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In the last 48 hours, CMS released the final rules governing the first stage of MU and CCHIT launched its oncology workgroup. Things are heating up this July.

The ARRA regulations for the incentive program for implementation of meaningful use of HIT were released as 3 documents. The one of greatest interest to oncologists is the Final Rule providing guidance to providers on what they neeed to do to qualfy for the incentive dollars ($44,000 over 5 years per eligible provider par

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this past week, HHS announced that $386 million had been awarded to 40 states to form health information exchanges (HIE). HIE will be responsible for facilitating the transfer of medical information between providers. HIE's, although state based, may come together to form regional exchanges.

This highlights one of the underpinnings of the Administrations's vision for health care reform as well as one of the greatest (hopefully not fatal) fla

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Ontology is concept derived from Greek philosophers to study the meaning of existance. In the bioinformatics world, it is a central concept in artificial intelligence or AI. AI in turn may lead us to a much more robust view of the what we think of as decision support. Ontology folks love oncologists, because we tend to lay out our treatment strategies in very specific prescribed protocols, which gives them a clear schema to work with. One potential application of ontology is management of dose r… Continue