July 2010

An overview of NHIN, NHIN CONNECT, and NHIN Direct

IBM developerWorks invited me to write an article that provides a technical overview of the National Health Information Network (NHIN) along with its related sub projects called NHIN CONNECT and NHIN Direct. The article was published today and covers how you can use CONNECT right now to create your own health information exchange (HIE) or [...]

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My view on HIT (or other technical) certifications

On July 14th I conducted a seminar on How Meaningful Use Impacts Healthcare Data Management and IT Professionals. It was pretty popular and I got lots of questions at the event and many afterwards as well. One of the questions that kept coming up over and over again was about how to enter the healthcare [...]

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NIST releases revised draft test procedures to adjust to the final Meaningful Use rules

As promised, NIST has released its revised draft test procedures to adjust to the final Meaningful Use rules that were unveiled last week. Here’s how they describe the latest updates: Approved (Pending) Test Procedures A Final Rule on an initial set of standards, implementation specifications, and certification criteria for adoption by the HHS Secretary was [...]

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NIST planning to update draft test procedures tied to final MU rules on July 22

NIST just posted the following on their Health IT Testing and Standards draft test plans page: July 19, 2010 Note: A Final Rule on an initial set of standards, implementation specifications, and certification criteria for adoption by the HHS Secretary was issued on July 13, 2010. NIST is currently updating the Test Procedures to reflect [...]

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Final MU rules are out but don’t forget, you’ve still got all of 2011 and 2012 to get paid

As you’re probably already aware, the final meaningful use rules were released by the government about 48 hours ago. Overall, I’m impressed with the transparency, quality, and timeliness of the final regulations. I think the “little guy” won one because the MU rules have mostly been reduced from the original requirements and the two additions [...]

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Join me for a free webinar on “How Meaningful Use Impacts Healthcare Data Management Professionals” on Wednesday, July 14th

I’ve been doing a good deal of coaching and consulting on what Meaningful Use really means to technology professionals lately so I was pleased to accept an invitation by Embarcadero to lead a webinar on that subject for a data management audience. Join me next Wednesday at 2:00p EDT to learn about the impacts of [...]

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