Articles & Commentaries
The ONC/CMS push under HITECH for EMRs/EHRs just took another major hit in a detailed study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine on 1/24/11 entitled “Electronic Health Records and Clinical Decision Support Systems
Another major red flag for EHRs/EMRs was raised last week, this time by 39 different physician professional organizations. Perhaps it's time to listen and carefully consider the rising crescendo of criticism about the current
Accountable care organizations ("ACOs") have become one of the hottest new healthcare delivery models thanks to the voluntary Medicare ACO shared-savings program provisions included in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ("Act").
"Low health literacy is a significant problem in the U.S." according to an Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) report released on 3/28/11 (http://www.ahrq.gov/downloads/pub/evidence/pdf/literacy/literacyup.pdf).
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) has published for public comment its Federal Health Information Technology Strategic Plan (2011-2015), as required by the HITECH Act.
