Category: EHR
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EHR and HIT News for March 26th
Today’s EHR and HIT News includes customer acquisition news from Elsevier and Emergency Department Information System provider CMR . The day also brings personel news with the announcement of a new Director of Education and Clinical Transformation from ProsSribe . Medical University Of South Carolina Selects Elsevier’s Interdisciplinary Care Planning And Clinical Documentation Solution Elsevier…
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Doc EHR market remains competitive
Epic Systems Corp. has more physicians and other eligible professionals who have attested as meaningful users of complete electronic health records systems in the ambulatory-care setting than any other vendor in a still-crowded and intensely…
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Hospitals Rethink the Service Line
This article appears in the March issue of HealthLeaders magazine.See Also: The Cardio Service Line, RebootedAmid economic turbulence and regulatory changes, service lines are becoming more integrated into hospital strategic plans, where these areas of specialization can thrive—although many healthcare leaders are checking the vitals of their service lines to see what treatment may be…
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Exclusive Interview: ONC’s Judy Murphy Talks about Meaningful Use Stages 2 and 3—and the Power of the Patient
In her first post-HIMSS interview, the ONC’s Deputy National Coordinator for Programs & Policy shares her perspectives on this year’s HIMSS Conference, on Stages 2 and 3 of meaningful use, and on her current passion—patient engagement, with HCI’s Editor-in-Chief Mark Hagland Senior officials from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and from the…
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HIPAA Omnibus – What Should You Know?
I had the great opportunity to sit down with HIPAA expert, Rita Bowen from HealthPort , at HIMSS 2013 and learn more about the changes that came from the recently released HIPAA Omnibus rule. The timing for this video is great, because today is the day the HIPAA Omnibus rule goes into effect. In the…
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Intuitive robosurgery training seen lacking in lawsuits
Intuitive Surgical Inc. (ISRG), the maker of robots used in 367,000 U.S. operations last year, is facing accusations in lawsuits that it put patients at risk by marketing the machinery to doctors without providing adequate training. Company e-mails introduced in a lawsuit filed against Intuitive in Kitsap County, Washington, suggest salesmen lobbied hospitals to scale…
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Free state immunization registry interfaces introduced for all Sevocity EHR customers
Sevocity, a division of Conceptual MindWorks, Inc., today announced free state immunization registry interfaces/links for all Sevocity EHR customers.
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ECRI C-Suite HIT Watch List
1. Electronic Health Records: A big goal for many hospitals is to make sure they are able to certify their electronic health records for Stage 1 Meaningful Use. A concern that has arisen is whether the rush to achieve Stage 1 has affected patient safety. While few errors involving health information technology have been reported,…
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SC lawmakers turn to technology to solve state health problems
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The Reality of SaaS
Recently I was asked if SaaS/Cloud computing is appropriate for small practice EHR hosting. I responded “SaaS in general is good. However, most SaaS is neither private nor secure. Current regulatory and compliance mandates require that you find a cloud hosting firm which will indemnify you against privacy breeches caused by security issues in the…