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  • Docs’ views of EHRs sharply divided

    Docs’ views of EHRs sharply divided

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    Doctors’ opinions of electronic health records vary significantly, in large part based on their personal experiences, according to a new article in Medscape Business of Medicine. read more …read more    

  • Survey: Vermont Residents Understand Benefits of EHRs, HIE

    Survey: Vermont Residents Understand Benefits of EHRs, HIE

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    Vermont residents displayed a strong awareness of electronic health records (EHRs) and health information exchange (HIE), proving comfortable with their health information being shared electronically, according to a recent survey from Vermont Information Technology Leaders (VITL), the state’s exclusive HIE. Vermont residents displayed a strong awareness of electronic health records (EHRs) and health information exchange…

  • News 5/28/14

    News 5/28/14

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    Top News An MGMA survey of large (median of 10 FTE physicians), mostly independent physician practices finds that 62 percent are struggling to identify patients whose insurance came from an Affordable Care Act exchange and to verify their eligibility or obtain plan details. Most practices also say that patients who got their insurance via an…

  • Meaningful Use alters hospitals’ EHR implementation sequencing

    Meaningful Use alters hospitals’ EHR implementation sequencing

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    Hospitals tend to use a common sequence when adopting electronic health records functions, but Meaningful Use is changing that sequence, which could impact patient care, according to a new study in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association. read more …read more    

  • Norwegian American Hospital: Health IT aids quality turnaround

    Norwegian American Hospital: Health IT aids quality turnaround

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    Abha Agrawal, M.D., chief operating officer and vice president of medical affairs, outlines how technology–including electronic medical records, quality metrics and dashboards–helped transform the struggling Norwegian American Hospital in Chicago. read more …read more    

  • 3 mistakes that cause health IT hazards

    3 mistakes that cause health IT hazards

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    While health technology–including electronic health records–no doubt has the potential to streamline and improve patient care, providers must proceed with caution when using the latest clinical innovations. A recent Health Data Management article outlines several examples of just how such tools can turn hazardous. read more …read more    

  • Hospitals track information flow to boost security efforts

    Hospitals track information flow to boost security efforts

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    As healthcare network security grows trickier with networked medical devices and personal mobile devices, some organizations are going beyond merely trying to control access to patient data, better tracking how information flows. read more …read more    

  • Health IT and Payment Reform Update

    Health IT and Payment Reform Update

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    How successful has the Affordable Care Act been in leveraging health information technology and payment reform? During a presentation in April at the New York State HIMSS Chapter conference, Frank Winter, partnership manager for the regional office of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) in New York, said that healthcare IT is at…

  • mHealth and Where It’s Heading with Alan Portela

    mHealth and Where It’s Heading with Alan Portela

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    One of my favorite healthcare IT people to interview is Alan Portela, CEO of AirStrip. Having been in the healthcare IT industry and seen it from so many angles, he always has some interesting insight into what’s happening in the industry. It’s hard to understand the value that having attended HIMSS almost as many years…

  • Texting aids adolescents in chronic disease management

    Texting aids adolescents in chronic disease management

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    Texting helped teenage chronic disease patients to be more efficient in managing their condition, according to new research out of the University of California, San Diego. read more …read more