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Massachusetts Extends Deadline for EHR Adoption
November 1, 2016Source: New England Psychologist
By: Janine Weisman
Massachusetts behavioral health care providers have more time to fully adopt electronic health record systems (EHR) that connect to the state’s health information exchange via a network called the Mass HIway.
The Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human Services recently announced that the date to connect to the statewide network for transmitting health care data among providers, hospitals and other entities and improve coordination of care would be a date later than Jan. 1, 2018.
Use Cases Driving Uptick in Health Data Exchange with Direct
October 26, 2016Source: Health IT Interoperability
By Kyle Murphy, PhD
The use of the Direct standard to enable health information exchange continues to rise.
With Watson Health, IBM bets big on health care
August 30, 2016Source: Boston Globe
By Priyanka Dayal McCluskey
IBM is making a big bet on health care, and it’s doing it here in the technology and life sciences hub of Massachusetts. Since IBM Watson Health was launched in 2015, the company has made four acquisitions worth about $4 billion and forged numerous partnerships with major hospitals, drug makers, and other companies.
How a Boston blizzard kickstarted telehealth at Massachusetts General
August 3, 2016Source: mobihealthnews
By: Jonah Comstock
Most Bostonians look back on the blizzard of late 2014 less than fondly. But there was a silver lining for Massachusetts General Hospital, which found in the snowstorm the perfect test case for its then-fledgling telehealth program.
UMass, state taking telemedicine to next level
August 1, 2016Source: Worcester Business Journal Online
By: Laura Finaldi
Telemedicine is opening doors to treating patients throughout Massachusetts.
MeHI Awards $3 Million to Enhance Coordination Among Community Healthcare Providers & Improve Patient Care
June 14, 2016Source: Massachusetts eHealth Institute
‘Connected Communities’ Grants Aim to Address Critical Healthcare Issues Via Increased Use of Innovative Technologies
Learn MoreMassachusetts Launches Comprehensive Digital Health Initiative
January 7, 2016Source: The Official Website of the Governor of Massachusetts
BOSTON – Today, Governor Charlie Baker, Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh, Speaker Robert A. DeLeo and executives from the Massachusetts Competitive Partnership (MACP) joined leaders from across state government, healthcare, and the technology sector at Boston Children’s Hospital to announce a comprehensive public-private partnership designed to accelerate the competitiveness of the Commonwealth’s digital healthcare industry.
Learn MoreMassachusetts eHealth Institute doles out $1.3 million in EHR grants for behavioral health
January 4, 2016Source: Healthcare IT News
By Bernie Monegain
Grant supports facilities that are not eligible for reimbursement under the federal meaningful use electronic health records program.
Over $1.3 Million in Grants Awarded to Massachusetts Behavioral Health Providers for Technology Adoption Efforts
December 21, 2015Source: Massachusetts eHealth Institute
WESTBOROUGH, MA – December 21, 2015 – MeHI, the Massachusetts eHealth Institute at MassTech, has awarded over $1.3 million in grants to 25 behavioral health providers to advance their use of health information technology, or Health IT, designed to improve patient care, reduce healthcare costs, and ensure appropriate privacy and security protection of behavioral health patient data. The awards were made as part of MeHI’s eQuality Incentive Program (eQIP), an initiative that provides grants for critical technology enhancements to both behavioral health and long-term/post-acute care organizations. The behavioral health grantees, selected in two funding rounds, manage a total of 179 facilities in 64 cities and towns across Massachusetts.
Learn MoreMeHI Awards Nearly $1 Million to Fifteen Long-Term Post-Acute Care
October 22, 2015Source: Massachusetts eHealth Institute
WESTBOROUGH, MA – October 22, 2015 – MeHI, the Massachusetts eHealth Institute at MassTech, has announced the first round of long-term and post-acute care (LTPAC) grantees from the eQuality Incentive Program (eQIP). MeHI awarded nearly $1 million in grants to 15 post-acute care organizations that oversee 44 facilities and 6,110 patient beds across Massachusetts. Under the eQIP program, MeHI’s funds will help these Massachusetts facilities invest in innovative health information technologies to improve patient care through enhanced care coordination and efficient care transitions. **Note as of Dec. 2015 there will be only 14 post-acute care organizations enrolled in the grant program.
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