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From the ONC Desk Survey Says: EHR Incentive program is on track
Dr. Karen B. DeSalvo | January 17, 2014
We continue to see progress in improving the nation’s health care system, and a key tool to helping achieve that goal is the increased use of electronic health records by the nation’s doctors, hospitals, and other health care providers. These electronic tools serve as the infrastructure to implementing reforms that improve care – many of which are part of the Affordable Care Act.
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Electronic Health & Medical Records SAFER Guides will help optimize for safety
Jacob Reider | January 15, 2014
After a lot of hard work, we have combined evidence-based guidelines with practical advice to help you use your health information technology more safely. We’ve been working to post the Safety Assurance Factors for EHR Resilience (SAFER ) Guides since we highlighted them in our Health IT Patient Safety Action and Surveillance Plan last July.
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Consumer Engagement Person @ Center: Envisioning the Health IT-Enabled Future of Health from the Person’s Perspective
Jodi G. Daniel | January 10, 2014
When I started at ONC nearly a decade ago, there was a lot of talk about “patient-centered care” and how health IT supports this view. Most of the comments I heard throughout the health care and health IT space were about having the health care provider obtain a more complete view of the patient. I was struck by the “provider-centric” thinking around patient care.
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Consumer Engagement New Year, New Coverage, New Possibilities
Erin Poetter Siminerio | January 10, 2014
For many of us, January is when we reflect on the past year, and think ahead to our hopes and goals for the year ahead. Every year, millions of Americans make New Year’s resolutions, and for many of us, that means resolving to improve our health. Ask your friends and family, and you’ll hear many of the same resolutions over and over again: eat better, get fitter, take better care of ourselves and our loved ones,
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Consumer Engagement How to Use a Patient Portal
Dr. Michael Gilbert | January 9, 2014
As more and more physicians’ offices and other providers begin to take the first step in setting up a patient portal, I thought it would be interesting to tell our story about how our office implemented and uses a portal. The lessons we learned may be helpful for you as Meaningful Use Stage 2 deadlines for patient portal use approach. And we would love to connect with others who have tackled and solved similar situations.
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