Role of Standard Terminologies in Meaningful Use: Part One
By: Susan Matney As part of The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), the 2009 Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act has the goal of using electronic...
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Part 1 of this series introduced the role of standard terminologies in meaningful use (MU). Part 2 illustrates some of the challenges encountered to support the implementation of MU. Challenge #1: Many...
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Role of Standard Terminologies in Meaningful Use – Part 3
Part 1 of this series introduced the role of standard terminologies in meaningful use (MU). Part 2 illustrates some of the challenges encountered to support the implementation of MU. This final...
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Nursing Terminology Use within an EHR
This summer, I attended two nursing informatics conferences, the 11th International Congress on Nursing Informatics (NI2012) and the Summer Institute of Nursing Informatics (SINI). At the conferences...
View ArticleHiking the Path to Interoperability
Interoperability is one of the leading goals in the healthcare industry, but how can we get there? In spite of decades of experience with electronic health records, the lack of semantic...
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Using Information and Terminology Standards to Improve Care
Healthcare data should be structured within a standardized information model so it can be easily and safely shared among patients, consumers, and providers. This structure would advance the vision of a...
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