Archive for January, 2010
Join the Multi-state Health IT Collaborative
January 29th, 2010 | 
Author: You can register for the ‘Second Annual Multi-State Health IT Collaborative for E-Health Conference‘ to be held on february 8 & 9, 2010 at the Grand Hyatt Washington Hotel, Washington, DC, to discuss about the efforts and best practices in implementation and adoption of Electronic medical Records and healthcare IT. There will be participation from various organisations involed in the development of the health IT policy like CMS, Office of the National Co-ordinator for Health IT, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) etc.
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Health IT Policy Committee turns transparent
The office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) has announced that they are turning transparent to the public and from january 2010, all the delibrations of the Health IT Policy Commitee Work Groups will be available to the common mass through webcasts. You can visit healthit.hhs.gov for details.
There are six work groups or subcommittees for the HIT policy commitee (meaningful use, Certification/Adoption, Information Exchange, Nationwide Health Information Network, Strategic Planning, Privacy and Security Policy) which meet periodically and provide recommendations to the committee regarding various aspects of development of healthcare informatics network.