Category: EHR

Electronic health records and the Meaningful Use program will continue to be a key focus of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services in the next few years, according to the agency’s latest strategic plan. read more …read more    

The nation’s regional extension centers experienced many of the same challenges as they worked to help providers implement electronic health records and meet the Meaningful Use requirements, according to a newly published independent report. read more …read more    

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The U.S. Department of Veteran’s Affairs has not given up on integrating its electronic health record system with that of the Department of Defense, entering its own system as a contender in response to DoD’s request for proposal seeking a new EHR system. read more …read more    

As one of the inaugural crop of HIMSS Social Media Ambassadors, a second-generation native Floridian, and a former Orlando resident, it is my sworn duty to summarize, recap, and perhaps satirize the last group of Blog Carnival posts, to metaphorically sing the HIMSS opera finale. And you folks submitted some doozies! I’m very grateful to…

Healthcare delivery should be standardized. Medicine is, after all, primarily a science. Providers must diagnose and treat patients. Clinicians must form hypotheses, test hypotheses, and act. As providers obtain new information, they must adjust their thesis and repeat the cycle until patients are treated. Although there is an art to patient interaction, the medical process…

When I cook a recipe for the first time, I usually don’t modify it. But the next time around, I tend to tinker with it so it’s better, more to my liking. Add a little garlic, reduce the salt. It’s a learning process. I must be in good company, since it seems that everyone these…

Late on restatement, Accretive expects stock to be delisted Accretive Health, a healthcare focused revenue cycle management firm and debt collector, announces that it will miss its deadline to file restated financial statements and expects that the NYSE will delist it as a result. GAO comes down on meaningful use program A GAO report finds…

The GAO isn’t satisfied with plans the departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs has submitted claiming that separate EMRs will be more affordable and quicker than their original joint plans. The two agencies had claimed that implementing separate, interoperable EMR systems would be a better choice than developing a joint EMR usable by both agencies.…

A new report from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) provides recommendations for EHR vendors and ambulatory care centers to improve the way EHRs are integrated into clinical… read more …read more