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ONC Shifts SVAP Timeline, Health IT Data Standards Coordination

by Hannah Nelson

ONC has adjusted its Standards Version Advancement Process (SVAP) timeline in order to support coordination across the health IT data standards community, the agency wrote in a blog post. ONC...

Certified Health IT Adoption a Step Toward Broad Interoperability

by Hannah Nelson

While ONC 2015 certified health IT adoption has improved data exchange across the care continuum, the program’s ability to achieve nationwide interoperability is limited, according to an ONC...

ONC Drafts Health IT Developer Measures for EHR Reporting Program

by Hannah Nelson

ONC has released a draft set of health IT developer measures for the Electronic Health Record (EHR) Reporting Program’s condition of maintaining ONC health IT certification. As part of the 21st...

EHR Vendor Fined $3.8M for Illegal EHR Kickback Scheme

by Christopher Jason

CareCloud Health, a cloud-based EHR vendor, will pay a $3.81 million fine after an illegal EHR kickback scheme to increase its EHR sales, according to a statement issued by the Department of Justice...

Clinical Decision Support Improves Patient Clinical Outcomes

by Christopher Jason

Clinical decision support (CDS) tools have positive impacts on patient clinical outcomes and clinician performance when dealing with most diseases, according to a study published in BMC Medical...

athenahealth Fined $18.25M for Illegal EHR Kickback Scheme

by Christopher Jason

athenahealth will pay a $18.25 million fine after an illegal EHR kickback scheme to boost its EHR sales, according to a statement released by the Department of Justice for the District of...

How to Design a Comprehensive EHR Usability Assessment

by Kate Monica

A decade after the HITECH Act of 2009 first incentivized EHR adoption, many physicians remain dissatisfied with EHR design and are seeking improvements to EHR usability. Optimizing an EHR so that it offers intuitive, streamlined workflows...