Category: Analytics

Leaders at the Cleveland Clinic have long believed in leveraging their investment into its EHR. After taxing work, the end result at the Clinic was WellQ, an EHR integrated patient-entered data solution that allows patients to better control their own health. The Cleveland Clinic was recognized as a semifinalist in the 2013 Healthcare Informatics Innovator…

This week marks a major milestone in our journey towards adoption and meaningful use of electronic health records. As we work toward the secure, private and meaningful exchange of interoperable health information across the continuum of care, the law that made much of this possible turns five. We are celebrating the five-year anniversary of the…

With feedback from the Health IT Policy Committee that it should scale back the number of objectives in Stage 3 of meaningful use, the Meaningful Use Work Group held a session Feb. 19 to cull several objectives, including several having to do with public health reporting. With feedback from the Health IT Policy Committee that…

HealthFusion, Inc. is proud to announce that the MediTouch® EHR e-prescribing (eRx) system has been awarded with the Surescripts White Coat of Quality for 2013, for the third year in a row. The White Coat of Quality is Surescripts’ highest recognition for software providers that uphold their strict standards for clinical quality and best practices…

Healthcare organizations are faced with increasing pressure to deliver clinical and financial results demonstrating the benefits of their implemented EHRs. Undoubtedly, success will be measured by the work that happens after EHRs have been fully implemented. And in that context, the race is on to fully leverage EHR implementation for genuine population health and care…

The following is a guest blog post by Karen Knecht in response to the question I posed in my “State of the Meaningful Use” call to action. If MU were gone (ie. no more EHR incentive money or penalties), which parts of MU would you remove from your EHR immediately and which parts would you…

Researchers at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland are developing a technology that can link patient data in various electronic medical record (EMR) systems across multiple hospitals and other medical facilities. Researchers at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland are developing a technology that can link patient data in various electronic medical record (EMR) systems…

MEDHOST creates solutions for this Kentucky hospital to successfully integrate an electronic health record and bring physicians on board. …read more    

Patient-generated data is rapidly emerging consumer-driven trend thanks to the rise of connected devices. Soon it could be a requirement under Stage 3 of meaningful use. Whether they like it or not, physicians may have to pay attention to their patients’ FitBit data. To Joseph Kvedar, M.D., it’s time to change the way healthcare provider…