March 2010

As I’ve mentioned in previous posts, there’s been some good progress by NIST to create meaningful use test procedures for certifying bodies that will need to evaluate EMRs. They already have 8 test documents for various MU criteria including up-to-date problem list, active mdications list, active allergy list, vital signs, BMI calculations, growth charts plotting, [...]

A few weeks ago the Office of E-Health Standards & Services at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) did some nice training on the EHR Incentives NPRM. This is a great overview of the ARRA HITECH act as it is understood by CMS and should override any understandings by mere mortals like us. [...]

A friend of mine just sent out the following note: There have been developments in the last few days that have caused CCHIT to pause “providing direction on the requirements for test step demonstration for the Interim Final Rule Stage 1 criteria. The reason is because NIST is now publishing Test Methods and Procedures on [...]

The nice folks at the mHealth Initiative invited me to join their merry band of mobile phone-based healthcare applications proponents at a conference they held in DC last month. Claudia Tessier kicked off the conference with this great presentation that describes major mobile phone application clusters. It describes mobile phone usage in patient communication, point [...]