Tag: meaningful-use

EHR Association Responds To HIT Policy Committee Request For Comments On Stage 3 Meaningful Use. The EHR Association has responded to the HIT Policy Committee’s Request for Comments on Stage 3 meaningful use requirements through their usual workgroup-led collaborative effort, with representatives from 24 of our 41 member companies working on this effort.

Winners of Patient Health Record Graphic Design Contest Announced. Three months ago we challenged graphic designers to help us reimagine what the patient health record could look like. We hoped that by making a patient health record more usable, the record could help prevent medical errors, empower patients to make better health decisions, and even…

Patient Experience And Design At Mayo Clinic: Case Study. The goal of Patient Experience Design is to “express organizational culture through physical spaces.” Most medical centers have attractive public areas; some hospitals display works of art. But do your patients and staff know the ethos of your organization … the qualities that make it unique…

Boca Raton Regional Hospital Reports Carestream’s DRX-Revolution Imaging Systems Streamline Log-In Procedures, Enhance Security. Boca Raton Regional Hospital (Boca Raton, Fla.) purchasedtwo CARESTREAM DRX-Revolution Mobile X-ray Systems as part of its conversion from CR toDR, which will help streamline workflow and enhance patient care at the 360-bed hospital.

EMR Expert And Marketing Expert, Nitin Chhoda, Releases New Eight-Point Checklist To Ensure Therapists Choose Wisely When Selecting The Technology. You have to evaluate your practice and decide exactly what it is you want the EMR to accomplish before beginning the selection process,” said Chhoda.

Complete Practice Resources Announces Toolkit Application Dedicated To A Smooth ICD-10 Transition. For healthcare providers choosing to manage their own transition of the biggest implementation the medical industry has ever seen; Complete Practice Resources has created the Simple Solutions ICD-10 Transition Toolkit.

American Hernia Society Selects ArborMetrix’s Fully Integrated Registry Solution To Establish National Outcomes Registry And Reporting System. ArborMetrix, Inc., a leading provider of real-time healthcare analytics, announced that the American Hernia Society (AHS) has selected the company's fully integrated, cloud-based registry solution to create the AHS Quality Collaborative, a new national registry that will facilitate…

Mayo Clinic, Optum Join Forces for Research and Innovation Facility. The Mayo Clinic, the Rochester, Minn.-based globally known non-profit medical group practice and research organization, has announced a partnership with health IT vendor, Optum (Cambridge, Mass.), to develop a collaborative research and development facility. The facility will combine the two organization’s experience, assets, technologies, and…

AAFP: Delay Meaningful Use Stage 3. The American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) is calling on the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC), to delay implementation of meaningful use Stage 3 until 2017, the association said in a comment letter to ONC National Coordinator Farzad Mostashari, M.D. The American Academy of…