Category: EHR
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Readers Write: A Balanced EHR Copy Forward Solution
A Balanced EHR Copy Forward Solution By Kyle Samani There’s been a recent wave of media coverage surrounding the topic of EHR copy forward functionality. Many have suggested that this function should be outright banned
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EHR implementation in Malawi brings additional challenges
Implementing an electronic medical records system in Malawi included the usual challenges, such as having tech staff available, selling clinicians on its value and training them to use it. But there were additional challenges, including power outages, low computer literacy in some areas and co-existing with a paper-based system, according to a new study published…
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Bringing Long Term Care Into HIEs Without An EMR
HIEs will never achieve their full potential if all players in the healthcare process aren’t included in the network. But without an EMR to connect to the HIE, how can a provider participate? A new software package developed by Geisinger Health System and the Keystone Beacon Community Program offers a new option allowing nursing homes,…
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The Use of Scribes for Clinical documentation
Given the rigors of documentation required for Meaningful Use, quality measurement, and ICD10, some organizations are adding dedicated scribes to rounding and evaluation teams. I was recently asked two questions about scribes. Does Meaningful Use allow the use of scribes? Meaningful Use does not specify who does the documentation, as long as the thresholds for…
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Oracle Brings Health Data Analytics To The Cloud
For years now, healthcare providers have been inching toward cloud use, with CIOs still divided as to whether cloud applications are secure enough to meet their standards.
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EHR and HIT News for March 12th
Today’s EHR and HIT news includes customer news from iMedicor , Unibased Systems Architecture as well as an announcement from Target Health and LifeOnKey that they are recipients of a $900,000, 2-year award from BIRD Foundation. IMedicor Health Information Exchange And Interoperable Technology Implemented At Greenville Technical College iMedicor today said it has installed its…
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Turning CIOs Into Chief Interoperability Officers
Should every health system, hospital or group practice CIO know that to do interoperability right they need to consider XDS or PIX at the core of functionality?
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Use of HIE Fully Integrated into the EHR
Note – while I was flying to Los Angeles to be with my father , I wrote the Tuesday-Thursday blog posts which will be automatically published this week. I’m focused on his care now and will return to writing in real time once his needs have been met
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The Skeptical Convert 3/11/13
Four-Letter Words An EMR can work well but it can work not so well. I want to try to show you what I mean and not tell you, so I will do this with no words that are long, no more than 4 type hits per word. Why do this?
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The Marvelous Land of Oz: The HIMSS Interoperability Showcase
As I walked the floor of the HIMSS Interoperability Showcase, listening to the tour guide’s carnie-esque pitch on the wonders awaiting me with each successive use case encounter, I ALMOST wished I hadn’t worked with so many of the organizations hawking their wares. It’s a bit sad to know the man behind the curtain, to…