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HIT Adoption Among California Dentists

What's the level of interest among California dentists in adopting health information technology, such as electronic dental health records, and how many are already making use of such systems? This snapshot of survey data provides some answers.

Diabetic Retinopathy: Call for Applications

This project will support clinics in providing remote diabetic retinopathy screenings to patients by funding retinal cameras, software, and expert consultation from the UCB School of Optometry. Applications are being accepted now through October 2010.

Revisiting the HITECH Act, One Year Later

A new report examines the progress implementing the U.S. government's multi-billion-dollar effort to jump-start adoption of information technology tools in the health care industry. Recommendations for further action by the White House and Congress are included.

ONC

Thursday, July 02, 2009

Advisory Committees to ONC Announce Series of D.C. Meetings

Advisory panels to the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT have announced a series of meetings in Washington, D.C., this month, Health Data Management reports.

The Health IT Policy Committee will hold a public meeting on July 16 to discuss the definition of "meaningful use" of electronic health records (Goedert, Health Data Management, 7/1).

Health care providers will be required to demonstrate meaningful use of EHRs to qualify for Medicare and Medicaid incentive payments provided under the federal economic stimulus package (iHealthBeat, 6/30).

The Health IT Policy Committee's work group for certification and adoption will meet on July 14 and 15.

In addition, the Health IT Standards Committee is scheduled to meet July 21 (Health Data Management, 7/1).



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