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Content Management and Workflow Automation: Critical to Successful Emr ...
Explore Healthcare IT News (Apr 18 2012) EHR Adoption , Meaningful Use
Visit any association website or pick up any industry journal these days and you’ll find no shortage of commentary about accountable care organizations (ACO), patient-centered medical home (PCMH) and health information exchanges (HIE). These topics clearly are the “news of the day” and have left more mundane topics—like EMR adoption— in the dust. But, I believe, this is a mistake. Although many healthcare organizations have made the transition, a significant number continue to struggle with the
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Comment Mentions: Healthcare EMR
Advanced EMRs reap advanced benefits
Explore Healthcare IT News (Mar 1 2012) EHR Adoption
The survey is the first to report results from hospitals that have achieved Stages 6 or Stage 7 on HIMSS Analytics' EMR Adoption Model (EMRAM), offering insight about the benefits that can accrue for hospitals further along the development track.
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Predictions 2012: Not What You Think
Explore Healthcare IT News (Jan 12 2012) EHR Adoption , Meaningful Use
Floundering HITECH Initiatives Attract Political Spotlight Yes, we are seeing some modest success and adoption of EHRs as a result of the HITECH ... at the end this multi-year march to certified EHR adoption and meaningful use. Yet, under the covers ... (Read Full Article)
Comment Mentions: Citrix CIO Supreme Court
Survey analysis: MU biggest health IT issue in 2011
Explore Healthcare IT News (Jan 6 2012) EHR Adoption , Meaningful Use
Perhaps not surprisingly, more than half of respondents chose meaningful use as the biggest health IT issue of the year. EHR adoption and incentive eligibility have been major priorities for healthcare professionals, and meaningful use shows no signs of ... (Read Full Article)
McKenzie County Memorial Hospital first in state to receive Medicare funding for use of EHRs
Explore Healthcare IT News (Dec 29 2011) Industry News , EHR Adoption , Meaningful Use
McKenzie County Healthcare Systems (MCHS) today announced that McKenzie County Memorial Hospital is the first hospital in North Dakota to qualify for Medicare reimbursements for using a certified electronic health record (EHR). McKenzie County Healthcare Systems will receive the reimbursement from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services EHR Incentive Program. read more (Read Full Article)
Comment Mentions: Minnesota Electronic Health Records Medicare
Regional extension center in NY enrolls 5,107 providers
Explore Healthcare IT News (Dec 22 2011) Industry News , EHR Adoption , Meaningful Use
[See also: ONC awards additonal $12M to 48 RECs for EHR adoption.] Founded in 2006, NYeC receives funding from state and federal grants to serve as the focal point for health IT in the state of New York. It works to develop policies and standards ... (Read Full Article)
Federal health IT market set to grow to $6.5B by 2016
Explore Healthcare IT News (Dec 20 2011) Industry News , EHR Adoption
[See also: Core needs, mobility to fuel health IT spending.] Additionally, authors note, the U.S. government – having spurred EHR adoption with federal incentives through the HITECH Act – appear to be "taking their own medicine" by accelerating ... (Read Full Article)
Comment Mentions: Healthcare Electronic Health Records Department of Defense
Cloud technology in a healthcare setting
Explore Healthcare IT News (Nov 15 2011) Cloud Computing
Cloud technology in a healthcare settingHealthcare IT News (blog)Certainly healthcare providers can look at a number of services to help reduce IT management costs and accelerate deployment of new IT processes but they should be wary of moving anything requiring highly sensitive information out into the public cloud ... (Read Full Article)
Comment Mentions: Amazon Amazon Web Services
Who should pick up the tab for EHRs?
Explore Healthcare IT News (Oct 11 2011) EHR Adoption
Who should pick up the tab for EHRs?Healthcare IT News (blog)They are not likely to consider paying anything for widespread EHR adoption. On the other hand, the mushrooming mobile health and personal health application providers, who base their entire existence on the availability and successful use of EHRs, ... (Read Full Article)
Comment Mentions: Electronic Health Records
Gadgets, Toys and iPads...But When Are We Going to Get Serious About an EMR?
Explore Healthcare IT News (Sep 26 2011) EHR Adoption
Gadgets, Toys and iPads...But When Are We Going to Get Serious About an EMR?Healthcare IT News (blog)Give doctors an application on a gadget like the iPad that will take the repetition out of their daily work and you will see EMR adoption by physicians take place faster than a tornado or hurricane. As they say, "the devil is in the details" and it ... (Read Full Article)
Looking for meaning in Meaningful Use
Explore Healthcare IT News (Sep 7 2011) EHR Adoption , Meaningful Use
Looking for meaning in Meaningful UseHealthcare IT News (blog)Yesterday, we commented on the “exuberance” of the reports on the recently released study that looks at the impact of EHR use on care for diabetes patients. It seems only fair, then, to point to a piece which strikes us as at once supportive of, ...and more » (Read Full Article)
Comment Mentions: Electronic Health Records
5 keys to EMR usability
Explore Healthcare IT News (Sep 6 2011) Trends in End User Experience , EHR Adoption
Utility is making sure the system does the things you need it to do.” [See also: Usability key to wide EMR adoption.] So what determines if an EMR is useable? Better yet, how can prospective users ensure a system won’t result in headaches over lost productivity? (Read Full Article)
UC San Diego Health System earns Stage 7 Award
Explore Healthcare IT News (Sep 6 2011) Industry News , EHR Adoption
UC San Diego Health System earns Stage 7 AwardHealthcare IT NewsCHICAGO – The UC San Diego Health System has been recognized by HIMSS Analytics for reaching Stage 7 – the highest level on its EMR Adoption Model (EMRAM). The HIMSS Analytics Stage 7 Award honors hospitals that operate in a paperless environment and ...and more » (Read Full Article)
EHR Incentives Likely to Improve Quality
Explore Healthcare IT News (Sep 1 2011) EHR Adoption , EHR Meaningful Use
EHR Incentives Likely to Improve QualityHealthcare IT News (blog)Their study also would have provided even more compelling evidence for an advantage to EHR use if they had measured before-and-after performance for groups that had switched away from paper-based to using an EHR. But this study absolutely provides a ...and more » (Read Full Article)
Comment Mentions: Electronic Health Records
Standards panel reaches EHR milestone
Explore Healthcare IT News (Aug 18 2011) EHR Adoption
“This is truly a momentous event.” [See also: Consumer trust 'essential enabler' to EHR adoption] In categories where more work is needed, the committee will suggest that pilots be the next step. One criticism of Stage 1 where vocabulary standards are ... (Read Full Article)
What’s driving your EHR adoption?
Explore Healthcare IT News (Jun 22 2011) Trends in End User Experience , EHR Adoption
Six years ago, the hospital began a system-wide EHR adoption “because it was the right thing to do.” So which is it? Are most of you adopting because of the incentives? Or is it patient demand that’s driving you, or better care? Whatever the reason ... (Read Full Article)
Comment Mentions: Electronic Health Records
California clinic rolls out web-based EHR
Explore Healthcare IT News (Jun 6 2011) EHR Adoption , Meaningful Use
Pacifica Women’s Health Care has chosen to use the 2011 Waiting Room Solutions Web Based Family Practice Electronic Health Record and Practice Management V4.0 software. The practice, which has two busy clinics, looks forward to using this software. Waiting Room Solutions® (WRS), a leading web-based EHR and PM provider, announce that Pacifica Women’s Health Care has chosen to implement the 2011 Waiting Room Solutions Web Based Family Practice Electronic Health Record (EHR) and Practice Management System (PM) V4.0. read more (Read Full Article)
Comment Mentions: California Arra EMR
Can interoperability help connect the dots?
Explore Healthcare IT News (May 6 2011) EHR Adoption
Can interoperability help connect the dots?Healthcare IT NewsEHR adoption in many locations is still as low as 10 (percent) or 20 percent. If the forecasts of 80 percent adoption are to be believed, we will continue to see significant and accelerating demand into the foreseeable future. ... (Read Full Article)
Comment Mentions: Healthcare
Docs fear productivity loss with EHRs
Explore Healthcare IT News (May 6 2011) EHR Adoption , Meaningful Use
Docs fear productivity loss with EHRsHealthcare IT News"The EHR incentive program seeks to address implementation costs, a critical barrier to medical groups' adoption of EHRs,” said MGMA President and CEO William F. Jessee, MD. “While the majority of groups plan to have their eligible professionals ... (Read Full Article)
Comment Mentions: Electronic Health Records Medical Group Management Association Mgma
iPad's ease of use may drive EHR adoption
Explore Healthcare IT News (Apr 21 2011) EHR Adoption
iPad's ease of use may drive EHR adoptionHealthcare IT News (blog)It's also a hit with physicians, and that may prove to be a boon for the adoption of EHRs. An estimated 22 percent of US physicians were using iPads by the end of 2010, according to Chilmark Research analysts. In a February 2011 survey by health ... (Read Full Article)
Kalorama: EMR market at $15.7B for 2010, MU to further growth
Explore Healthcare IT News (Feb 28 2011) EHR Adoption , Meaningful Use
Kalorama: EMR market at $15.7B for 2010, MU to further growthHealthcare IT NewsKalorama's forecast assumes that EMR use will continue to increase as hospital EMR adoption encourages physician adoption, current EMR Stage 3 hospitals purchase more advanced systems and current EMR owners upgrade. Kalorama also believes that the ...and more » (Read Full Article)
Comment Mentions: New York EMR Kalorama Information
Canada puts up $380M to help docs with EMRs
Explore Healthcare IT News (Feb 10 2011) EHR Adoption , Meaningful Use
John Halamka on international EHR adoption: International EHR Adoption .] "In the national dialogue the CMA has started with Canadians, improving and better integrating the use of EMRs and electronic linkages between providers and patients is a major ... (Read Full Article)
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