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October 2011 — Vol. 6, No. 10
Theme: Journeys to Meeting Meaningful Use		 SUBSCRIBE | MEMBERSHIP

Featured Story

NEW! CMS Releases ACO Final Rule

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has released the final rule for Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs). Read More >>

 

The HIMSS Blog: Accountable Care Is about Connecting with Patients

Find out more about the ACO rule in this post on the HIMSS Blog from Mary Griskewicz, MS, FHIMSS, HIMSS Senior Director, Ambulatory Information Systems. Read the Post >>

 

Enjoy the Journey to Meaningful Use

by Randy A. Pinnow, CPA
Chair, HIMSS Digital Office Taskforce
The journey through the “stages” of Meaningful Use (MU) begins with the capture and sharing of clinical and operational data. Read More >>

 

The Hidden Costs of EHRs

by Drew Nietert, CPHIMS
Member, HIMSS Digital Office Taskforce
If you haven’t spent much time analyzing the costs of EHRs, this part of the process may be an eye opener. Read More >>

 

North Texas Regional Extension Center -Sharing experiences, challenges and accomplishments

by Helen A. Willis, MHA
HIMSS Ambulatory Information Systems Intern
The North Texas Regional Extension Center (NTREC) covers a 42-county area centered within the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan district. The REC is one of four that services Texas. Read More >>

 

Piloting Meaningful Use and Health IT Transformation

By Neil Singh and Hjalmer Danielson, Ascendian Healthcare Consulting
Hjalmer Danielson is a member of the HIMSS Digital Office Taskforce
Throughout the course of meaningful use implementations, significant time, energy and money will be invested on successful initiatives. Read More >>

 

Register for November HIMSS Virtual Conference

Registration for next month’s HIMSS Virtual Conference & Expo on Nov. 2-3 is now open. Learn more and register at www.himssvirtual.org.

 

HIMSS12 Attendee Registration Now Open

Attendee registration for the 2012 Annual HIMSS Conference & Exhibition, Feb. 20-24 in Las Vegas, is now open. Early-bird registration rates for HIMSS12 are available now through Dec. 5. HIMSS12 attendee registration includes entrance to all education sessions and the exhibit hall, the Welcome/Opening Reception on Monday, Feb. 20, and registration tote bag (while supplies last).

 

News Briefs – Quality Corner

National Quality Forum Announces First VP of Health IT

NQF Releases Reports on Improvement of Healthcare Quality
Funding Update

Numbers Matter: A HIMSS Blog post from Ed Larsen.
 
EHRWatch.com - Stay connected to what's happening in the world of Electronic Health Records at EHRWatch.com.  
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Calendar

10/27/2011 - Best Practices to Deploy ECM Technologies: Ensure Decisions are Made Based on all the Information

10/27/2011 - Miryam C. Gerdine presents “mHealth: Opportunities for Improving the Health of Latinos”

11/2-3/2011 - November 2011 HIMSS Virtual Conference & Expo "Visualizing Healthcare Transformation in the 21st Century"

11/10/2011 - Health Reform Measurement: Lead… or Get Out of the Way

11/11/2011 - Twenty-First Annual Gibbs Oration and Fifth Annual Coile Lectureship

11/15/2011 - Collaborative Care Conference (C3) - Long Beach

12/5/2011 - mHealth Summit 2011
 

Resources

Accountable Care Resources from HIMSS

ONC Launches Project to Query EHRs for Population Health Data

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) has launched its Query Health project to come up with the standards and services to enable providers to send information requests and questions about population health to a variety of places where it is held, primarily certified electronic health records.
Source: Government Health IT, Sept. 7, 2011. Mary Mosquera.

ICD-10 PlayBook

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