A bipartisan group of 27 senators signed a letter on Tuesday to Charlene Frizzera, acting CMS administrator, asking for changes to “meaningful use” requirements for the adoption of electronic health records. “We urge you to modify you[sic] proposed definition of requirements for hospitals to become qualified as “meaningful users” of certified EHR technology. We are [...]
On Tuesday, the FCC released its National Broadband Plan. It notes that “the United States is not taking full advantage of the opportunities that health IT provides. It lags other developed countries in health IT adoption among primary health care providers,” and provides eleven recommendations to close the gap between the U.S. and leaders in [...]
iHealthBeat reports that National Coordinator for Health IT David Blumenthal announced yesterday the release of the long-awaited Notice for Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) on the electronic health record (EHR) certification process. The NPRM for EHR certification is available here. Earlier in the day at the Health Information Management and System Society (HIMSS) convention, Jodi Daniel, director [...]
