Category: EHR
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Need Point of Care EMR Documentation to Meet Future EMR Documentation Requirements
As part of my ongoing writing about what people are starting to call the EHR Backlash , I started to think about the shifting tides of EMR documentation. One of the strongest parts of the EHR backlash from doctors surrounds the convoluted documentation that an EMR creates. There is no end to the doctors who…
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Morning Headlines 4/12/13
New ONC fee proposal scares health IT sector ONC releases its budget plan for 2014, which includes a 28 percent increase in funding and a proposal to introduce a new fee structure for EHR vendors. athenahealth Inc. vs CareCloud Corporation athenahealth has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against competitor CareCloud citing a thirteen year old…
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Essentia Health Ambulatory Clinics Reach Stage 7
HIMSS Analytics, a division of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS), has announced that 54 Essentia Health ambulatory clinics, located in Minnesota, North Dakota and Wisconsin, have reached Stage 7 on the Ambulatory EMR Adoption Model (A-EMRAM).
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Obama budget includes new fee for EHR vendors
Once again, the federal electronic health-record incentive payment program could take a financial hit due to government budget cutting. This time, EHR developers are being asked to take one for the team.
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AHA, Specialists Respond to CMS on CQMs
AHA expresses concern about “significant burden placed on providers who are trying to meet multiple, often non-aligned quality measurement and reporting requirements.” In February, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS) asked stakeholders for input regarding ways it might better align clinical quality measure reporting under the Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS), the Electronic Health…
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Will an EMR’s Quality Metrics Differentiate it from Other EMRs?
In the emerging consumer-centered, value-driven U.S. healthcare marketplace, the EHR vendors that survive and thrive will need to differentiate their brand by successfully competing on the value (quality/price) their product actually delivers to its end users. – Bob Coi, MD This is a fascinating look at EMRs and future differentiation in the EHR market. There’s…
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Analysis of doc notes in EHRs can flag drug interactions
Stanford University researchers touted success in using analysis of free-text notes in electronic health records for surveillance of drug interactions in near real time. read more
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SuccessEHS and Welch Allyn Team Up to Integrate SuccessEHS 6.1 EHR with Welch Allyn Devices
SuccessEHS and Welch Allyn have announced the successful integration of four Welch Allyn devices with the SuccessEHS 6.1 EHR and Practice Management solution. The integration provides effortless data collection with data obtained by the integrated devices flowing directly into the patient’s electronic chart. “The introduction of this connectivity furthers our mission to help clients achieve…
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Morning Headlines 4/11/13
Mining Electronic Health Records Reveals Clues Of Harmful Drug Reactions Researchers at Stanford University, using sophisticated analytics and EHR data looking back 15 years, were able to clearly substantiate harmful drug side effects years before an alert was issued from the FDA. Researchers conclude that data analytics will be a powerful compliment to the FDA’s…
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CMS Proposes Rule to Extend EHR Donation Safe Harbor
According to a recently published document in the Federal Register, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is proposing a rule that would extend a regulation that allows hospitals to donate electronic health records (EHRs) to physicians until 2016. The rule is an exception to a federal law that prohibits payments of particular services…