Category: EHR

Next week (April 7-8) the inaugural Health IT Marketing and PR Conference is happening in Las Vegas. As most of you know, I’ve worked really hard to make this a great event for everyone involved. A look at the final agenda for the conference should give you an idea of how great this event is…

First Name: Scott Last Name: Bradley Organization: MyHealthBook Work Email: scott@myhealthbook.com Pledge Type: Non-data Holder …read more    

Specialists may have a harder time meeting the patient engagement requirements of Meaningful Use Stage 2, according to a study published in the American Journal of Medical Quality. read more …read more    

In case you missed the news, ICD-10 has been delayed a year. It’s likely that we’ll be taking a break from talking about ICD-10 for the next 6-10 months. However, before we put ICD-10 on the shelf, you might want to read two opposing arguments for and against ICD-10: The Forgotten Argument For ICD-10 and…

A recent interview in The Atlantic with David Blumenthal, former National Coordinator for Health IT, has generated a flurry of comments from readers weighing in on the role and worth of electronic health records read more …read more    

While more hospitals have implemented electronic health records in the three years since the Meaningful Use program went into effect, there remains a wide disparity in EHR adoption, with hundreds of hospitals still just using paper records, according to HIMSS, Forbes.com reports. read more …read more    

The Defense Health Agency’s electronic health record for combat troops–costing 2,233 percent more than originally estimated–topped the list of Defense information systems projects gone off… read more …read more    

As I posted about previously, I took part in the Dell Healthcare Think Tank event last week. This was my second year participating in the event, and I thoroughly enjoyed the stimulating discussion. In many ways it makes me wish that there was a health IT conference that was 2 days of stimulating discussion like…

House Passes ICD-10 Delay Bill, Senate Next to Vote The House of Representatives passes a bill that will delay the mandatory use of ICD-10 until October 2015. The bill now moves to the Senate for a Monday vote. Racial differences in cancer screening with electronic health records and electronic preventive care reminders A study published…

UPDATE: It looks like this bill has passed the house with a voice vote. I believe it still needs to be passed by Congress and not be vetoed by the President. We’d already stoked the ICD-10 delay fires in Kyle Samani’s post on “Why ICD-10?” before the news came out yesterday that a one year…