Category: EHR

The clinical data analytics market is about to get red hot. With the shift toward new payment models and the sheer amount of clinical data contained in electronic health records, more and more healthcare groups are looking to analytics solutions for population health management, according to a new report released Tuesday. read more Source: Clinical…

The New York City Public Health Department, in partnership with the City University of New York School of Public Health, is launching a pilot project to aggregate electronic health record data into a surveillance tool to improve public health. The project, known as the NYC Macroscope, will be the first U.S. program to use EHRs…

The Consumer Partnership for eHealth, a coalition of patient, consumer and labor organizations, this month published its plan to address health disparities in Meaningful Use Stage 3 and beyond. read more Source: Consumer coalition plan tackles health disparities for MU Stage 3

Electronic health record vendor Practice Fusion’s automatic physician data gathering feature didn’t receive sufficient publicity and has violated physicians’ trust, according to blogger John Lynn, founder of the HealthcareScene.com blog network. read more Source: Practice Fusion patient emails violate physicians’ trust

The U.K.’s attempted national electronic health record system, abandoned by the government two years ago, will still end up costing more than 10 billion pounds (about $16 billion). read more Source: Scrapped national EHR program will cost U.K. billions

The timing of MGMA’s plea for leniency towards physicians working to meet the requirements of meaningful use couldn’t be more challenging for whoever becomes the next National Coordinator for Health IT. What should ONC do—maintain policy rigor or accede to the demands of providers? The answer could prove pivotal to the entire HITECH program. read…

Today’s EHR and HIT News includes updates from MaxMD, who has announced a partnership with NJ-HITEC, news on the formation of a new Podiatry Independent Physicians Association (IPA) that has been formed in Illinois, and finally partnership news from ZirMed, and Catch Data Systems to provide GE Centricity customers with integration into ZirMed’s products. MaxMD…

The Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) has expressed their concerns about the current meaningful use environment in a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius. In the letter they cite a “diminished opportunity for physician practices to meet the requirements for State 2 of the program.” In the letter the MGMA requests an…

Vendor readiness concerns about Meaningful Use Stage 2 are at the heart of a request by the Medical Group Management Association for a moratorium on penalties imposed on physicians who have successfully completed Stage 1 requirements. read more Source: MGMA wants to delay MU Stage 2 penalties

Using electronic health records to collect sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) information could reduce health disparities of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) patients and improve communication between patients and their providers, according to a new research article in the journal LBGT Health. read more Source: Researchers: Include sexual orientation, gender ID info in…