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Hospitals across the country continue to adopt health IT such as electronic health record (EHRs) to improve the health and health care of their patients. ONC posted the latest results [PDF – 933kb] from the 2013 American Hospital Association’s (AHA) Annual Health IT Survey, which show that more than nine out of ten hospitals possess…

Software Advice recently published their 2014 Meaningful Use EHR Market Share Report (a SlideShare version is also available). They reported that in contrast to the buzz about this impending market consolidation, they found a trend toward fragmentation; in fact, the number of vendors in the health space with MU attestations actually grew 25% in the…

0 Don Goldmann, M.D., the chief medical officer and chief scientific officer of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, gave a bracing opening keynote address at this week’s Healthcare Informatics Executive Summit, reminding us all of the bigger picture around electronic patient information Don Goldmann, M.D. read more …read more    

athenahealth, the Watertown, Mass.-based provider of a cloud-based electronic health record (EHR) system, has announced that chief financial officer (CFO) Tim Adams will be leaving the company and Karl Stubelis, the current vice president and corporate controller, will serve as acting CFO, effective immediately. athenahealth, the Watertown, Mass.-based provider of a cloud-based electronic health record…

0 John Hopkins’ CMIO Peter Greene, M.D., used his organization as an example of how difficult the transition to an enterprise-wide EHR can be, even for a sophisticated academic medical center. The Epic deployment at Hopkins involves 20,000 users, 400 types of users roles. 93 clinical specialties, 460 clinical departments, 200 message folder types, 561…

Medfusion, the Cary, N.C.-based provider of patient portal technology, is no longer aligning strategically with Allscripts due to “unresolved payment disputes.” Medfusion, the Cary, N.C.-based provider of patient portal technology, is no longer aligning strategically with Allscripts due to “unresolved payment disputes.” Despite the fact that contract is terminated, Medfusion says it is still providing…

Today Ingenious Med, provider of the nation’s leading patient encounter platform, and Entrada, a leading provider of EHR-integrated, provider productivity solutions, announced a strategic partnership to seamlessly integrate Entrada’s technology and services into the Ingenious Med platform, available soon to Ingenious Med’s 25,000-plus health provider client base. …read more    

Blain Newton is SVP/COO of Tell me about yourself and HIMSS Analytics. I started in IT, with a focus on healthcare IT, probably 15 years ago as an accountant in finance. I moved into operations and strategy at some large EMR vendors, both here and in the UK. I was CEO of CapSite, acquired by…

iMDsoft announced that Hanover Hospital in Pennsylvania has chosen MetaVision as the Anesthesia Information Management System (AIMS) for all of their operating rooms, to be implemented alongside their MEDITECH electronic health record system. …read more    

Health Data Miner Two research firms in the healthcare IT space have produced press releases in recent weeks predicting the next “great wave” in EHR purchases among U.S. hospitals. [See also: Consider the power of incentives] read more …read more