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Morning Headlines 10/24/14
HHS reshuffles amid Ebola crisis
Karen DeSalvo, MD leaves her post leading the ONC to take over as HHS’s acting assistant secretary for health. Interim national coordinator Jacob Reider, MD also announces he will leave ONC in the coming weeks, leaving ONC COO Lisa Lewis to take over as the new acting national coordinator.
HHS Secretary announces $840 million initiative to improve patient care and lower costs
HHS announces $840 million in new grant money that will be used to help provider organizations implement the tools needed to create more coordinated, integrated health systems.
Wikipedia and Facebook for Clinical Documentation
John Halamka MD, CIO of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, calls for clinical documentation, which was designed to support billing needs, to be redesigned as an interdisciplinary communication tool.
Cerner Reports Third Quarter 2014 Results
Cerner reports Q3 results: revenue is up 15 percent to $840 million, adjusted EPS $0.42 vs. 0.35.
Well the true irrelevance of the ONC is fully defined. The ONC is nothing more than a career move to politically connected people. Ms DeSalvo and her predecessors have not given their positions enough time to be effective. What they have done is throw a great deal of uncertainty in an already confused market. MU, ICD10 and Obamacare will now be under scrutiny again. Oh and did I mention the 10 year interoperability plan. Typical government agency that has a name but no purpose.