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Brian Ahier
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Passionate about Health IT, Healthcare Reform and Gov 2.0; City Councilor, Presbyterian Elder
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Examining Healthcare Costs
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Last year the non-profit Health Care Cost Institute (HCCI) was formed and started with some Medicare data as well as billions of claims from Aetna, Humana and UnitedHealthca ...
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Nationwide Health Information Network: Conditions for Trusted Exchange
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First, I want to point out that the Nationwide Health Information Network Exchange (upper case) is a specific organization that is being turned into a private, nonprofit ...
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Governance for a Nationwide Health Information Network
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The National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (the National Coordinator) is required by section 3001(c)(8) of the Public Health Service Act to establish a gover ...
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Health Care Innovation Awards
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The CMS Innovation Center has announced the first batch of preliminary awardees for the Health Care Innovation Awards. The Health Care Innovation Awards are funding ...
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Consumer/Patient Engagement Power Team Unveils Recommendations
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The Consumer/Patient Engagement Power Team is assessing the Standards and Certification Criteria NPRM and providing recommendations for strengthening consumer/patient engage ...
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Promoting Patient Engagement in Meaningful Use
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The proposed rule for Stage 2 Meaningful Use has a strong emphasis on patient engagement. This is certainly a good thing, and I am very glad to see the focus put on this ...
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Microsoft and Los Angeles Launch Exergamers Wellness Club
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Microsoft, the City of Los Angeles Department of Aging, Partners in Care Foundation and St. Barnabas Senior Services have launched an innovative program called the Exergamer ...
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Perspective on Big Data
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The Government Big Data Forum was held in Washington, D.C., on March 6, 2012. The conference brought together government thought leaders and industry experts to discuss ...
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Supreme Court Arguments On Medicaid Expansion
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The final arguments before the Supreme Court on the health reform legislation dealt with the expansion of Medicaid. The one-hour session on Medicaid was the last part of ...
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Supreme Court Arguments On Severability
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After reviewing yesterday's transcripts from the Supreme Court hearing on the individual mandate I am still leaning towards the likelihood that they will ultimately find ...
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Supreme Court Arguments On Individual Mandate
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The audio and transcripts from the Supreme Court Tuesday, March 27, 2012 arguments on the challenge to the individual mandate included in the health reform legislation h ...
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Privacy and Security PIN for State HIE
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The Office of the National Coordinator has released a third Project Information Notice (PIN) for the State Health Information Exchange Cooperative Agreement Program. The fir ...
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Consumer Innovation Challenge
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I am privileged to work with the ONC and six different states that are responding to the Consumer Innovation Challenge. The goal of the Challenge is to rapidly create a proj ...
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New Survey: Healthcare Industry Buried in Paperwork and the Problem is Predicted to Increase
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Anoto is a creator of digital pen technology, a technology that enables fast and reliable transmission of handwritten text and illustrations into digital format, not ...
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Project REACH (Real-Time Electronic Access for Caregivers and the Homeless)
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The Veteran's Administration (VA) and Housing and Urban Development Department (HUD) joined forces with rock star Jon Bon Jovi during a 3 p.m. conference call on March 19, 2 ...
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Oregon Healthcare Transformation
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On March 2, 2012 Oregon Governor Kitzhaber signed the Healthcare Transformation Bill (Senate Bill 1580) which will give managed care organizations the go ahead to set up C ...
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Health Information Exchange Strategy Update
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Claudia Williams, Director State HIE Program, gave an update on the Health Information Exchange Strategy to the HIT Policy Committee at their March 7, 2012 meeting . The aud ...
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Standards and Certification Criteria 2014 Edition
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Proposed Rule: Standards & Certification Criteria 2014 Edition Steven Posnack, MHS, director, federal policy division, Office of the National Coordinator of Health IT (O ...
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HIMSS 2012: Women in Health IT
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Women in Health IT Perficient Healthcare asked men and women at HIMSS 2012 comment on what unique qualities women bring to Health IT. Their answers are in the video below. T ...
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Proposed Rules for Stage 2 Meaningful Use
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Stage 2 Meaningful Use Has Arrivedfinally We have known that the proposed rules for stage 2 meaningful use under the EHR Incentive Program were on their way . I had hoped ...
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