Category: EHR

Top News The Department of Defense opens bidding to replace all of its EHR systems, saying the new system will use off-the shelf technologies running on ONC-approved standards. The VA solicited bids Tuesday for the next step in its replacement of VistA. Evidence is scant that the two groups plan to work together to implement…

CCHIT Announces New Strategic Direction With Global Focus CCHIT announces that it will exit the EHR certification business. The company will pivot to a consulting model that will offer services to both hospitals and HIT vendors. Former Allscripts CPA charged with insider trading Steven Dombrowski, former Allscripts director of corporate audits, has been indicted on…

We tell our kids to own up to their missteps and correct them. But too many adults don’t seem to follow the same advice, blaming others for their own errors and failing in some instances to even acknowledge their accountability, let alone step up to the plate and fix it. Unfortunately, the electronic health record…

Yet another hospital has suffered a crash of its electronic health record system, this time Stuart, Fla.-based Martin Health System, which incurred a hardware failure. read more …read more    

Ominous Outlook for Meaningful Use By Evan Steele CMS passed up a golden opportunity to stave off the potential demise of the EHR incentive program when it failed to delay the start of Stage 2. What was already a complex program in Stage 1 becomes exponentially so in Stage 2, and its pace is outstripping…

The Certification Commission for Health Information Technology announced this morning that, effective immediately, it will no longer certify electronic health record systems for the federal government’s Meaningful Use incentive program, citing uncertainty with the timing and nature of future program requirements. read more …read more    

Vista Evolution Workgroup Coordinators Sources Sought Notice The VA is soliciting a vendor to lead the VistA Evolution Workgroup, an initiative that will update the VistA EHR platform and incorporate interoperability standards defined by the joint DoD/VA Interagency Program Office, which oversees all work done on the long awaited iEHR program. With proposals due by…

I recently got word from a source close to the EHR certification world (yes, that could be just about any EHR vendor or EHR consultant) that CCHIT is about to announce they are leaving the ONC Certification business. I was told that CCHIT will test those that are already in the pipeline, but will not…

Top News The VA opens procurement for VistA Evolution workgroup coordinators, the next step in replacing VistA Web with a single VA-DoD EHR viewer that supports mandated interoperability requirements. The solicitation was posted on January 27, leaving just nine days for interested companies to assemble and submit proposals by the February 6 due date. Reader…

Where Are We on the Diffusion Curve? Trends and Drivers of Primary Care Physicians’ Use of Health Information Technology EHR adoption in the practice environment hit 69 percent in 2012, but a large divide still exists between solo practices, which have only reached 50 percent adoption, vs. large practices of 20 or more physicians, which…