ONC committee seeks feedback, looks toward permanent certification program
The Health Information Technology Standards Committee (HITSC) implementation workgroup is open to feedback pertaining to the development of applications that meet
Regional extension centers get hands-on training from ONC
As part of its overall effort to boost the adoption and meaningful use of electronic health records, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) has funded more than 60 regional extension centers (REC) across the U.S. to help providers implement EHR systems. Until...
CIOs: Meaningful use final rule will qualify more for incentives
Like all stakeholders in the health care world who are rolling out or upgrading electronic health record (EHR) systems, the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) is still parsing the 1,100 pages of
ONC leader optimistic about achieving EHR meaningful use
This week, the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) for Health Information Technology released the final rule for demonstrating EHR meaningful use in order to receive incentive funds under the American...
HHS releases meaningful use final rule
Acknowledging some concern that the proposed meaningful use rule was too stringent, the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services today released a pared-back final rule governing the meaningful use of...