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Feds collaborate on NHIN interface
The free software will be available to the public in March, an ONC official said.
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OMB sponsors online discussion of privacy issues
Stakeholders are invited to join in the discussion hosted by the National Academy of Public Administration.
Digital Government
Shortliffe will succeed Detmer at AMIA
University of Arizona professor is named president and CEO of American Medical Informatics Association, effective July 2009.
People
Massachusetts requires EHRs in hospitals by 2015
Health care cost containment bill also creates a way to develop a statewide HIE and promotes health IT in other ways.
People
PHRs will automatically contain Medicare data in CMS pilot program
A project in Arizona and Utah will test the value of online PHRs that might include information such as prescriptions and lab results.
Digital Government
Also in the news: E-heath records for Calif. farmworkers
A state-funded project will help migrant workers take their medical records with them as they travel throughout California.
Digital Government
House committee approves major health IT bill
Privacy issues are at the forefront as Energy and Commerce Committee approves bill to promote EHRs and health information exchanges.
Digital Government
Law will boost e-prescribing, HHS secretary says
Despite the president's veto of the recent Medicare bill, officials say the administration supports the legislation's e-prescribing incentives.
Digital Government
Medicare bill rewards providers for e-prescribing
Beginning in October, doctors would get bonuses for using e-prescribing and face fee reductions if they don't adopt the technology by 2012.
Digital Government
Process for standing up the AHIC successor becomes clearer
An 18-member board is likely to be announced at the end of September.
Digital Government
One nationwide network will support e-prescribing
SureScripts and RxHub are merging to provide comprehensive services to doctors and pharmacies.
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DEA proposes rules to allow e-prescribing of controlled substances
Agency solicits public comments on its plans for heavy-duty security in all systems and third-party ID verification.
Digital Government
ONC budget not likely to increase
Both houses of Congress are considering appropriations bills that would hold spending by the health IT office near this year's level.
Digital Government
D.C. RHIO will be connected by Microsoft Amalga
Association of clinics selects product developed and used at local hospitals.
Digital Government
Privacy provisions threaten health IT bill
A House subcommittee has approved H.R. 6357, but some lawmakers say its privacy protections are too broad.
Digital Government
E-prescribing of controlled drugs could be allowed soon
The Drug Enforcement Administration plans to propose a rule change that would lift requirements for paper prescriptions for painkillers and other potentially dangerous drugs.
Digital Government
Feud erupts over forecasts of health IT's long-term costs
Rand Corp. and Congressional Budget Office publicly criticize one another's analyses.
Digital Government
4 percent of U.S. doctors use EHRs, new study finds
Study's authors say they are troubled by the results of their survey, which shows minimal increase in usage.
Digital Government
To help consumers, CMS will rate nursing homes
Nursing homes will get up to five stars in a new, easy-to-grasp format for CMS' Web site.
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