The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC)

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CHIME: New Meaningful Use Rule 'All But Ensures Industry Struggles Will Continue'

Frank Irving | Government Health IT | September 2, 2014

...CMS said it used public comments and feedback from stakeholders to come up with ways eligible providers can use 2011 Edition CEHRT — or a combination of 2011 and 2014 Edition CERHT — for an EHR reporting period in 2014 under either the Medicare or Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs...

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Critical Access Hospitals Still Facing EHR Adoption Challenges

Jennifer Bresnick | EHR Intelligence | July 11, 2014

The high costs of EHR implementation, a chronic lack of adequate staffing, and a lack of access to quality high-speed broadband internet are still presenting significant barriers to critical access hospitals (CAHs) throughout the nation, according to a new Health Affairs study authored by members of the Office of the National Coordinator...

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Data Sharing, EHR Interoperability Keys To Improving Clinical Trials

Katie Dvorak | FierceHealth IT | July 9, 2014

As the complexity of clinical trials continues to grow, increased data sharing and interoperability will become more important, according to panelists participating at a House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing Wednesday...

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EHR Certification Criteria Under Fire

Diana Manos | Healthcare IT News | May 2, 2014

Complaints rolling in to the ONC-The hits keep on coming as two industry groups spoke out against voluntary 2015 EHR certification under meaningful use...

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New ONC grants to boost data exchange, population health efforts

Dan Bowman | FierceHealthIT | July 28, 2015

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT will award $38 million in grant funding to 20 entities to help boost the adoption of health information exchange technology, improve population health strategies and update training materials for use of health IT tools, the Department of Health and Human Services announced Tuesday.

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Open-Source EHR: Benefits And Drawbacks

Charles Settles | HealthWorks Collective | August 14, 2014

As open-source software’s popularity grows, health IT has been slow to join the rising tide, even though EHRs were born open-source. What are the pros and cons of open-source EHR software?...

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