionalities (classified as a Basic EHR).
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