ONC Decides Against Adopting 2015 ‘Voluntary’ EHR Certification Criteria The ONC decided against adopting the 2015 voluntary edition of the EHR certification criteria. Instead they folded some of the proposed voluntary criteria into the new, more flexible final rule for the 2014 edition certification, which is now being called “2014 Edition Release 2.” The ONC…
The first director of the Office of Consumer eHealth at the ONC, Lygeia Ricciardi, has announced her resignation. She will step down from her post on July 25. Ricciardi’s post focused on patient engagement during her three-and-a-half-year tenure. “There is no greater cheerleader in this country for patients using health IT than Lygeia Ricciardi. All of…
A new era of health IT is paving the way to a new future in patient engagement, empowering caregivers to help patients take control of their own health. Automated online healthcare systems such as Get Real Health’s InstantPHR™ helps practitioners to pull together data from multiple sources. This enables a meaningful analysis of patient information…
