Category: EHR
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Docs’ views of EHRs sharply divided
Doctors’ opinions of electronic health records vary significantly, in large part based on their personal experiences, according to a new article in Medscape Business of Medicine. read more …read more
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Early reaction to the Electronic Health Record Incentive NPRM
Last week, I posted the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking from CMS that offers flexibility to Meaningful Use attestation in 2014 . Since then, I’ve received hundreds of emails about it from my fellow CIOs across the country. Here’s a summary: 1. To clarify, the NPRM offers flexibility for hospitals to attest to Stage 1 criteria…
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Norwegian American Hospital: Health IT aids quality turnaround
Abha Agrawal, M.D., chief operating officer and vice president of medical affairs, outlines how technology–including electronic medical records, quality metrics and dashboards–helped transform the struggling Norwegian American Hospital in Chicago. read more …read more
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3 mistakes that cause health IT hazards
While health technology–including electronic health records–no doubt has the potential to streamline and improve patient care, providers must proceed with caution when using the latest clinical innovations. A recent Health Data Management article outlines several examples of just how such tools can turn hazardous. read more …read more
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mHealth and Where It’s Heading with Alan Portela
One of my favorite healthcare IT people to interview is Alan Portela, CEO of AirStrip. Having been in the healthcare IT industry and seen it from so many angles, he always has some interesting insight into what’s happening in the industry. It’s hard to understand the value that having attended HIMSS almost as many years…
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Happy Memorial Day!
Every Memorial Day my memories are brought back to family and freedom. I’ve written before about my brother who is in the Air Force. I’m so grateful for his and so many other military people’s sacrifice so that we can have the freedoms we enjoy. It’s sad to think that in some countries a blog…
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Curbside Consult with Dr. Jayne 5/26/14
Several readers emailed about last week’s EPtalk, where I shared my frustration with CMS and the constantly-changing game of Meaningful Use. Dear Dr. Jayne, I’m sorry for how you feel about CMS and long for days of old when $5 got you a doctor visit at home. I’m 76 and have been on Medicare for…
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Epic – Future Proof, EHR Prenup, and Intelligent EHR
Is Epic Future Proof? http://t.co/sBlZzKicro #EMR — John Sharp (@JohnSharp) May 20, 2014 Nope! But it has quite a few years of prosperity left in it. New blog from @ChrisatKLAS “Should providers demand a prenuptual agreement from #EMR vendors?” http://t.co/mz1uOUWwdA — KLAS (@KLASresearch) May 20, 2014 I think it’s funny to call it a prenup.…
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Meaningful Use As a Requirement for Medical Licensure
About a year ago, you might remember the article I wrote about the Massachusetts law that would require doctors to be meaningful EHR users to have a medical license. The law was shocking then and the idea is shocking to consider even now. The good news is that it looks like the law is going…
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2000+ EMR and HIPAA Blog Posts and 9.5 Million Pageviews Later
We just passed 2000 blog posts on EMR and HIPAA (officially this is blog post #2009) and we’re right at 9.5 million pageviews since we first started this blog. Plus, to round out the numbers, we just passed 12,000 (officially 12,065) comments on the blog as well. I’m honestly not really sure how to process…