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    1. Health IT adoption rising, thanks to HITECH Act and despite politics

      Explore searchhealthit.techtarget.com (Feb 20 2012) EHR Adoption

      Ashish Jha, senior advisor for quality and safety, Veterans Health Administration If the HITECH Act on its own might not bring quality improvements, then what has it accomplished to date? Jha believes the law has taken the resistance to health IT out of the health care system and accelerated adoption much more quickly than if it hadn't been enacted. The next challenges for the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT, he predicts, will be similarly removing the health care system's resis

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      Mentions:   Washington   Electronic Health Records   Medicare

    2. Fog surrounding health care cloud economics begins to clear

      Explore searchhealthit.techtarget.com (Feb 1 2012) EHR Adoption , Cloud Computing , Meaningful Use

      It isn't yet obvious to the IT folks in the trenches, or even to analysts and soothsayers who make their living trendspotting, but 2012 may end up as the year of the health care cloud. Providers are increasingly looking for solutions to real-life problems brought on by jammed-full data centers that can't expand one more inch despite increasing data-storage needs fromelectronic health record (EHR) implementation and meaningful use, ICD-10 compliance and record retention rules, as well as accounta

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      Mentions:   Amazon   Securities and Exchange Commission   Mississippi

    3. Negotiating maximum cloud uptime from service providers

      Explore searchhealthit.techtarget.com (Sep 19 2011) EHR Adoption , Cloud Computing

      Negotiating maximum cloud uptime from service providersSearchHealthIT.comMcGovern's not eligible for the federal program that provides financial incentives to hospitals and certain health care providers who adopt EHR systems. He switched to cloud services purely for business reasons. Before moving to a cloud EHR system from ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   West Coast   Electronic Health Records   massachusetts

    4. How BI reporting helps address meaningful use

      Explore searchhealthit.techtarget.com (Sep 8 2011) EHR Adoption , Meaningful Use

      How BI reporting helps address meaningful useSearchHealthIT.comThe consistency that BI and DW provides, on the other hand, is a key consideration for meaningful use -- not just today, but more so for future reporting years as additional tracking and outcomes are driven as a result of higher EHR adoption. ...and more » (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Midwest   Minnesota   Electronic Health Records

    5. Legal implications of EHR use still difficult to define

      Explore searchhealthit.techtarget.com (Aug 29 2011) EHR Adoption , Meaningful Use

      Legal implications of EHR use still difficult to defineSearchHealthIT.comEHR adoption "is not the destination," he said in his presentation at the summit. "That is only the beginning." It's getting beyond mere EHR use where medical liability becomes trickier. Providers are wary of how electronic information changes ...and more » (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Electronic Health Records   American Health Information Management Association   Office for Civil Rights