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If you care about health care, you care about September 23rd

September 23rd is a critical day for health care reform. This short video from Mary Pat Whaley gives you a 60 second run down off why you should care. [+]

National Webinar: Meaningful Use and its implications for your practice featuring Dr. David Blumenthal

Two weeks ago, ACP, in partnership with Cientis Technologies, launched AmericanEHR Partners (www.AmericanEHR.com) - a new online community dedicated to helping health professionals adopt health information technology. The interest has been great with visits to the [+]

How will cloud computing help the expansion of health information technology under the HITECH Act?

Massoud Alibakhsh, CEO of Nuesoft Technologies, explains how the HITECH Act of 2009 is expanding cloud computing through EHR adoption and other means. [+]

What Happens After Meaningful Use?

Meaningful use definition specifies three types of requirements - use of EHR (Electronic health record) technology (such as electronic prescribing), electronic exchange of information and health information to improve quality care, and [+]

Timetables Of Meaningful Use

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) enacted in February 2009 authorized the Centers of Medicare and Medicaid to pay physicians, who demonstrate the meaningful use of electronic health records (EHR), [+]

5 easy things you should look for when picking an EMR

Electronic Medical Records (EMR) documents patient’s medical history such as test results, medication and general clinical data in an electronic format and allows easy and rapid access to such information to authorized personnel [+]

Mayo Clinic’s thoughts on the health reform bill

The following is publicly available from http://letstalk.mayo.edu. Since the passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act on March 21, we have received numerous questions about the law’s impact on Mayo Clinic. Details remain unclear, [+]

Allscripts CEO Glen Tullman on Obamacare

Allscripts CEO Glen Tullman speaks on Fox Business regarding healthcare information technology and healthcare reform. [+]

Minnesota getting $47 million targeted for health care IT efforts, job training

Submitted by reader James Administration officials today announced that Minnesota will get at least $47 million of the nearly $1 billion in stimulus funding meant to boost the use of health information technology and train workers [+]

POLL: Now that the Republicans have 41 votes in the Senate, what happens to Health Care?

Republican Scott Brown of Massachusetts may have just become the most important Senate member in a very long time. Scott Brown ran on a platform dedicated to killing the current Health Care Reform Legislation [+]

First thing I hear at Xmas was …

So I am sitting at Xmas with all the relatives. The first thing that came up was health care reform. Massive disagreement and disinformation permeate both Republican and Democrat view points. Are you seeing this [+]

Protecting confidentiality with technology

Riley, M. http://medicalstudentblog.co.uk Health information may be compromised in multiple ways, including from internal and external sources. There may be accidental disclosures when protected information is overheard by another party; there may be internal disclosures [+]

New Funding for Community Health Technology and Patient Centered Medical Home

President Obama announces that the Recovery Act will provide new funding for Community Health Centers to finance new construction, modernize information technology, and build a medical home model. [+]

Vice President Biden and U. S. Health Secretary visit Mt. Sinai

Vice President Joseph Biden hosted a roundtable discussion at Mt. Sinai Hospital, to talk about our nations health care system and the importance of health insurance reform, including health information technology infrastructure and preventative care, [+]

A rural medical center speaks out on House Bill 3962

The Austin Medical Center (AMC) is a 99 bed licensed hospital with a multiple specialty associated clinic. AMC is a rural facility located in a service area of ~45,000 people in southern Minnesota. Their leadership [+]

Healthcare Challenges due to Financial Mechanism Changes

Guest Author: Riley, Michelle http://medicalstudentblog.co.uk Due to significant changes in the mechanisms of financing, the entire healthcare system now faces significant challenges. The three most significant challenges are: the ability to service and fund public programs such as [+]