Certification is primarily a way of enforcing that products meet certain criteria or standards. It can exert a powerful influence on products and markets—an influence…
Key Themes The Recovery Act’s investments in health IT can be a vital step toward our nation’s health reform objectives — improving health and reducing…
In testimony before the National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS) Subcommittee on Standards, Carol Diamond, MD, MPH discusses the importance of setting clear…
Markle, together with its collaborators and supporters, produced consensus statements and comments on the implementation of the meaningful use of electronic health records, the basis for government health IT investments.
The journal Health Affairs released yesterday three papers that address issues revolving around HIT adoption. Quick synopsis follows with my views in italics. The first,…
These comments are a response to the request for comment on the meaningful use definition released by the United States Department of Health and Human…
Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper, the Markle Foundation, and 20 States Launch the Skillful State Network; Introduce Skillful State Playbook Governors of 20 founding member states…
Wes Rishel is a vice president in Gartner’s healthcare provider research practice. He covers interoperability, health information exchanges (HIE), the U.S. nationwide health information network…
