Morning Headlines 10/21/14
Tech firms vie for $11 billion military healthcare contract as deadline looms
The DoD has extended its EHR RFP deadline by one week, to October 31. The deadline was already extended by two weeks earlier this month. There are currently four EHR vendors known to be competing for the deal: Epic, Cerner, Allscripts, and VistA via Medsphere.
Healthcare IT Leaders Embrace Federal Interoperability Plans
CHIME and HL7 announce that they will partner to lobby for the inclusion of API-based interoperability standards in Meaningful Use Stage 3.
New Affordable Care Act initiative to support care coordination nationwide
CMS announces the ACO Investment Model, a $114 million initiative aimed at providing rural ACOs upfront funding to help them implement advanced health IT systems.
RE: Change HC/RansomHub, now that the data is for sale, what is the federal govt. or DOD doing to protect…