One Thousand Massachusetts Primary Care Providers Adopt Health Record Technology With Support from the Massachusetts eHealth Institute

The Regional Extension Center (REC), a program of the Massachusetts eHealth Institute at MassTech (MeHI) has reached the key milestone of successfully helping 1,000 primary health care providers in the Commonwealth achieve Stage 1 Meaningful Use of electronic health records, making them eligible

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Massachusetts Recognized as a National Leader in Advancing the Use of Health Information Technology

Massachusetts has been recognized as a national leader for efforts to enhance the safety and quality of health care by embracing the use of health information technology.

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Massachusetts Health Information Highway to Fund $2M for Implementation Grants

The Massachusetts eHealth Institute at the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative today announced a $2M HIway Implementation Grant Program which will fund projects that catalyze connections to the statewide Health Information Exchange, the Mass HIway.

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Massachusetts launches statewide health information exchange

Massachusetts on Tuesday launched a statewide health information exchange .

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Asking Population Health's Unanswered Questions

AUGUST 23, 2012 - Pilots under the Query Health project are testing two standards: the HQMF standard that expresses an e-measure in machine-readable electronic format; and a query envelope for the secure exchange of queries.

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IT Experts Discuss New Technology in the Health Care Industry

AUGUST 13, 2012 - WASHINGTON, DC - Smart phones may soon be on the front lines of patient-generated health information according to a panel discussion hosted by the Alliance for Health Reform today/Monday. Speakers from the Health & Human Services Department and the health care industry discussed new apps called “observation of daily living” currently being tested by both patients and doctors as a new way to monitor health and get patients more involved in their own health care.

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The ‘Alternative Quality Contract,’ Based On A Global Budget, Lowered Medical Spending And Improved Quality

JULY 12, 2012 - Seven provider organizations in Massachusetts entered the Blue Cross Blue Shield Alternative Quality Contract in 2009, followed by four more organizations in 2010.

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Global Payment Shows Promise As Consumers Wait For Savings

JULY 12, 2012 - BOSTON - Hospitals, doctors and insurers in Massachusetts are moving at a rapid pace into what are known as global payments, or sometimes global budgets. A study published online in the journal Health Affairs says there are signs that moving doctors into a global budget is good for patients, but the change isn’t saving consumers any money yet.

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4,789 Providers In Massachusetts Receive $173,544,908 Under EHR Incentive Programs

JUNE 19, 2012 - More than 100,000 health care providers have been paid under the Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Programs.

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MDPHnet Approved for Query Health Pilot

JUNE 19, 2012 - The Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) has recently approved the MDPHnet project (Massachusetts Department of Public Health Network) as a Query Health Pilot.

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