The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT clarified that Karen DeSalvo will be "maintaining her leadership of" the agency while she serves as acting HHS assistant secretary for health, Modern Healthcare's "Vital Signs" reports (Conn, "Vital Signs," Modern Healthcare, 10/28).
The initial misdiagnosis of the first Ebola-infected patient in the U.S.
Health IT stakeholders appear split on how former National Coordinator for Health IT Karen DeSalvo's departure will affect future health IT initiatives, FierceHealthIT reports (Bowman, FierceHealthIT, 10/24).
Dissatisfaction with inpatient electronic health record systems has reached an all-time high among nurses, according to a report by Black Book Market Research, Health Data Management reports (Slabodkin, Health Data Management, 10/20).
A coalition of health care organizations sent a letter to HHS Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell recommending that the agency overhaul the meaningful use program with a focus on interoperability, Healthcare IT News reports.
Allowing patients to provide electronic feedback on their medication lists can improve the accuracy of their electronic health records, according to a study published in eGEMs, FierceEMR reports
CMS announced plans to reopen the submission period for hardship exemption applications for the meaningful use program, EHR Intelligence reports (Murphy, EHR Intelligence, 10/7).
Officials at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas effectively retracted an earlier statement claiming that a flaw in the hospital's electronic health record system had led to the initial discharge of the first patient diagnosed with Ebola in the U.S.,
FDA has released a four-year strategic plan that includes goals for advancing and improving the agency's use of health IT, Health Data Management reports (Slabodkin, Health Data Management, 10/3).
The FDA released final guidance on how medical device manufacturers can better protect patient information, Clinical Innovation & Technology reports.
Physicians and hospital executives have raised concerns that electronic health record systems are unable to share patient data with systems developed by competing vendors, the New York Times' "Business Day" reports (Creswell, "Business Day," New York Times, 9/30).
CMS announced that about 44,000 health care providers submitted hardship exemption applications for the meaningful use program before the July 1 deadline, Bloomberg BNA reports (Ruoff, Bloomberg BNA, 9/30).
SANTA CLARA, CALIF. -- Placing more care decisions in the hands of consumers and personalizing that experience is a major theme in health application and product development today, as evidenced at the 8th annual Health 2.0 conference, held in Santa Clara, Calif., last week.
However, providers, payers and government regulators may tap the brakes on this trend, as they continue to worry about patient safety and privacy in the new digital realm.
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A report compiled by the MITRE Corporation to guide thinking on nationwide interoperability is inadequate and outdated, according co-chairs of a joint federal health IT taskforce, Healthcare IT News reports (Miliard, Healthcare IT News, 9/4).
The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society has outlined three formal requests for congressional action to advance health IT efforts, Healthcare IT News reports (Monegain, Healthcare IT News, 9/18).
The American Medical Association released a framework outlining eight priorities for making electronic health records easier for providers to use, Modern Healthcare reports (Conn, Modern Healthcare, 9/16).
Stella McCartney has been working with adidas for several years, integrating her fashion sense along with sensors in the miCoach sports bra. Women's fashion designer Tory Burch announced her collaboration with Fitbit at the 2014 Consumer Electronics Show.