Consumer Engagement Park Rx: Using Technology to connect us to Nature
Simone Myrie | April 8, 2014
You may have heard of e-prescribing, the electronic generation and transmission of medical prescriptions, but have you heard of Park Prescription (Park Rx)?
Park Rx is a public health initiative propelling healthy communities, and it’s worthy of the spotlight. It is a program under the National Park Service’s (NPS) Healthy Parks Healthy People US initiative.
Electronic Health & Medical Records ONC Certified Health IT Product List (CHPL) Enhancements – Capability Tag
Scott Purnell-Saunders | April 8, 2014
The ONC Certified Health IT Product List (CHPL) has undergone some significant changes over the past few years and we continue to make important upgrades to make it more responsive to the needs of the community.
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Electronic Health & Medical Records Federal Agencies Update Eligible Hospital 2014 Clinical Quality Measures and Provide New Measure Development Testing Tool
Kevin Larsen | April 3, 2014
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC), the National Library of Medicine (NLM) and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) are leveraging emerging health IT in the Medicare and Medicaid programs to improve the quality of care available to beneficiaries. One step in helping to achieve this improvement is the regular updating of electronic clinical quality measure (eCQM) specifications.
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Rural Health Using Health IT to Connect Rural Vets With Their Data
Brett Coughlin | March 31, 2014
Connecting veterans with their health-care providers across the vast expanses of the country is not an easy task, but the White House Rural Health Council – with the help of ONC – has launched a pilot in Florida, Iowa, Nebraska and Minnesota to do just that.
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Rural Health Transforming Veterans’ Care in Rural Practices Using Health IT
Leila Samy | March 28, 2014
A 65-year-old veteran living in a rural community presents at his local Critical Access Hospital (CAH) with symptoms of pneumonia. After evaluating the patient, the physician discharges him with a prescription for antibiotics. What the physician doesn’t know is that his US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) providers had prescribed warfarin (a blood thinner) to help prevent harmful blood clots that may cause a stroke. Yet certain antibiotics, when combined with warfarin, can lead to an adverse drug reaction that could include bleeding or interfere with the protection the anticoagulant (blood thinner) provides,
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