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HITECH Answers’ mission is to provide independent analysis on the many facets of the HITECH Act impacting adoption, selection and implementation of a certified EHR that meets "meaningful use" guidelines. Although a great deal of the information listed on this site is public, our more indepth content and analysis is through a subscription to a library of on demand webinars. Learn more by watching a five minute virtual tour about our site. 

 

$19.2 billion in recovery funding allocated under ARRA has been designated to modernize the health care system by promoting and expanding the adoption of HIT by 2015. Hospitals, clinics, practioners and business associates are all impacted by the HITECH Act. Getting access to our continually expanding library of on demand webinars will keep you up-to-date and help you make informed decisions. Learn more at our Visitors page.

 

Our latest HITECH Updates:

 

Recovery Room 2/7/09

February 8, 2010

Comments on both the ONC IFR and the CMS NPRM are starting to come in. For the most part, the NPRM comments have been from individuals on a specific point of the rules. None of the bigger organizations or vendors have weighed in yet. The HIT Policy Committee is scheduled to comment as they disagree with [...]

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HTA Site Updates

February 1, 2010

If you’re a regular reader of HITECH Answers you may have noticed some changes to our site this past month.
We’ve worked to make the site a better experience for our paid subscribers with the implementation of a unique login/password system. Paid subscribers will also find two new wings added to our growing library of resources – [...]

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January HIT Meetings

January 28, 2010

The HIT Policy Committee and its workgroups met this month. The Meaningful Use (MU) workgroup met twice, the NHIN, Planning, Privacy, and HIE met once. All workgroup meetings are now open to the public and each has their own web page on the ONC site. For all future meetings and links to the ONC site, [...]

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Ready or Not Electronic Health Records are Coming

January 23, 2010

The following guest post is provided by Dr. Nick van Terheyden, a contributing expert for HITECH Answers and Chief Medical Officer for M*Modal.
The games afoot or as they say in England “Game on”…..healthcare standards are published (actually the Notice of Proposed Rule Making NPRM) and supplemented by an article posted by David Blumenthal “Launching HITECH” [...]

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MTIA Spring Conference

January 22, 2010

The 21st Annual MTIA (Medical Transcription Industry Association) Conference for medical transcription service owners and executives will be held in Daytona Beach, Florida on April 28 – May 1, 2010. The event will focus on education, learning, communication and networking where distinct, industry specific information and knowledge are shared so that all those in attendance [...]

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Keeping up with MU

January 18, 2010

The official rules covering meaningful use were published in the Federal Registry on January 13. The two rules cover meaningful use of EHR as mandated by the HITECH Act. This means the public comment period offically started on that day. Both rules deadline for comments are March 15, 2010. No formal comments have surfaced yet [...]

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Privacy & Security in Meaningful Use rule

January 4, 2010

The following guest post is provided by Alex Zaltsman, CEO of Experior Data Security and Encryption
Analysis of Privacy & Security in Meaningful Use rule
HHS Issues Interim Final Rule on Meaningful Use of Certified Electronic Health Records
On Wednesday, December 30th, the U.S Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released its Interim Final Rule on Meaningful [...]

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The Waiting Room – week of 1/3/10

January 1, 2010

Of course what we were all waiting for was delivered last Wednesday. Now we will be waiting for all the comments to the released rules in the next few weeks. We will report them as they are available so stay tuned.
A $60 million Strategic Health IT Advanced Research Projects (SHARP) program funding opportunity announcement was [...]

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Rules and Regulations Released

December 30, 2009

In a joint briefing today ONC and CMS announced their respective rules and notices. The ONC released the anticipated interim final rule on Standards & Certification Criteria. CMS issued a notice of proposed rulemaking that outlines provisions governing the Medicare and Medicaid EHR incentive programs and definition on meaninful use.
Blumenthal stated the “IFR provides details [...]

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The three wise men

December 28, 2009

The times they are a changin. Can the government move into the next decade with the right insight and policies on technology? Are these three bringing the right stuff or are we just getting the age old gold, frankincense, and myrrh?
Obama named Howard Schmidt as the White House Cybersecurity Coordinator last week. He will be [...]

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