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HHS delays stage 2 meaningful use requirements
To encourage faster adoption of EMRs, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services delayed the Stage 2 requirements for Medicare and Medicaid EHR Meaningful Use Incentive Programs from 2013 to 2014...
Volunteers needed to spread word: “hands-only” CPR saves lives
Many people die needlessly from sudden cardiac arrest. Please consider giving a few hours of your time...
Advocacy in action: CMS leaders represent you on Capitol Hill
On their advocacy mission to Washington, DC, CMS leaders gave voice to the frustrations and concerns of thousands of colleagues in Cook County, while honoring those who earned awards for exceptional service to patients and their profession.
CMS Physicians Major Players at House of Delegates Meeting
Relaying the concerns of all physicians in Cook County, your CMS colleagues actively shaped new policies emerging from the annual meeting of the ISMS House of Delegates.
Our country, our profession, at a pivotal junction
Writing in the May 19, 2011, issue of the New York Times, Tara Parker Pope thoughtfully addressed the primacy of the physician-patient relationship in the delivery of health care. (See “Finding the Patient in a Sea of Guidelines.”)
CMS testifies before City Council on “hands-only” CPR campaign
Empowering bystanders to help save lives.