The Federal Trade Commission has launched a new web-based guidance tool for health-related mobile application developers. FTC’s guidance tool works to inform developers on the laws and regulations that apply to their mobile
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Karen DeSalvo, national coordinator for health information technology at the Department of Health and Human Services, will be nominated by President Barack Obama to the role of assistant secretary for health at HHS on
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Director of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT Farzad Mostashari, the health agency’s point man for electronic health records — a key technology and policy push of the Obama
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The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT has begun accepting applications from organizations that wish to be temporarily certified for using electronic health record systems. The certification deems the healthcare
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Earlier this month, the Office of National Coordinator for Health Information Technology announced it had awarded $220 million to 15 Beacon Communities across the nation to demonstrate a future where hospitals, clinicians
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