domingo, 23 de diciembre de 2012

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Patient safety
ONC today released - for comment - the Health IT Patient Safety Action and Surveillance Plan. The plan builds on HHS' overall commitment to patient safety. The plan addresses recommendations made in the 2011 Institute of Medicine (IOM) Report, Health IT and Patient Safety: Building Safer Systems for Better Care. It leverages the shared responsibility among HHS and private organizations’ existing programs that are focused on using health IT to improve patient safety to support a culture of safety. You can find the more information on Health IT and Patient Safety and the news release on HealthIT.gov. And remember that the comment period runs through Feb 4.

New This Week on HealthIT.gov

Many of us know about the benefits of health IT systems and as more and more doctors, hospitals and clinics install the software and hardware and strive toward meaningful use and – ultimately – interoperability, even more people will see many of these benefits.

Check out how EHR/EMR can:

Patient engagement workgroups formed
In an effort to reach out to real flesh-and-blood patients and consumers and help them understand the benefits of using electronic health records, our Federal Advisory Committees have formed a pair of new work groups: the HIT Policy Committee's Consumer Empowerment Workgroup and the HIT Standards Committee's Consumer Technology Workgroup.

For more information on the Committees and Workgroups, please visit the ONC FACA Website

Testing and Certification 
After a comprehensive public review and comment process, the 2014 Edition Test Method was finalized and formally approved by the National Coordinator on December 14, 2012. The 2014 Edition Test Procedures, Test Data, and Test Tools are now available for use in testing and certifying Electronic Health Record (EHR) technology under the ONC HIT Certification Program (formerly referred to as the Permanent Certification Program).

To access the 2014 Edition Test Method, please visit the 2014 Edition Test Method webpage. 

Annual Meeting Video Challenge winners 
Congrats to our ONC 2012 Video Challenge Winners! Drs. Arnold Berlin and Isaac Dapkins, the Cass County (IA) Health System and the whole team at the River Falls, Ellsworth and Spring Valley (WI) Medical Clinics (Go Team!).

You can find the videos by visiting the 2012 ONC Annual Meeting Webcast page and then scrolling down to select the Patient Engagement and Health IT session. If you fast-forward to the 53rd minute, you can check out all the winning videos.

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