Category: EHR

Today’s EHR and HIT News includes updates from Advocate Physician Partners, who is announcing they now have 500 physicians live on their SynAPPS, cloud based eClinical Works EHR system.  Today also brings customer acquisition news from Wolters Kluwer Health and simplifyMD. 500 Physicians Now Live on Advocate Physician Partners’ EHR System Advocate Physician Partners (APP)…

In a recent roundtable discussion focusing on challenges associated with implementing electronic health record systems, several hospital executives pointed to workflow issues as being the most difficult to overcome. read more …read more Source: Hospital IT leaders: Workflow issues difficult to overcome during EHR implementation

The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services' Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) has submitted its information collection request on the Rural Health Information Technology Network Development Program to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for public comment and final approval. read more …read more Source: HRSA to study rural EHR, health IT…

Adoption of electronic health records systems in U.S. medical practices has reached an all-time high, as more than three in four U.S. physicians are now utilizing EHRs that they or a hospital partner own, or are in the process of transitioning to one, according to the 2013 Physicians Practice Technology Survey, sponsored by ZirMed. Physicians…

Practice Fusion has announced partnerships with three large web-based billing solutions providers.  The partnership gives the 100,000 plus monthly active users on the Practice Fusion EMR platform the ability to select billing software that best fits their needs. Like Practice Fusion, each of these new partners are web-based and cost-effective. ADP AdvancedMD, CollaborateMD and NueMD…

Epic Systems and Meditech have the most customers receiving federal electronic health-records system incentive payments in the two key categories for hospital systems, federal data show. …read more Source: Epic, Meditech lead federal stats for hospitals receiving EHR payments

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT has released new guidelines to provide recommended policies and practices for health information service providers (HISPs), trust communities and accrediting bodies such as DirectTrust to enable providers to securely exchange patient information across geographic, organizational and vendor boundaries. read more …read more Source: ONC unveils Direct…

Today I took my two older kids (9 and 6) to the store with me to pick up a few things for Memorial Day. When we walked into the store an older couple was sitting at the door collecting donations for veterans. I have a soft spot in my heart for veterans and the couple…

DOD,VA to Clear Claims Backlog DoD responds to accusations that its HER decision is hindering the effort to reduce the veteran’s disability claims backlog by outlining a cross-department plan of attack which includes providing VA Benefits personnel direct log in access to DoD’s electronic medical record system and improving the format of DoD treatment records…

There are different challenges that come with creating PHRs, especially with adolescents. Certain aspects of PHRs can be hidden from parents, such a pregnancy tests or information on reproductive health. Boston Children’s Hospital has created a special adolescent PHR, that will allow parent’s access to certain files, while keeping some available only for the eyes…