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02/20/2013

Health IT Experts Say Interoperability To Be Hot Topic at Annual HIMSS Conference

AudioBrian Edds of AmCom Software and Tom Leary and Joyce Sensmeier of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society spoke with iHealthBeat about what attendees can expect at the upcoming annual HIMSS conference.

11/14/2012

President Obama's Re-Election Means Continued Federal Support for Health IT, Experts Say

AudioErik Johnson of Avalere Health, Tom Leary of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society and Chantal Worzala of the American Hospital Association spoke with iHealthBeat about what President Obama's re-election means for federal health IT efforts.

07/11/2012

Government Incentives Fueling Growth in Physician Use of Electronic Prescribing Tools

AudioKate Berry of the National eHealth Collaborative, Tony Schueth of Point of Care Partners, David Yakimischak of Surescripts and Jimmy Yuen of Advance Medical Pharmacy in Walnut Creek, Calif., spoke with iHealthBeat about the recent growth in physicians' use of electronic prescribing technology.

02/15/2012

HIMSS12 Conference Preps Health Care Industry for Stage 2 of Meaningful Use Program

AudioHealthcare Information and Management Systems Society Senior Director of Privacy and Security Lisa Gallagher, HIMSS Senior Director of Federal Affairs Tom Leary and IBM Chief Medical Scientist Martin Kohn spoke with iHealthBeat about what attendees can expect at this year's HIMSS conference in Las Vegas.

10/21/2011

Private Sector Steps Up Training Efforts To Boost U.S. Health Care IT Workforce

AudioHelen Figge of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society, Bill Rudman of the American Health Information Management Association and Alice Hill of Dice.com spoke with iHealthBeat about private-sector efforts to help support and boost the country's health IT workforce.

07/15/2011

Health Care Providers, Vendors Weigh In on Qualifying for Stage 1 of Meaningful Use

AudioJoseph Bettencourt, a family practice physician in California, Elise Singer of the California Health Information Partnership and Services Organization, Girish Kumar Navani of eClinicalWorks and Eric Sorenson of ChartLogic spoke with iHealthBeat about the process for qualifying for incentive payments under Stage 1 of the meaningful use program.

03/30/2011

Community Colleges, Universities Charge Ahead To Address Health IT Work Force Shortage

AudioDavid Falkenstein of the Northern Virginia Community College, William Hersh of the Oregon Health and Science University, George Hickman of Albany Medical Center and Thomas Shlala of the Atlanta Technical College spoke with iHealthBeat about federal efforts to boost the country's supply of health IT professionals.

02/24/2011

Regional Health IT Extension Centers Embrace Changes in Funding Structure, Time Frames

AudioSperanza Avram of the California Health Information Partnership and Services Organization, Mat Kendall of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT and Christy Rosenberg of the Community Clinics Health Network spoke with iHealthBeat about new developments for regional extension centers.

02/09/2011

Annual HIMSS Conference Lights the Road to Meaningful Use of Electronic Health Records

AudioCarla Smith of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society, Lee Aase of the Mayo Clinic and Patricia Abbott of the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing spoke with iHealthBeat about what attendees can expect at this year's HIMSS conference in Orlando, Fla.

10/18/2010

First Electronic Health Records Start Receiving Certification Under Stage 1 of 'Meaningful Use'

AudioKaren Bell of CCHIT, Maclynn Brinton of InfoGard Laboratories, Rik Drummond of the Drummond Group, Zubin Emsley of ChartLogic and Girish Navani of eClinicalWorks spoke with iHealthBeat about the certification program.

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