Morning Headlines 3/17/15
American Telemedicine Association receives 200 applications for accreditation program
The American Telemedicine Association has received 200 applications for its Accreditation for Online Patient Consultations certification, which certifies that an organization is delivering telehealth services to the ATA’s standard.
Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange Blue Button Initiative Survey Results
A WEDI survey finds that awareness of the Blue Button PHR interoperability initiative among industry stakeholders has decreased overall since 2013, while provider awareness remained flat, and significant increases were measured among government respondents.
HL7 has completed its review of the updates that the Data Elements for Emergency Departments System (DEERS) with get with HL7 v3. DEERS is a standards-based specification for ED-related HL7 data exchange.
"…but only if you are not called upon" (many minutes later, after awakening) Oh, sorry, I was on double-mute