Category: Analytics
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Beware: The top 4 hurdles to a successful EHR implementation
If you were a healthcare provider and all you did was read press releases, you'd be tempted to think that transitioning to a new EHR involved little more than opening the package and plugging in the contents. Naturally, things are a little more complicated than that, but many providers aren't aware of just how much…
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Meeting the Needs of Transgender Patients: Medical Informaticists Work through the EHR Challenges
In late April, JAMIA, the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, published online an article titled “Electronic medical records and the transgender patient: recommendations from the World Professional Association for Transgender Health EMR Working Group.” The article represents the tip of the spear in efforts to modify EHRs in order to meet the special…
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Chains have best effect on acquired hospitals, survey says
Multistate chains do a better job at improving the financial performance of acquired hospitals than local or regional systems, according to a Deloitte analysis. …read more Source: Chains have best effect on acquired hospitals, survey says
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Demand for Mobile EHR Apps Growing, Survey Indicates
There is a growing market for mobile device electronic health record (EHR) applications as physician users look to replace current ineffective systems, according to recent research from Black Book Rankings, a Clearwater, Fla.-based research firm. There is a growing market for mobile device electronic health record (EHR) applications as physician users look to replace current…
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Morning Headlines 5/30/13
Why Some Doctors Don’t Lean On EHR A new study published in the Journal of American Medical Informatics Association concludes that EHR adoption has less to do with how tech savvy a doctor is and has more to do with how much uncertainty, an accepted and universal attribute of medical practice, a doctor is comfortable…
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Canadian hospitals struggle with EHR data access, workflow
The U.S. is not alone when it comes to electronic health record system challenges: Canadian hospitals also are experiencing data access and workflow efficiency issues, according to a new report from HIMSS Analytics. read more …read more Source: Canadian hospitals struggle with EHR data access, workflow
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Meaningful use penalties could be difficult to avoid in Stage 2, experts say
The difficulty between what it takes to achieve Stage 1 and Stage 2 is so great, it could easily catch some providers off guard, says Laura Kreofsky, principal advisor at Naperville, Ill.-based Impact Advisors, who specializes in meaningful use. There could be a fair amount of hospitals and eligible providers that will fall short of…
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UI Hospital recognized for adoption of electronic medical records technology
The University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System has been recognized for its advanced adoption of electronic medical records technology by the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society, and is now among the 10 percent of U.S. hospitals with paperless patient records. …read more Source: UI Hospital recognized for adoption of electronic medical records…
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Study looks at cause of Medicare cost differences
An analysis of the dramatic geographic variation in U.S. healthcare spending contends that the health of the patients — not what doctors and hospitals do — accounts for most of the differences. …read more Source: Study looks at cause of Medicare cost differences
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Are You Ready for ICD-10?
We’ve been writing about ICD-10 for a long time now including the delay of ICD-10. Based on the CMS comments at HIMSS, there will be no more delays in the implementation of ICD-10. Barring something crazy, ICD-10 will go into effect on October 1, 2014. The question is, are you ready? If you’re not ready…