Yesterday, had the privilege to attend and present to a packed audience in New York City for CRG's...
The Great Land Grab of 2010 or the Play for State HIEs
The first major distribution of HITECH Act funds occurred a couple of weeks ago when HHS awarded...
Relaxing Meaningful Use? Not Really
There has been a lot of talk this week in the trade pubs about the HIT Policy Committee (HITPC)...
Kick Starting HIEs: What Meaningful Use Asks for, What Feds are Willing to Pay
The release of draft Meaningful Use (MU) requirements at the end of December, finally provides...
Acquisitions Creating White Hot Market for Healthcare IT
Since the beginning of 2010 there has been a series of acquisitions in healthcare IT (HIT) market,...
IBM Strengthens Healthcare Play, Picks up Initiate
This morning, IBM announced that it will acquire leading healthcare Master Data Management (MDM)...
RHIO Failure: CalRHIO Goes Belly-up
The much ballyhooed Health Information Exchange (HIE) in the state of California, CalRHIO, has...
Part One: Stage One Meaningful Use Winners
As required by legislation in the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act (ARRA), HHS/CMS released...
Meaningful Use Rules Hit the Streets
Late yesterday afternoon, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) who holds the big...