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 Meaningful Use Final Rule Released 7/13/10

Halamka’s Analysis of the Final Standards Rule

Most Wired Hospitals' for 2010 named

Vendors abound, but serious options are lacking in HIE market – KLAS Report

Study: E-Mail Improves Outcomes

Federal panel okays privacy recommendations

eHI released the “National Progress Report on eHealth

Official Web Site for Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs

U.S. health care lags, but IT could be a solution

HHS awards $83.9M to boost healthcare IT

Minding the public’s health IT - 6/23/2010

Using EMR Data to Conduct Clinical Research, Improve Quality

CPOE Tester Shows High Error Rates

CSC Report: MU and Reform Tied Together

How Health Care Reform Must Bend the Cost Curve

PwC's 2010 Behind the Numbers

HHS awards $83.9M to boost health IT

EHR Training Strategies

Jump Starting your EHR Planning Process - HIMSS Webinar by HCIC and Five Star on June 30, 10

EHR Software Market Share

Electronic Health Record Usability – Best Practices?

CONNECT and NHIN Direct: What Are They?

Meaningful - Use for Eligible Professionals: The Top Ten Challenges – Report from CSC

Why Physicians should become “meaningful users”

Complete list of Regional Extension Centers grants

 

2009 National Healthcare Quality & Disparities Reports

Health Affairs April - 2010
• Value of IT at the VA - Abstract
• Measuring Meaningful Use - abstract
• Making the Most of Federal HIT Regulations - abstract

Industry Surveys Health Leaders 2010

ONC awards $60M in research grants for health IT

Reuters HIE Best Practices

Study of Consumer Consent Options for HIEs

Survey: Adoption among Small Physician Practices

FINAL Meaningful Use Objectives and Measures: 2011-2013-2015

KLAS Counts 89 Real HIEs

Stories of Success (from HIMSS and ASQ) with 16 Peer-reviewed case studies of organizations using IT to improve safety, quality, effectiveness and efficiency

Cross-references table between 2011 Meaningful Use, HITSP and national standards.

JHIM, Winter Issue 2010-, Kimberly Klein, CPHIMS wrote a leading article entitled, "So Much to Do, So Little Time"

HIMSS-News: Recognizing Best of the Best in Health IT - Davies Award 2009

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