Category: Analytics

The current architecture for data exchange required by Stage 2 of Meaningful Use does not allow for “robust” patient data sharing, according to a new study in the Journal of the American Informatics Association. read more …read more    

The government is stepping up their approach to healthcare and health information technology with a series of roundtables and commenting opportunities to get feedback on digital health innovation and the current regulatory landscape. Quality Standards Seen as Opportunity to Wire LTPAC Providers Key Takeaway: EHR standards for long-term and post-acute care settings will be addressed…

Big data isn’t a “magic weapon” that can solve all our healthcare problems, according to Eerke Boiten, a senior lecturer at the University of Kent. read more …read more    

The AMA and MGMA have sent a letter to CMS urging the agency to extend the July 1 date for eligible providers to submit a hardship exception that will help them avoid meaningful use financial penalties. The American Medical Association (AMA) and Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) have sent a letter to the Centers for…

Allscripts has announced that Birmingham-based Children’s of Alabama has extended its commitment to Allscripts Sunrise™ electronic health record (EHR) through 2023 and will leverage a suite of Allscripts open platform solutions to support its efforts to meet regulatory requirements, manage population health and improve patient outcomes. …read more    

Data analytics and electronic monitoring have been deployed by Greenville Health System in South Carolina to improve hand hygiene compliance among staff members. read more …read more    

Epic, Cerner, and MEDITECH were the only three electronic medical record (EMR) system vendors that won more contracts than they lost in 2013, according to a new research report from KLAS. Epic, Cerner, and MEDITECH were the only three electronic medical record (EMR) system vendors that won more contracts than they lost in 2013, according…

New payment and clinical integration models are coaxing health systems to take on the challenge of EHR connections sooner rather than later. Much attention has been directed at the lack of progress in achieving the type of network of electronic health records President George W. Bush first promised in a State of the Union address…

Infirmary Health in Mobile Ala. was in what can best be described as a time crunch. Six weeks to train 850 doctors on how to use its Epic EMR. CIO Eddy Stephens explains how they did it. To say Infirmary Health was in a time crunch would be an understatement. The Mobile, Al.-based, three-hospital health…

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is using electronic health record (EHR) data to monitor the safety of FDA-regulated medical products, Janet Woodcock, M.D., director of the FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, wrote in a blog post dated June 23. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is using electronic health record…