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popHealth at HIMSS12 Conference

Please join us at the HIMSS12 Conference to hear about popHealth, a clinical quality measure reporting tool. If you are planning to attend in person, you can find a list of activities below. popHealth currently supports the electronic specifications for the 44 Stage 1 clinical quality measures for eligible professionals, with plans to encode Stage 2 clinical quality measure specifications upon their expected release in 2012. Come and engage with the popHealth Team and hear what we have planned for the near future. Read entire article.

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popHealth v1.4 Released!

popHealth v1.4 New Feature Webinar

On February 2nd, at 1:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time, a new feature webinar will be hosted by the popHealth project to detail the final release of v1.4!

To attend the audio conference:
Dial: 703-983-6338,
Meeting ID: 500600,
Meeting Password:56005600.

To attend the webinar:
Go to audioconference.mitre.org,
enter Meeting ID: 500600 into the empty field and click attend meeting,
then enter Password: 56005600 into the empty field.
Accept any security warnings.

popHealth Makes Meaningful Use Reporting Easier. How Can You Help Providers Transition to EHRs?

Electronic health records (EHRs) and health information technology will modernize the way that health care professionals do their work and provide care to patients by giving them the tools to offer their patients better, more efficient care. There are also great tools like popHealth available to help providers make the transition to EHRs. Read entire article.

A new chief for ONC

On April 8, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology named Farzad Mostashari, MD, to replace David Blumenthal, MD, as national coordinator for health information technology. Read entire article.

Know about the popHealth Tools Development Innovation Challenge?

Electronic Health Records (EHRs) and Health IT will revolutionize the way that healthcare professionals work and provide care to patients by making care delivery more efficient, precise and advanced. In order to streamline a provider’s transition to electronic health records, great tools like popHealth technology exist. Read entire article.

popHealth v1.3 New Feature Webinar

On December 19th, at 1:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time, a new feature webinar will be hosted by the popHealth project to detail new features under development.

To attend the audio conference:
Dial: 703-983-6338,
Meeting ID: 500600,
Meeting Password:56005600.

To attend the webinar:
Go to audioconference.mitre.org,
enter Meeting ID: 500600 into the empty field and click attend meeting,
then enter Password: 56005600 into the empty field.
Accept any security warnings.

popHealth presents at the 2011 ONC Annual Meeting

On November 18, the popHealth Team presented "Utilizing the popHealth tool to support quality measure analysis" to workshop attendees at the Annual ONC Grantee and Stakeholder Summit.

popHealth App Challenge Launched by ONC and Health 2.0

We should be seeing major improvements to the open source popHealth reporting tool as a result of a Challenge Award just announced by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) and Health 2.0. It is hoped that the awards will motivate developers to create innovative applications that will enhance the open source tool beyond its current capabilities. Read entire article.

ONC, Health 2.0 launch popHealth app challenge

A couple weeks ago I talked to two members of the popHealth project, which culls quality measures from electronic health records and formats them either for convenient display--so providers can review their quality measures on the Web--or for submission to regulators who require reports on these measures. popHealth was produced by the MITRE corporation under a grant from the Office of the National Coordinator at the US Department of Health and Human Services. Read entire article.

ONC, Funds Open-Source Software to Streamline Clinical Quality Measures Reporting for Meaningful Use Program

Reporting Clinical Quality measures from an electronic health record (EHR) system is new territory and can be challenging for providers. However, that is just what eligible professionals must do to participate in the meaningful use EHR incentive program. Read entire article.

popHealth Open Source Software Permits Viewing and Reporting of Quality Measures in Health Care

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT and the Health 2.0 entrepreneurial organization have opened a contest for developers to innovate with the popHealth tool beyond its reporting functions so healthcare providers can learn more about their patient populations and improve their care. Read entire article.

ONC's popHealth automates meaningful use reporting for docs

WASHINGTON The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) has made available a free tool to simplify the reporting by physicians and practices of clinical quality measures for meaningful use. Although popHealth was just a concept a year ago, ONC has conducted real-world testing and is highlighting it as providers begin to demonstrate meaningful use. Read entire article.

ONC provides free population health measurement tool

As the government gears up to develop standards for meaningful use Stages 2 and 3, the American Medical Association and MITRE Corporation, on behalf of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, are working on a project to help test the collection of population health “in the real world.” Read entire article.

ONC unveils "popHealth" for EHR-based quality reporting

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT began making available today open source software that will let physicians extract data automatically from their electronic health record systems and generate quality reports and analysis on their patients' healthcare. The "popHealth" prototype software is designed to make it easier for providers to submit summary quality measures or data to public health organizations and federal agencies as part of their existing workflow, according to the ONC announcement. Read entire article.

popHealth Open Source Software Permits Viewing and Reporting of Quality Measures in Health Care

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT and the Health 2.0 entrepreneurial organization have opened a contest for developers to innovate with the popHealth tool beyond its reporting functions so healthcare providers can learn more about their patient populations and improve their care. Read entire article.

ONC's popHealth automates meaningful use reporting for docs

WASHINGTON The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) has made available a free tool to simplify the reporting by physicians and practices of clinical quality measures for meaningful use. Although popHealth was just a concept a year ago, ONC has conducted real-world testing and is highlighting it as providers begin to demonstrate meaningful use. Read entire article.

ONC unveils "popHealth" for EHR-based quality reporting

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT began making available today open source software that will let physicians extract data automatically from their electronic health record systems and generate quality reports and analysis on their patients' healthcare. The "popHealth" prototype software is designed to make it easier for providers to submit summary quality measures or data to public health organizations and federal agencies as part of their existing workflow, according to the ONC announcement.Read entire article.