HHS to fund health IT workforce training and development
January 28th 2010The Department of Health and Human Services will fund two additional grant programs totaling $38 million to support the training and development of the skilled workforce required to support broad adoption and use of health information technology.
CCHIT certification updated to conform to new HHS rules
January 28th 2010The Certification Commission for Health Information Technology is updating its electronic health record technology certification programs to conform to the interim final rule recently released by the Department of Health and Human Services.
Most EHR users believe they will achieve 'meaningful use'
January 28th 2010Eighty-five percent of healthcare providers believe that their ambulatory electronic health record software will let them meet the 2011 meaningful use deadlines being considered by the federal government, according to a report from research firm KLAS.