Rural health information technology (HIT) resources related to rural health and human services, with information provided by the Rural Assistance Center Copyright 2010 Rural Assistance Center http://www.raconline.org/info_guides/healthtech/ A new Commonwealth Fund profile points to lessons for the U.S. and health care reform, reporting that all primary care doctors in Denmark use electronic medical records and 98 percent have the ability to electronically manage patient careincluding ordering prescriptions, drafting notes about patient visits, and sending appointment reminders. http://www.commonwealthfund.org/Content/News/News-Releases/2010/Mar/100-Percent-of-Primary-Care-Doctors-in-Denmark-Use-Electronic-Medical-Records.aspx Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:51:26 CST http://www.commonwealthfund.org/Content/News/News-Releases/2010/Mar/100-Percent-of-Primary-Care-Doctors-in-Denmark-Use-Electronic-Medical-Records.aspx A news source for Healthcare Information Technology. -- Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society http://www.healthcareitnews.com/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:30:40 CST http://www.healthcareitnews.com/ Kaiser Health News reports that although the federal government plans to give doctors up to $44,000 each, as well as millions of dollars to hospitals, to help buy health information technology, many providers are unhappy with the stimulus-funded program. http://www.kaiserhealthnews.org/Daily-Reports/2010/March/09/HIT.aspx?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+khn%2Ffulltext+%28All+Kaiser+Health+News+%28Full+Text%29%29&utm_content=Google+Reader Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:45:08 CST http://www.kaiserhealthnews.org/Daily-Reports/2010/March/09/HIT.aspx?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+khn%2Ffulltext+%28All+Kaiser+Health+News+%28Full+Text%29%29&utm_content=Google+Reader This rule from the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology proposes the establishment of two certification programs for purposes of testing and certifying health information technology. http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2010/2010-4991.htm Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:42:09 CST http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2010/2010-4991.htm Medicare Update reports that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is reminding interested parties that on March 15, 2010 the comment period closes on the Proposed Rule, which would implement an electronic health records (EHR) incentive program for eligible professionals and eligible hospitals that adopt and meaningfully use certified EHR technology. http://medicareupdate.typepad.com/medicare_update/2010/03/meaningfuluseproposedrule.html Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:41:30 CST http://medicareupdate.typepad.com/medicare_update/2010/03/meaningfuluseproposedrule.html The North Dakota Information Technology Department on behalf of the Health Information Technology (HIT) Advisory Committee has released guidance for North Dakota Healthcare Providers to apply for a low interest health information technology-revolving loan. http://www.raconline.org/news/news_details.php?news_id=13245 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:25:26 CST http://www.raconline.org/news/news_details.php?news_id=13245 Low-interest loans to health care entities to build their health information technology (HIT) infrastructure. http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=2342 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:21:11 CST http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=2342 American Academy of Family Physician's (AAFP) article details their response to the federal government's Dec. 30 release of electronic health record regulations that define the term "meaningful use." http://www.aafp.org/online/en/home/publications/news/news-now/practice-management/20100304mean-use-ltr.html Thu, 04 Mar 2010 16:13:25 CST http://www.aafp.org/online/en/home/publications/news/news-now/practice-management/20100304mean-use-ltr.html Medicare Update reports that on March 3, 2010, the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released display copy of a Proposed Rule outlining a proposed approach for establishing a certification program to test and certify electronic health records (EHR). http://medicareupdate.typepad.com/medicare_update/2010/03/electronichealthrecords.html Thu, 04 Mar 2010 10:20:00 CST http://medicareupdate.typepad.com/medicare_update/2010/03/electronichealthrecords.html Dotmed News article reports that Senator Michael Bennet (D-CO) has introduced S. 2838, the Rural Health Access and Improvement Act of 2009, a bill that would give critical access hospitals priority in receiving grants under the Public Health Service Act, to assist in promotion of hospital health information technology. http://www.dotmed.com/news/story/11492/ Wed, 03 Mar 2010 10:18:14 CST http://www.dotmed.com/news/story/11492/ Rural Health Voices article reports that yesterday the Department of Health and Human Services released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for the Establishment of Certification Programs for Health Information Technology (Health IT). http://h184435wp.setupmyblog.com/2010/03/oncs-proposed-health-it-certification-programs/ Wed, 03 Mar 2010 10:10:19 CST http://h184435wp.setupmyblog.com/2010/03/oncs-proposed-health-it-certification-programs/ The AHA has released a model comment letterthat hospitals can use to help draft their own comments on the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services' proposed rule on the electronic health records incentive program for Medicare and Medicaid. http://www.ahanews.com/ahanews_app/jsp/display.jsp?dcrpath=AHANEWS/AHANewsNowArticle/data/ann_022610_EHR&domain=AHANEWS Mon, 01 Mar 2010 11:23:19 CST http://www.ahanews.com/ahanews_app/jsp/display.jsp?dcrpath=AHANEWS/AHANewsNowArticle/data/ann_022610_EHR&domain=AHANEWS Washington DC March 24, 2010 -- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2010/2010-4069.htm Fri, 26 Feb 2010 11:45:19 CST http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2010/2010-4069.htm Washington DC March 17, 2010 -- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2010/2010-4041.htm Fri, 26 Feb 2010 11:42:21 CST http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2010/2010-4041.htm This notice announces a forthcoming public meeting of the Health Information Technology (HIT) Standards Committee, to be held March 17, in Washington, DC. http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2010/2010-4069.htm Fri, 26 Feb 2010 09:48:56 CST http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2010/2010-4069.htm This notice announces a forthcoming public meeting of the Health Information Technology (HIT) Policy Committee, to be held March 17, in Washington, DC. http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2010/2010-4041.htm Fri, 26 Feb 2010 09:45:34 CST http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2010/2010-4041.htm Sun-Journal, (ME) article reports that a state lawmaker would like to provide low-interest loans and grants to independent health care providers in rural Maine so they can join an electronic medical-records database being used by more than 2,000 hospitals, clinics and doctors in the state. http://www.sunjournal.com/node/801848 Wed, 24 Feb 2010 10:50:36 CST http://www.sunjournal.com/node/801848 Fort Lauderdale FL May 12, 2010 http://www.ihealthtran.com/springccs.html Tue, 23 Feb 2010 14:42:40 CST http://www.ihealthtran.com/springccs.html Government HealthIT article reports that four small, rural, government-run Texas hospitals have banded together to create a unique rural regional health information network (RHIO) they say will enable clinicians to share patient information as well as the financial burden of an electronic health record (EHR). http://govhealthit.com/newsitem.aspx?nid=73124 Tue, 23 Feb 2010 10:40:22 CST http://govhealthit.com/newsitem.aspx?nid=73124 This notice announces forthcoming public subcommittee meetings of the Health Information Technology (HIT) Standards Committee's Workgroup, of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, to be held in March of 2010. http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2010/2010-3548.htm Tue, 23 Feb 2010 09:51:33 CST http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2010/2010-3548.htm This notice announces forthcoming public subcommittee meetings of the Health Information Technology (HIT) Policy Committee's Workgroup, of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC), to be held in March of 2010. http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2010/2010-3547.htm Tue, 23 Feb 2010 09:45:00 CST http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2010/2010-3547.htm Medicare Update reports that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently announced that it will host a teleconference on the Medicare and Medicaid electronic health record (EHR) incentive programs on February 23, 2010. http://medicareupdate.typepad.com/medicare_update/2010/02/ehrmeaningfuluserule.html Mon, 22 Feb 2010 10:22:03 CST http://medicareupdate.typepad.com/medicare_update/2010/02/ehrmeaningfuluserule.html AHA News reports that a federal workgroup yesterday expressed support for giving hospitals and physicians greater flexibility in meeting the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' proposed rule on meaningful use. http://www.ahanews.com/ahanews_app/jsp/display.jsp?dcrpath=AHANEWS/AHANewsNowArticle/data/ann_021810_EHR&domain=AHANEWS Fri, 19 Feb 2010 11:14:59 CST http://www.ahanews.com/ahanews_app/jsp/display.jsp?dcrpath=AHANEWS/AHANewsNowArticle/data/ann_021810_EHR&domain=AHANEWS Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki launched the Veterans Health IT Innovation Initiative, an employee-based Health Information Technology (HIT) competition to spur VAs transformation into a 21st Century organization that is Veteran-centric, results-oriented, and forward-looking. http://www1.va.gov/opa/pressrel/pressrelease.cfm?id=1851 Fri, 19 Feb 2010 10:46:54 CST http://www1.va.gov/opa/pressrel/pressrelease.cfm?id=1851 Rural Health Voices article by Louis Wenzlow, Rural Wisconsin Health Cooperative, discusses the 3-1-1-1-0 Recommendation by the HIT Policy Committee. http://h184435wp.setupmyblog.com/2010/02/hit-policy-committee-recommendation-one-small-cpoe-step-from-flexibility/ Fri, 19 Feb 2010 10:38:53 CST http://h184435wp.setupmyblog.com/2010/02/hit-policy-committee-recommendation-one-small-cpoe-step-from-flexibility/ Yahoo News reports that the Department of Health and Human Services and the Office of the National Coordinator have announced that HealthInsight, a private, non-profit organization dedicated to improving the healthcare systems of Nevada and Utah will serve as the health information technology Regional Extension Center for Utah. http://news.yahoo.com/s/usnw/20100216/pl_usnw/DC55362_1 Tue, 16 Feb 2010 11:08:49 CST http://news.yahoo.com/s/usnw/20100216/pl_usnw/DC55362_1 Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and Labor Secretary Hilda Solis on Friday announced a total of nearly $1 billion in Recovery Act awards to help health care providers advance the adoption and meaningful use of health information technology (IT) and train workers for the health care jobs of the future. http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2010pres/02/20100212a.html Tue, 16 Feb 2010 11:04:22 CST http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2010pres/02/20100212a.html AAFP News reports that the federal government plans to establish a nationwide network of regional extension centers to help primary care physicians and other health care providers benefit from government programs that aim to promote the adoption and "meaningful use" of health information technology. http://www.aafp.org/online/en/home/publications/news/news-now/practice-management/20100215seidman-ehrs.html Tue, 16 Feb 2010 10:57:06 CST http://www.aafp.org/online/en/home/publications/news/news-now/practice-management/20100215seidman-ehrs.html The purpose of this survey was to determine the extent to which health centers have adopted health information technology, identify the major vendors utilized by health centers, determine the extent to which health centers have integrated behavioral health and/or oral health electronic records with medical health records, and health centers use of telemedicine. -- National Association of Community Health Centers http://www.nachc.com/client/documents/NACHC%202008%20HIT%20Survey%20Analysis_FINAL_6_9_091.pdf Thu, 28 Jan 2010 16:50:02 CST http://www.nachc.com/client/documents/NACHC%202008%20HIT%20Survey%20Analysis_FINAL_6_9_091.pdf A network of rural and health information technology leaders from regional, state, national and federal organizations, working together to advance the implementation of health information technologies (HIT) across rural America. -- Rural Health Resource Center http://www.ruralcenter.org/?id=hit_coalition Mon, 11 Jan 2010 09:21:25 CST http://www.ruralcenter.org/?id=hit_coalition