National Health IT Week<\/a>\u00a0celebration helps us remember why the industry will help our independent and even isolated healthcare providers become a network with one goal: to improve patient health.<\/p>\nWe\u2019re grateful to HIMSS, the Institute for e-Health Policy, and CHIME for leading the way, organizing events around the annual commemoration, and demonstrating health IT is not simply an experimental pursuit.<\/p>\n
Comprehensive healthcare reform isn\u2019t possible without the widespread adoption of solutions like EHRs and RCM systems. And sure, you\u2019ll hear plenty of Meaningful Use Stage 2 talk this week, but what kind of innovations will health IT\u2019s\u00a0future<\/em>\u00a0bring? What will we be discussing on the CareCloud blog a year from now?<\/p>\nProbably too many advancements to mention, really, but if you want to speculate, this week is the time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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