The Commonwell Health Alliance was announced at HIMSS in New Orleans in 2013.

Michael Brody's picture
Submitted by Michael Brody on Sat, 03/09/2013 - 16:07

Category:

This is an industry led initiative to achieve true interoperability. This represents an effort by a number of major EHR vendors to work together to achieve interoperability. Members of the Commonwell Health Alliance include Allscripts, Athena Health, Cerner, Greenway, McKesson, and Relay Health.

150 billion is Spent annually on Health Care Administration

Michael Brody's picture
Submitted by Michael Brody on Sat, 03/09/2013 - 15:29

Category:

A blog post by By: Christine Stahlecker, Director, Administrative Simplification Group, Office of E-Health Standards and Services, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services at the CMS Blog has some interesting points regarding the costs of Health Care Administration.

CMS Launches new E-Health Website

Michael Brody's picture
Submitted by Michael Brody on Sat, 03/09/2013 - 14:56

Category:

CMS was at the 2013 HIMSS Meeting in New Orleans and representatives from CMS were on hand to discuss the new CMS E-Health Website. The site includes resources for providers to assist with understanding how to implement Health Information Technology. This site is coupled with a listserv that is intended to become “single source” of information on coordinating efforts toward implementing ICD-10, EHRs and meaningful use, operating standards, electronic quality measurement, and payment models.

Update from HIMSS 2013

Michael Brody's picture
Submitted by Michael Brody on Tue, 03/05/2013 - 08:10

HIMSS is the annual meeting where many of the participants in the world of Health Information Technology showcase their products. The 2013 meeting being held in New Orleans, LA is no exception. Vendors large and small are present talking about and presenting their products. Press releases are flying like leaves in a fall storm. It is all very exciting.

CES 2013 Update

Michael Brody's picture
Submitted by Michael Brody on Fri, 01/11/2013 - 13:15

Category:

I have just returned from the 2013 CES conference which was held in Las Vegas. The meeting was literally everywhere, as it is too large for just the Las Vegas Convention Center. With all of those exhibitors, manufacturers, and vendors present I have to admit that I only focused on a small component of the meeting, the Digital Health Expo.

Pages

Subscribe to Front page feed