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National Quality Forum Health IT Utilization Expert Panel

Posted on December 13, 2011

Here is another post from the HIMSS National Quality Forum Task Force with this week’s topic on the NQF Health IT Utilization Expert Panel.  Jonathan French, Director, Healthcare Information Systems, HIMSS by Cecilia Backman, MBA, RHIA, CPHQ, Associate Director, Health Information Management, Parkland … Continue reading →

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Reporting on the Quality of Local Healthcare

Posted on November 29, 2011

Here is another  post in our series on quality from the HIMSS NQF Task Force.  Jonathan French, HIMSS Director, Health Information Systems. by Karen Knecht, RN, Member, HIMSS NQF Task Force The National Quality Forum is developing tools to streamline and support the measurement and … Continue reading →

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National Quality Forum Measure Authoring Tool

Posted on November 22, 2011

Here is this week’s post from the HIMSS NQF Task Force.  Jonathan French, Director, HIMSS Healthcare Information Systems by Cecilia Backman, CPHQ, MBA, RHIA                                                                                     Member, HIMSS NQF Task Force           Following enactment of the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical … Continue reading →

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A Look at the Quality Data Model

Posted on November 15, 2011

Here is a post on the Quality Data Model from Anne Bobb, RPh, who is a member of the HIMSS National Quality Forum Task Force. Take a moment to read her post. Jonathan French, Director, Healthcare Information Systems, HIMSS. The Health … Continue reading →

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Eyes on the Prize – Using EHRs to Transform Public Health Practice

Posted on October 17, 2011

HIMSS named its 2011 winners of the HIMSS Davies Awards of Excellence,and members of the New York City Department of Health & Mental Hygiene, Primary Care and Information Project, or PCIP, put this post together for the HIMSS Blog.  PCIP is one … Continue reading →

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The True Value of Health Information Technology

Posted on October 7, 2011

HIMSS named its 2011 winners of the HIMSS Davies Awards of Excellence, and Larry Garber, MD, Medical Director for Informatics, Reliant Medical Group (formerly the Fallon Clinic), shares his thoughts on the value of health IT in the following post. Reliant … Continue reading →

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