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The RxNorm clinical drugs standard has been enhanced.
A new analysis published in Health Affairs finds that the implementation of health IT has had an overall positive effect on health care providers.
Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) has announced the launch of an industry project to consolidate and harmonize required health information exchange specifications that support meaningful use of electronic health record (EHR) systems.
The Healthcare Information Technology Standards Panel and HHS have collaborated to expand the adoption and interoperability of electronic health records.
An announcement was made by SourceMedical, that the Vision Electronic Health Record (EHR) Compliance Guarantee Program, which assures that Vision EHR will be compliant with the forthcoming government issued ASC certification requirements.
UnitedHealth Group has adopted new standards for healthcare ID cards across all its health plans. The cards will provide patient eligibility information and access to a personal health record, and process healthcare transactions.
Health-care providers of all stripes face a host of technology challenges in the new year. Indeed, “the tea leaves are not settled at the bottom of the cup yet, but [providers] are already expected to budget for 2009, 2010 and beyond,” said Bob Booz, managing vice president for Gartner Research, at a kick-off town hall at Everything Channel’s Healthcare Summit in San Diego.
[This article was published in the June 2007 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
The terms e-Health and health information technology (HIT) are used somewhat interchangeably in the United States.