Category: EHR

I was recently talking with one of my healthcare IT friends about the future of technology in healthcare. As we were talking, they made this really interesting observation: “We Need Technology to Scale Healthcare” I don’t think I need to go into too much detail with readers of this blog about the possible shortage of…

Approximately 41 percent of providers are dissatisfied or indifferent in regards to their current electronic health record (EHR) systems, according to a recent survey of C-suite executives by the Charlotte, N.C.-based Premier, Inc. Approximately 41 percent of providers are dissatisfied or indifferent in regards to their current electronic health record (EHR) systems, according to a…

ChartLogic, a leader in electronic health record solutions for specialty and primary care physician practices, today announced a partnership with billing solutions powerhouse, Kareo, that will allow the company to offer its clients best-of-breed revenue cycle management. …read more    

There’s no getting around it: despite the increase in electronic health record adoption, many hospitals are not happy with their systems, according to a new report from Premier, Inc. read more …read more    

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services must lead efforts to develop a “robust” national health information infrastructure via provider adoption of interoperable electronic health records, according to a new report from the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology. read more …read more    

Health IT vendor representatives, lamenting about the challenges of Stage 2 of Meaningful Use, called for more realistic timelines and better clarity and consistency on specifications for Stage 3 at a listening session hosted this week by ONC’s Health IT Policy Committee. read more …read more    

I recently wrote an article talking about the evolution and attrition of EHR bloggers over the last 9.5 years I’ve been blogging about EMR and healthcare IT. I thought it might be fun every week or so to highlight a number of EHR, healthcare IT or related blogs. I’ve been collecting a list for quite…

Many doctors have negative views toward changes they believe hamper their ability to treat patients. To that end, I read with great interest Medscape’s new report about how several recent articles on electronic health records had generated a flood of responses from physicians, many of them intense, emotionally charged and diverse. Physicians have long felt…

A selection of health policy stories from Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Michigan, Montana, Ohio, and Wyoming. …read more    

San Francisco-based Practice Fusion has launched a new national real-time healthcare database, comprised of a de-identified subset of more than 81 million electronic patient records. The tool, called Insight, is the nation’s largest such database, according to Practice Fusion. read more …read more