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South Dakota Department of Health Applies for State Health Information Exchange Cooperative Agreement Program
October 22, 2009
On Thursday, October 15, 2009, the DOH submitted an application on behalf of the state and the SD eHealth Collaborative to participate in the Federal 3013 State Health Information Exchange (HIE) Cooperative Agreement Program under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
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Health IT panel to heed calls for simpler EHR standards
By Mary Mosquera - November 19, 2009
A panel advising the Office of the National Coordinator of Health IT (ONC) said it will heed the overwhelming consensus it has received in recent public comments to develop the simplest possible certification standards for accelerating health IT adoption.
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Blumenthal: Patient Care, Not Tech, Will Drive Meaningful Use
Posted by Mitch Wagner - November 19, 2009
National health IT coordinator Dr. David Blumenthal dropped a big hint about upcoming criteria for giving out e-health records grants. He advised healthcare IT managers to focus on "goals of care" rather than technology.
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Keep health IT standards simple, says chief technology officer
By Bob Brewin - November 19, 2009
The Health and Human Services Department plans to issue proposed standards for health information technology systems in December, and the government's chief technology officer told an advisory committee on Thursday that policymakers should push for adoption of simple criteria that can evolve.
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Added November 20, 2009
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