Category: EHR
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Pediatricians offer model for kids’ EHRs
Electronic health records frequently lack functions specific to children’s healthcare needs, but this could change as an effort led by the American Academy of Pediatrics has developed standards and functional requirements that the AAP would like EHR…
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EHR users: Meet big brother
Within the past month, we've heard that electronic health records are under the gun for potential noncompliance of not one, but four different laws. read more
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Taking The Pulse Of Mobile Health
It’s no secret the healthcare industry is going digital. Electronic health records, health information exchanges, and Web-based patient portals are becoming ubiquitous features in nearly all clinical environments. But the fastest, most widely adopted digital push, according to healthcare industry experts, has undoubtedly been in mobile health.
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Morning Headlines 4/4/13
Former VA CIO Baker heads to Agilex Recently resigned Roger Baker, CIO of the VA, has found a new home at Agilex, a government contracting firm specializing in software development, cloud computing, and mobility. JAMA: Current EHRs Lack Large-Scale Data Capabilities A recent viewpoint article published in The Journal of the American Medical Association suggests…
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EHR Adoption Encouraged by State Meaningful Use Acceleration Challenge 2.0
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) is officially launching the State Meaningful Use Acceleration Challenge 2.0! This year’s challenge builds off the success of the 2012 State Meaningful Use Challenge, which pitted every state and territory against one another to see which would best accelerate the Meaningful Use incentive program…
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Policy Committee Supports ‘Deeming’ Approach to Stage 3 MU
Members of the Health IT Policy Committee were largely supportive of work being done by the meaningful use work group to lighten the reporting burden of Stage 3 of meaningful use.
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CommonWell controversy resurfaces in HITPC meeting
A coalition of five electronic health-record developers created a buzz and a controversy last month when they announced they were forming the CommonWell Health Alliance to promote health information exchange.
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Florida Hospital Receives Stage 7 Honors
HIMSS Analytics, a division of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS), has awarded Florida Hospital Carrollwood, an Adventist Health System facility, with Stage 7 honors on its Electronic Medical Records Adoption Model (EMRAM) model. Stage 7 is the top honor or stage in association with EMRAM, which tracks EMR progress at hospitals and…
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American Academy of Pediatrics recommends electronic prescribing
The American Academy of Pediatrics has issued a policy statement recommending that pediatric healthcare providers use e-prescribing to improve quality and reduce costs. read more
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Petition calls for DoD to adopt VistA
A petition was created last week calling on the U.S. Department of Defense to adopt the Veterans Health Information Systems and Technology Architecture (VistA), the electronic health record used by the U.S.