Category: EHR

Battle lines are being drawn between Meaningful Use Stage 3 supporters and those not so keen on some or all of the newly proposed rules. read more …read more Source:: http://www.fiercehealthit.com/story/meaningful-use-stage-3-battle-appropriate-patient-engagement-requirements/2015-03-31?utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=rss       

In a recent post by Andy Oram on EMR and EHR titles “Exploring the Role of Clinical Documentation: a Step Toward EHRs for Learning” he introduced me to the idea of what he called a Learning Health Care System. Here’s his description: Currently a popular buzzword, a learning health care system collects data from clinicians,…

eClinicalWorks, a Westborough, Mass.-based ambulatory electronic health record (EHR) vendor, is integrating data from wearables into its patient health record product. eClinicalWorks, a Westborough, Mass.-based ambulatory electronic health record (EHR) vendor, is integrating data from wearables into its patient health record product. read more …read more Source:: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/healthcare-informatics/~3/lQo-fvQulbc/eclincialworks-latest-health-it-vendor-integrate-pghd       

Rob Faix, principal advisor at the Naperville, Ill.-based consulting firm, Impact Advisors, joins the Healthcare Informatics podcast to discuss all things patient-generated health data. Specifically, he discusses the challenges of bringing together patient and clinical data; why Apple has taken the lead in this category with many prominent healthcare organizations; and how ResearchKit can be…

You all know I’m a sucker for an infographic and this one illustrates a topic we’ve known for a long time: humans are one of the biggest breach challenges. All the encryption and firewalls in the world can’t solve for a human who already has access. This infographic really illustrates that point well. Infographic based…

Allscripts, Cerner and CPSI all retain the top spot in their respective markets for user satisfaction, according to the latest report from market research firm Black Book Rankings. read more …read more Source:: http://www.fierceemr.com/story/allscripts-cerner-top-ehr-user-satisfaction-rankings/2015-03-26?utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=rss       

When we think of healthcare, we often think of the doctors office or a hospital. We’ve talked many times before how doctors and hospitals today are really about sick care and not health care. If we were really worried about caring for the health of patients, we’d need to do so much more outside of…

CommonWell Health Alliance, a nonprofit trade group comprised of major electronic health record (EHR) vendors trying to create a national health identifier, has named Jitin Asnaani its founding executive director. CommonWell Health Alliance, a nonprofit trade group comprised of major electronic health record (EHR) vendors trying to create a national health identifier, has named Jitin…

Fake patient data could have been uploaded through SAP medical app SAP fixes an SQL injection vulnerability in its mobile EHR that allowed hackers to access and insert erroneous records into patient charts. 98.2 Percent of Participating Providers Using athenahealth’s EHR Have Successfully Attested for Meaningful Use Stage 2 Athenahealth reports that 98 percent of…

The following is a guest blog post by Asaf Cidon, CEO and Co-Founder of Sookasa. The news that home care provider Amedisys had a HIPAA breach involving more than 100 lost laptops—even though they contained encrypted PHI—might have served as a wake-up call to many healthcare providers.  Most know by now that they need to…