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Study authors fire back at Mostashari after critical commentary
Attention Farzad Mostashari: The electronic-access-leads-to-more-testing ball now is officially back in your court. In a commentary posted online yesterday on the Health Affairs website, Danny
Mostashari to Brailer: 'Tremendous movement' ahead for Health IT
National Coordinator for Health IT Farzad Mostashari, M.D., predicted 40 percent of primary care providers will have a basic electronic health record by the end of this year and that half will have
Blumenthal's 4 keys to successful health information exchange
The successful exchange of health information among providers and insurers, as well as other healthcare players, will "unleash capabilities we can't even imagine," making the entire healthcare
British EHR fiasco shows U.S. may be on the right track
Is it possible that the Obama Administration is doing something right in its ambitious health IT program? The U.K. National Health Service's failed, decade-long effort to implement a nationwide
Diabetics receive better care from docs with EHRs
Although meeting Meaningful Use hasn't exactly been the easiest of feats for hospital CIOs , perhaps they can take solace in knowing that their patients will receive vastly superior care to those
Study: Health IT doesn't improve outcomes in nursing homes
The use of health IT does not have a measurable impact on the outcomes of nursing home residents, according to a recent study published in the Journal of Aging and Health. Though the study is small,
Bipartisan group wants public and private health IT, reform efforts aligned
The Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC), led by former Senate Majority Leaders Tom Daschle and Bill Frist, is making a strong case that health IT is essential to transforming the U.S. healthcare delivery
Comments coming fast and furious on ONC strategic plan update
The Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) of Health IT has already received more than three dozen comments since publishing its new draft strategic plan for 2011-2015. The HITECH Act requires ONC
ONC wants you to comment on its updated strategic plan
The Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) of Health IT will be accepting public comments until April 22 on its new draft strategic plan for 2011-2015 that includes updated goals related to use of
ONC review of health IT studies shows they're mostly positive
A new review of articles on the impact of health information technology finds that 92 percent of qualified studies published since 2007 reached "conclusions that were positive overall." This is not
