The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality is seeking industry ideas it can feature in a new program to accelerate the development and adoption of innovations in health care.
The Washington-based agency’s Health Care Innovations Exchange will feature a searchable repository of innovative activities and tools designed to help organizations identify ideas that meet their specific needs. The program also will feature innovator networks and educational materials designed to help organizations learn about the process of innovation and what they can do to cultivate a culture that supports innovative approaches to care.
Source: HDM (via iHealthBeat)
The Department of Health & Human Services’ (HHS) Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) today released a set of reports titled Privacy and Security Solutions for Interoperable Health Information Exchange. The reports review 34 state Health Information Exchange plans and identify the challenges and feasible solutions for ensuring the safety and security of electronic health information exchange. This work was funded under a contract with AHRQ, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology and RTI International.
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