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U.S. Office of the National Coordinator, Health Information Technology (ONC HIT) & HITECH ... Updates
Colleagues,
Please see below links to stories that bring us up to date on developments emerging from ONC HIT & implementation of the HITECH Act ...
ONC Seeking Contractors to Assess HITECH Implementation Progress
As reported in Government Health IT ... The Department of Health & Human Services recently published four announcements that provide preliminary information about its plans to hire contractors to evaluate and assist in managing grant programs the Office of the National Coordinator has underway to advance a nationwide digital healthcare system ... Here are the 4 announcements ..
RECOVERY Global Assessment of the Value of Health Information Techn...
RECOVERY - EVALUATION OF STATE HEALTH INFORMATION EXCHANGE COOPERA...
RECOVERY - STATE HEALTH INFORMATION EXCHANGE - TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE...
CRM and Project Management System for the HITRECs
EHR Deals Picking Up Steam in Preparation for Stimulus Incentives
As reported in Healthcare IT News ... Recent stimulus-induced EHR deals show sooner-than-expected adoption, especially in the hospital sector, according to investment firm Piper Jaffrey ... The second half of 2010 and all of 2011 are likely to show a large number of EHR deals, Piper Jaffrey analyst Sean Wieland wrote in his analysis Friday... Wieland noted a growing trend of hospitals buying or subsidizing EHRs for physician practices ... as hospitals seek to capture first-mover advantage and HHS' finalization of stimulus criteria will act as a catalyst ...
Read on at: http://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/stimulus-deals-great-start-hea...
Health Information Exchange (HIE) market heats up with state grants ... EHR deadline
As reported in FierceHealthcare and various publications ... Vendors that offer standalone software that helps doctors manage the administrative and business side of their practices are scurrying to pair up with vendors of e-health record vendors that don't already offer practice management modules -- and vice versa ... With stimulus money--about $546 million in HITECH for state grants promoting health information exchange projects--illuminating the way, healthcare software vendors are evaluating their offerings to see how electronic health records and health information exchanges can work together to create a true marketplace and business advantage...
... Lawson, for example, recently announced a $160 million deal to acquire Healthvision, a Dallas-based company providing integration and application technology and related services to hospitals and large healthcare organizations. MEDecision also plans to expand its HIE strategy this spring by unveiling new products related to its acquisition last year of HxTechnologies, Inc., a provider of HIE technologies... AdvancedMD Software Inc. announced it acquired PracticeOne, a provider of e-health record systems to doctor offices ...
Read more: http://www.fiercehealthcare.com/story/hie-market-heats-state-grants...
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http://www.informationweek.com/news/healthcare/EMR/showArticle.jhtm...
IT vendors offer EHR loan programs for providers
As reported in eHealth SmartBrief and various publications ... Electronic health record vendors – among them Allscripts, Ingenix, IBM, Cardinal Health and Practice Fusion – have announced EHR loans and guarantee deals in recent weeks...
... For example, Allscripts will offer the program on all new purchases of its electronic health record solutions, enabling clients to obtain financing from Allscripts preferred banking partners ... Ingenix is offering qualifying primary care physician offices with 10 physicians or fewer interest-free loans to implement its CareTracker EHR ...
Read on at: http://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/technology-companies-go-sales-...
Kaiser, VA Kick Off Health Data Exchange Program in San Diego
As reported in iHealthBeat and various publications ... Kaiser Permanente and the Department of Veterans Affairs are scheduled to launch a pilot program linking the electronic health records of patients who receive care at both facilities in San Diego County ... The partnership will mark the first time a federal agency has linked its EHR system with a private medical organization...
Read on at: http://www.ihealthbeat.org/articles/2010/1/6/kaiser-va-kick-off-hea...
ENJOY!
CC
Please see below links to stories that bring us up to date on developments emerging from ONC HIT & implementation of the HITECH Act ...
ONC Seeking Contractors to Assess HITECH Implementation Progress
As reported in Government Health IT ... The Department of Health & Human Services recently published four announcements that provide preliminary information about its plans to hire contractors to evaluate and assist in managing grant programs the Office of the National Coordinator has underway to advance a nationwide digital healthcare system ... Here are the 4 announcements ..
RECOVERY Global Assessment of the Value of Health Information Techn...
RECOVERY - EVALUATION OF STATE HEALTH INFORMATION EXCHANGE COOPERA...
RECOVERY - STATE HEALTH INFORMATION EXCHANGE - TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE...
CRM and Project Management System for the HITRECs
EHR Deals Picking Up Steam in Preparation for Stimulus Incentives
As reported in Healthcare IT News ... Recent stimulus-induced EHR deals show sooner-than-expected adoption, especially in the hospital sector, according to investment firm Piper Jaffrey ... The second half of 2010 and all of 2011 are likely to show a large number of EHR deals, Piper Jaffrey analyst Sean Wieland wrote in his analysis Friday... Wieland noted a growing trend of hospitals buying or subsidizing EHRs for physician practices ... as hospitals seek to capture first-mover advantage and HHS' finalization of stimulus criteria will act as a catalyst ...
Read on at: http://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/stimulus-deals-great-start-hea...
Health Information Exchange (HIE) market heats up with state grants ... EHR deadline
As reported in FierceHealthcare and various publications ... Vendors that offer standalone software that helps doctors manage the administrative and business side of their practices are scurrying to pair up with vendors of e-health record vendors that don't already offer practice management modules -- and vice versa ... With stimulus money--about $546 million in HITECH for state grants promoting health information exchange projects--illuminating the way, healthcare software vendors are evaluating their offerings to see how electronic health records and health information exchanges can work together to create a true marketplace and business advantage...
... Lawson, for example, recently announced a $160 million deal to acquire Healthvision, a Dallas-based company providing integration and application technology and related services to hospitals and large healthcare organizations. MEDecision also plans to expand its HIE strategy this spring by unveiling new products related to its acquisition last year of HxTechnologies, Inc., a provider of HIE technologies... AdvancedMD Software Inc. announced it acquired PracticeOne, a provider of e-health record systems to doctor offices ...
Read more: http://www.fiercehealthcare.com/story/hie-market-heats-state-grants...
&
http://www.informationweek.com/news/healthcare/EMR/showArticle.jhtm...
IT vendors offer EHR loan programs for providers
As reported in eHealth SmartBrief and various publications ... Electronic health record vendors – among them Allscripts, Ingenix, IBM, Cardinal Health and Practice Fusion – have announced EHR loans and guarantee deals in recent weeks...
... For example, Allscripts will offer the program on all new purchases of its electronic health record solutions, enabling clients to obtain financing from Allscripts preferred banking partners ... Ingenix is offering qualifying primary care physician offices with 10 physicians or fewer interest-free loans to implement its CareTracker EHR ...
Read on at: http://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/technology-companies-go-sales-...
Kaiser, VA Kick Off Health Data Exchange Program in San Diego
As reported in iHealthBeat and various publications ... Kaiser Permanente and the Department of Veterans Affairs are scheduled to launch a pilot program linking the electronic health records of patients who receive care at both facilities in San Diego County ... The partnership will mark the first time a federal agency has linked its EHR system with a private medical organization...
Read on at: http://www.ihealthbeat.org/articles/2010/1/6/kaiser-va-kick-off-hea...
ENJOY!
CC
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