Health Information Technology News
ONC:
2011 Criteria to be Basic (Health Data Management
- Sept. 17, 2009)
HIT
Advisory Group instrumental in providing valuable input
on the "meaningful use" objectives and measures for
comment letters to ONC and CMS
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Other Industry News
Lead
From the Top of the Mood Elevator (Harvard Business
Publishing.com - November 3, 2009)
Medicare
Changes PQRI, E-Script Programs (Health Data
Management - November 2, 2009)
The
New Diagnostics (Inside Higher Ed - October 30,
2009)
Columbia
and Cornell Libraries Announce 'Radical' Partnership
(The Chronicle of Higher Education - October 28,
2009)
TEDMED:
23andMe Has 30,000 "Active" Genomes, Launching "Relative
Finder" Soon (Mobil Health News.com - October
28, 2009)
L.A.
Votes to "Go Google"; Pressure Shifts to Google and
the Cloud (ZDNet.com - October 27, 2009)
E-Learning's
'Third Phase' (Inside Higher Ed - October 27,
2009)
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GIR News and Updates
HIT Policy Committee Meeting Information Online
Find all HIT Policy Committee meeting information here
including meeting webcast and participation, upcoming
meetings, and past meeting resource.
New HIT "FACA" Blog Launched
In an effort to allow for more public engagement in
the HIT committee processes, the Implementation Workgroup
just launched a new online forum, called the Federal
Advisory Committee (FACA) Blog. See the latest post
"What
is a Standard?"
Call For Proposals -
GIR/GIP/GBA Joint Meeting
Proposals are now being accepted for sessions to be
held at the joint spring meeting of the Group on Information
Resources, Group on Institutional Planning, and the
Group on Business Affairs. View
guidelines or submit a proposal
AAMC News and Updates
AAMC Briefs Capitol Hill on Healthcare Innovation
Zones
The AAMC and the Congressional
Academic Medicine Caucus (CAMC) co-hosted the session,
"Accelerating
Healthcare Delivery System Reform through Healthcare
Innovation Zones," the first event for the new caucus.
AAMC To Honor National Award Recipients
The AAMC will award national recognition to nine
individuals and one medical school for their outstanding
contributions to academic medicine.
Academic Medicine - November 2009
The November
issue of Academic Medicine is available online.
Articles include commentary on 'The
Relationship Status of Digital Media and Professionalism'
and essays in response to the journal's 2009 Question
of the Year, "How should academic medicine contribute
to peace-building efforts around the world?"
Medical
Schools and Teaching Hospitals Make the Case for Research
Funding
At a National Press Club event Oct. 21, 2009, leaders
of the nation's medical schools and teaching hospitals
joined with patients, scientists, doctors, and industry
leaders to thank Congress and the Obama administration
for the medical research funding included in the American
Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, and to urge sustained
and significant annual budget increases for the National
Institutes of Health (NIH).
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