Category: EHR

Healtheway, the nonprofit public/private collaborative chartered to advance the nationwide implementation of interoperable health information exchange, has unveiled a new initiative to bring the industry together to provide a standardized framework for connectivity. read more …read more    

Most labs don’t provide patients with electronic access to their lab reports, but the majority of the results are shared with ordering providers in electronic format, according to two new data briefs released by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT. read more …read more    

Practice Fusion has announced a new integration between its free, web-based EHR solution and two cutting-edge medical device companies, AliveCor Inc. and Diasend. This first-of-its-kind partnerships allow health care providers who use the AliveCor® Heart Monitor to receive real-time ECG recordings and users of the diasend® System to receive glucose/insulin reports directly within Practice Fusion’s…

Nearly 50 of the nation’s most influential provider organizations–including the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives, the American Medical Association, the American Hospital Association and the Medical Group Management Association–asked for a front-end extension to Meaningful Use Stage 2 in a letter sent to U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius. read…

Many #doctors hate #EMR‘s, but they aren’t against #tech per se; want #usability so #EHR works for them. @RobertWahMD #DrHIT #HIMSS14 — Wen Dombrowski MD (@HealthcareWen) February 23, 2014 This is an important nuance. Although, I’d argue that the biggest challenge to EMR usability is onerous billing requirements and prescriptive meaningful use requirements. We are…

True to its word, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT has released a proposed rule containing the next edition of electronic health record technology certification criteria. read more …read more    

As most of you know, I’ll be heading on my annual pilgrimage to Health IT Mecca (otherwise known as HIMSS14). HIMSS 2014 is taking place in Orlando and I have another jam packed schedule with ~20 confirmed meetings and ~10 possible evening socials. Of course, this doesn’t count any of the sessions I plan to…

Clinical decision support tools in electronic health records can help pinpoint patients more at risk of acute coronary syndrome and pulmonary embolism, according to recently published research funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. read more …read more    

Cybersecurity sleuths have discovered computer information on a website popular with hackers that could compromise the electronic health records of numerous providers–including hospitals, nursing homes and physician practices. read more …read more    

By Dan Bowman Judy Murphy can’t help but get excited when talking about the potential of population health management, a facet of care she calls “equally important” to interoperability…. read more …read more