Late last year, IHIT launched the Indiana eHealth pledge. Twenty-five (25) organizations have joined the pledge to date. From the payer/governmental side, the organizations represent the largest commercial payer, Medicaid, the State Public Health Entity. From the healthcare side, the organizations represent 49 hospitals (41% of Indiana hospit...

The proof of the benefits of e-prescribing is undeniable and growing daily. When a basic CPOE (computerized physician order entry) is used, it reduces the odds of medication errors by 70%. (1) To date, the estimated savings from preventing adverse drug events alone totaled $4.64 billion. (2)

The following data was acquired by...

In the ONC's December 21st announcement, this new system of records will be used by the ONC and its partners to assess, evaluate, improve and publicize the effectiveness of ONC health IT grants to States and State-designated entities.

The datasets will enable the ONC to assess how well the grantees are doing compared to each other. Th...