Category: Analytics

The Vermont Psychiatric Care Hospital in Berlin, a 25-bed, Level 1 mental health services facility for acute care patients, will open this summer without a fully integrated EMR in place. This has local lawmakers upset with the government officials overseeing the project. What happens when you open a new hospital without a fully integrated electronic…

When it comes to America’s healthcare costs, spiraling ever upward, one of the main culprits is unnecessary testing. Some 130 oft-overused screenings and treatments should be curtailed, according to the two-dozen organizations affiliated with the American Board of Internal Medicine Foundation’s “Choosing Wisely” campaign. read more …read more    

A new poll of electronic health record (EHR) end-users reveals that Mobile, Ala.-based CPSI is the top ranked vendor system in terms of customer-experience for rural and critical access facilities. A new poll of electronic health record (EHR) end-users reveals that Mobile, Ala.-based CPSI is the top ranked vendor system in terms of customer-experience for…

Leaders at Staten Island University Hospital (part of the North Shore-LIJ Healthcare Network) were able to successfully implement a nearly complete electronic medical record (EMR) system across the inpatient side in one fell swoop. In this exclusive interview, the hospital’s CMIO explains how it happened. When Albert Villarin, M.D., FACEP arrived at North Shore-LIJ Staten…

Fifty-one clinics of Northeast Georgia Physicians Group have earned HIMSS Analytics Stage 7 Ambulatory Awards for electronic medical record adoption. read more …read more    

Two health information exchanges (HIEs) in the Midwest—Tiger Institute Health Alliance (TIHA) in Columbia, Mo. and Lewis and Clark Information Exchange (LACIE) in Kansas City, Mo.—announced they are now securely sharing patients’ EMRs between their respective exchanges. Two health information exchanges (HIEs) in the Midwest—Tiger Institute Health Alliance (TIHA) in Columbia, Mo. and Lewis and…

Happy Birthday RECs! This month marks the 4th birthday of the Regional Extension Center (REC) Program, and what a four years it’s been! We thought we’d take this chance to talk about some of the accomplishments that REC’s achieved in the past few years, and how their partnership with providers continues in leveraging health IT…

Hospitals in the UK have been slow to adopt electronic health record (EHR) systems due to cost constraints, new research published online in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association (JAMIA) reveals. read more …read more    

Hospitals may not be fully prepared for the full cost of EHR implementation, according to research published by Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association seeking to help organizations better understand the total bill. read more …read more    

0 From Pennsylvania to California, state-designated entities are handing off responsibilities to HIE associations and seeking new sources of funding for uncompleted projects. Two recent Healthcare Informatics news items serve as a reminder that the state-designated organizations charged with overseeing health information exchange development and EHR implementations are shifting gears as federal funding winds down.…