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ONC Seeks Comment on Standards and Interoperability Framework Initiatives by December 23, 2010

Friday, December 10th, 2010 | Posted by: Jonathan Perlin MD and John Halamka MD Chair Co-Chair HIT Standards Committee | Category: FACA, HIT Standards Committee

Standards & Interoperability Framework Initiatives

The Health IT Standards Committee (HITSC) would like your thoughts and comments on new initiatives being considered by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) through the Standards and Interoperability (S&I) Framework. (more…)

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Quality Measures Workgroup Seeks Comment on Clinical Quality Measures Concepts for Stage 2 and Stage 3 Meaningful Use by December 31, 2010

Monday, December 6th, 2010 | Posted by: David Lansky Chair of the Quality Measures Workgroup | Category: FACA, HIT Policy Committee

The HIT Policy Committee (a federal advisory committee that advises the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services) formed the Quality Measures Workgroup to recommend new clinical quality measures to leverage the evolving health IT infrastructure. The Quality Measures Workgroup is developing recommendations on clinical quality measures for Stage 2 and Stage 3 Meaningful Use. The Workgroup was divided into five tiger teams to focus on the following measure domains: Patient and Family Engagement, Clinical Appropriateness/Efficiency, Care Coordination, Patient Safety, and Population and Public Health. (more…)

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