Updated: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: Proposed Rule for Stage 2 Meaningful Use Requirements

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has published a proposed rule for Stage 2 requirements for Medicare and Continue reading →

Updated: Office of National Coordinator for HIT: Proposed Rule for Certification of Electronic Health Records

The Office of National Coordinator for Health Information Technology has published a proposed rule for permanent certification of electronic health Continue reading →

National Partnership for Women & Families: Making IT Meaningful – How Consumers Value and Trust Health IT

The National Partnership for Women & Families has published this report describing the results of a national survey of consumers Continue reading →

HHS: Adoption of Health Information Technology By Hospitals Has Doubled in Past Two Years

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced today that the number of hospitals using health information Continue reading →

Bipartisan Policy Center: Transforming Health Care – The Role of HIT

The Bipartisan Policy Center has released this report on the role of health information technology in the transformation of U.S. Continue reading →

eHealth Initiative: Support for Accountable Care – Recommended Health IT Infrastructure

This policy report from the eHealth Initiative makes recommendations for the health information technology infrastructure needed by an accountable care Continue reading →

Beacon Partners: Hospital Executives See Benefits of Health Information Exchanges

Beacon Partners surveyed 200 senior healthcare executives in the fall of 2011 about the benefits of participating in or establishing Continue reading →

George Washington University: Readiness for Meaningful Use and Patient-Centered Medical Homes

This report from George Washington University reports on the findings of a recent survey of Federally Qualified Health Centers on Continue reading →