Category: Analytics

ChartMaxx, the enterprise content management (ECM) solution from Quest Diagnostics, has achieved 2014 Edition Modular EHR ONC Health IT Certification which supports both Stages 1 and 2 of the Meaningful Use (MU) program. …read more    

Readers of my blog know that over the past year, I’ve written several posts warning about the burden of 2014 certification, the timing overlap of numerous federal programs including ICD10, and my observations that IT professionals/providers are at the breaking point. However, I have reasons to be optimistic and it’s not just the approach of…

A new survey reveals that nearly 70 percent of physicians in the U.S. do not think their investment into an electronic health record (EHR) has been worth it. A new survey reveals that nearly 70 percent of physicians in the U.S. do not think their investment into an electronic health record (EHR) has been worth…

The HIStalk Advisory Panel is a group of hospital CIOs, hospital CMIOs, practicing physicians, and a few vendor executives who have volunteered to provide their thoughts on topical industry issues. I’ll seek their input every month or so on an important news developments and also ask the non-vendor members about their recent experience with vendors.…

HIMSS Analytics announced University Hospitals in Cleveland has achieved Stage 6 status on the EMR Adoption ModelSM (EMRAM). As of January 2014, 12.7 percent – just 682 US hospitals – of the more than 5,400 U.S. hospitals tracked by HIMSS Analytics had reached Stage 6 on its Electronic Medical Record Adoption ModelSM (EMRAM). …read more    

ONC’s 2014 Edition EHR Certification Criteria define the requirements that EHR technology must meet in order to be used by eligible professionals (EPs), eligible hospitals (EHs), and critical access hospitals (CAHs) participating in the Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs. In addition to these criteria, ONC made some policy changes to the HIT Certification Program.…

Patient portals promise efficiency and convenience, a solid way for healthcare professional to communicate, and a gateway for patients to follow their own medical history. Patient portals have become much more commonplace under the Meaningful Use Incentive Program, which breaks patient engagement into two stages. Stage 1 requires providers offer electronic copies of test results,…

Why the EHR Market Is Poised for Disruption An EHR market analysis from CIO.com concludes that both the inpatient and ambulatory EHR market’s are poised for disruption and consolidation. Key number in today’s Castlight IPO filing Castlight Health discloses its financial performance in an updated IPO filing, revealing multi-million dollar net losses during each of…

An alert in the electronic health record (EHR) can increase the number of at-risk men who have been screened for a deadly aneurysm, a recent study found. The study, from the Oakland-based integrated provider, Kaiser Permanente, looked at what happens when a screening program for an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is integrated into the EHR.…

The Pennsylvania eHealth Partnership Authority has released nearly $500,000 in grant funding to five home health agencies to improve healthcare outcomes through the secure exchange of electronic health information (eHIE). The Pennsylvania eHealth Partnership Authority has released nearly $500,000 in grant funding to five home health agencies to improve healthcare outcomes through the secure exchange…