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Feds outline plans for electronic exchange of patient information
U.S. has given out $5 billion in EHR incentive payments to 76,000 healthcare providers
By Lucas Mearian
May 3, 2012 02:37 PM ET
Computerworld - The U.S. government expects to provide both money and standards guidance to encourage healthcare providers to deploy and use health information exchanges (HIE) in a manner similar to the way electronic prescription technology was deployed and adopted.
During a webinar Wednesday, Claudia Williams, director of the State HIE Program at the U.S. Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) for Health Information Technology, said the public process to establish standards for HIEs will begin "very soon" after the comment period ends for Phase 2 rules for meaningful use of electronic health records (EHRs). That comment period ends May 7.
The ONC will first publish a request for information, followed by a notice of proposed rule-making and then a final rule.
Read more about at: http://www.computerw...ent_information
U.S. has given out $5 billion in EHR incentive payments to 76,000 healthcare providers
By Lucas Mearian
May 3, 2012 02:37 PM ET
Computerworld - The U.S. government expects to provide both money and standards guidance to encourage healthcare providers to deploy and use health information exchanges (HIE) in a manner similar to the way electronic prescription technology was deployed and adopted.
During a webinar Wednesday, Claudia Williams, director of the State HIE Program at the U.S. Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) for Health Information Technology, said the public process to establish standards for HIEs will begin "very soon" after the comment period ends for Phase 2 rules for meaningful use of electronic health records (EHRs). That comment period ends May 7.
The ONC will first publish a request for information, followed by a notice of proposed rule-making and then a final rule.
Read more about at: http://www.computerw...ent_information
