Category: EHR
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Monday Morning Update 3/18/13
From E2M : “Re: enterprise to mobile. To make CPOE, portal, or other EHR component mobile, you either build it from scratch or build a new set of apps on top of the existing infrastructure. Capriza allows anyone without any programming skill to transfer an existing Web-based enterprise app to mobile in minutes.” Maybe someone…
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The RIS is dead, long live the RWFMS?
In working with a client that is evaluating acquisition of a new PACS (Picture Archive and Communications System) and the addition of a RIS (Radiology Information System), discussions with Philips confirmed that they have discontinued their RIS! One of the premises for this is that so much of the RIS functionality has been taken over…
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EHR Penalties after Meaningful Use Failure
While at HIMSS I had a discussion with the consulting firm Stoltenberg Consulting . I was really intrigued by their approach to EHR consulting and will likely write more about it later. Plus, the started what in many ways became a theme of my HIMSS experience around rural healthcare EHR. You can be sure I’ll…
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Morning Headlines 3/15/13
Wells Fargo Securities publishes 2012 Year End Table for EPs and Hospitals Wells Fargo Securities compiles 2012 Meaningful Use year end attestation tables which show that of EPs, 65 percent have registered and 25 percent have attested. In addition, 50 percent of hospitals have attested
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EHR and HIT News for March 14th
Today’s EHR and HIT News includes a ‘go live’ announcement from iSirona as well as news from DMH International who has announced the selection of beta partners for their medical imaging software, TouchPACS. There was also vendor section news from Surgical Information Systems .
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The Patient-Centered Medical Home in Practice
For some medical practices, particularly those in rural areas, the patient-centered medical home (PCMH) is a pipe dream.
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SuccessEHS among First EHR Vendors to Enter Production HIE with South Carolina’s HIE
SuccessEHS has announced that they are among the first ambulatory electronic health record vendors to successfully move into production health information exchange with South Carolina’s Health Information Exchange (SCHIEx).
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EHR adoption, Meaningful Use progress up for acute care hospitals
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT last week released a pair of data briefs on electronic health record adoption and Meaningful Use attestation for acute care hospitals in the U.S. based on data from the American Hospital Association.
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EHR use puts physicians between a rock and a hard place
The electronic health record landscape is pretty gloomy for physicians these days.
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Commentary: Current EHRs are building blocks for the future
While some providers, no doubt, are frustrated with the current state of electronic health records, optimism lies ahead, according to James Cimino, M.D., chief of Laboratory for Informatics Development at the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center in Bethesda, Md. read more