eHealth News

May15 one day ago by HITEC-LA

LOS ANGELES – HITEC-LA announced that All Medical Solutions (AMS), one of its Service Partners, achieved a major milestone of delivering over $1 million in technical assistance to 650 HITEC-LA member health care providers.  HITEC-LA’s goal is to help 3,000 eligible primary care providers in Los Angeles County implement and meaningfully use certified electronic health records (EHRs) by 2014.

You can find the press release at HITEC LA website.

 

May9 5/9/2012 5:15:00 PM by ONC
ONC's Office of the Chief Privacy Officer (OCPO) recently released a "Guide to Privacy and Security of Health Information,"* an instructional guide designed to help healthcare practitioners, staff, and other professionals better understand the important role privacy and security play in the use of electronic health records (EHRs) and Meaningful Use. read more...
Apr4 4/4/2012 9:03:00 PM by HITEC-LA
Regional Extension Center Members Qualify for Medi-Cal Incentives at Higher Rates: With support and technical assistance from RECs, primary care providers earn Medi-Cal EHR incentive payments read more...
Mar21 3/21/2012 4:49:00 PM by HITEC-LA
HITEC-LA announced that to date, more than 1,500 of its member primary care providers, or over half of its membership, have made the transition from paper files to electronic health records (EHRs).  The conversion is intended to help those providers further improve the efficiency and delivery of patient care.  HITEC-LA’s goal is to help 3,000 eligible primary care providers in Los Angeles County implement and meaningfully use certified EHRs by 2014. read more...
Mar5 3/5/2012 4:00:00 PM by HITEC-LA
HITEC-LA announces that to date, more than $100 million in payments has been issued to qualifying providers throughout California under the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Incentive Program for implementing and using electronic health records (EHRs) in a meaningful way. The program’s goal is to encourage eligible providers to use health IT to improve care for patients and lower costs. read more...
Feb28 2/28/2012 5:43:00 PM by CHHS
The Department of Health and Human Services released two notices of proposed rulemaking (NPRMs) related to Stage 2 Meaningful Use, the Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs that detail proposed expectations for providers and the Standards & Certification Criteria (S&CC) Standards & Certification Criteria (S&CC)  that delineate proposed requirements for certified EHR products. read more...
Feb1 2/1/2012 9:36:00 PM by HITEC-LA
HITEC-LA, the Health Information Technology Regional Extension Center (REC) for the nation’s largest county, announced today that its enrollment has surpassed 2,650 primary care providers and 3,250 total members.  HITEC-LA is closing in on completing the first phase of its mission of helping 3,000 eligible primary care providers become meaningful users of certified electronic health records (EHRs) by April 2014. read more...
Jan5 1/5/2012 4:27:00 PM by Medi-Cal
We are pleased to announce that the State Level Registry (SLR) portal for providers has opened on January 3, 2011.  From January 3 to March 31, 2012 providers can register for either the 2011 or 2012 payment years. read more...
Dec6 12/6/2011 7:42:00 PM by ONC
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) held its 2011 ONC Grantee and Stakeholder Summit on November 17, 2011.  An archived webcast of this event is now available at: http://www.healthit.gov/oncmeeting2011/. read more...
Dec2 12/2/2011 7:06:00 PM by HHS
On November 30, U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced that HHS intends to delay implementation of Stage 2 of Meaningful Use of electronic health records (HER) until 2014. Under previous rules, physicians who achieved meaningful use in 2011 would have had to move to the higher Stage 2 standard in 2013. read more...
Nov17 11/17/2011 5:43:00 PM by Cal eConnect
Materials and information about the 2011 California Health Information Exchange Stakeholder Summit are now available on the Cal eConnect website. read more...
Nov8 11/8/2011 6:09:00 PM by CHHS
In Sacramento, approximately 300 stakeholders convened to discuss progress in the adoption of electronic health records (EHRs) and health information exchange (HIE).  Hosted by the State of California and the state’s designated governance entity Cal eConnect, the focus was to inform stakeholders on activities throughout the state and, more importantly, obtain critical feedback to inform the next generation of the state’s HIE Strategic and Operational Plan. read more...
Oct5 10/5/2011 10:06:00 PM by Cal eConnect
The California Health Information Exchange Summit will gather stakeholders on November 8, 2011 from 8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. at the Sacramento Convention Center. read more...
Sep9 9/9/2011 9:26:00 PM by CalHIPSO
The California Health Information Partnership and Services Organization (CalHIPSO) reached a major milestone today by enrolling more than 6,187 health care providers in its Regional Extension Center program. read more...
Sep2 9/2/2011 11:52:00 PM by DHCS
The Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) will launch the California electronic health record incentive registration site, State Level Registry (SLR), for eligible hospitals on October 3, 2011. In an effort to expedite hospital applications for electronic health record incentive dollars, DHCS is prepared to conduct a preliminary review of your hospital qualifications beginning Tuesday, September 6, 2011. This process will prequalify hospitals that have submitted all necessary information and met participation standards. read more...
Aug26 8/26/2011 5:35:00 PM by California Telehealth Network
UC Davis Health System and the California Telehealth Network (CTN) today announced more than $5 million in awards to 15 community groups across California to advance health using telecommunications technologies and help provide examples of eHealth activity for other communities to follow. read more...
Aug9 8/9/2011 4:54:00 PM by CRIHB
The California Rural Indian Health Board has been approved by the National Indian Health Board Regional Extension Center and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT to serve as a subrecipient for the American Indian/Alaska Native National Regional Extension Center (National Indian REC) which will target eligible professionals throughout tribal and urban health programs in California. The National Indian REC-CA is the 4th regional extension center in the state of California, working in conjunction with Cal-HIPSO, COREC, and HITEC-LA. read more...
Jul29 7/29/2011 8:56:00 PM by Hitec - LA
Local health care provider S. Mike Neskovic, M.D., A.A.F.P. of Glendale, CA was recognized today by HITEC-LA as the first physician in L.A. County and among the earliest in the U.S. to achieve meaningful use of a certified electronic health record (EHR) system and receive an incentive payment. read more...
Jun24 6/24/2011 7:47:00 PM by ONC
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) is pleased to announce free teaching materials, intended for use by the Workforce Alliance, the Western Region Health IT Program, and in other community colleges and universities nationwide read more...

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