Category: EHR

With an array of industry groups anxiously calling for a delay of meaningful use Stage 2, HIMSS has made the case for a more nuanced approach, asking federal officials to launch Stage 2 on schedule but extend year one of the attestation period. Drawing on data from the HIMSS Analytics database, the HIMSS Board of…

Today’s EHR and HIT News includes updates from MaxMD on their recent affiliation with the Tennessee Health eShare Direct Project, Black Box ranking news from Quest Diagnostics Care360, and partnership news between iSALUS Healthcare and Billnet Solutions. MaxMD Announces Affiliation with the Tennessee Health eShare Direct Project MaxMD, a secure information technology company, and an…

The Buffalo Bills announced Wednesday they will partner with Carestream Health to develop new imaging technology aimed at early detection of brain injuries. It’s just the latest development for a league that’s deploying health IT in football stadiums nationwide. read more Source: NFL embraces diagnostic imaging, EHRs

There's been a lot of press this past week about the resignation of National Coordinator for Health IT Farzad Mostashari–praise for his accomplishments, speculation regarding his replacement and concerns that the timing will adversely affect health IT progress. I'm struck, however, by the evident surprise in the industry of Mostashari's announcement after two years in…

With heavy pressure to reduce readmissions and improve patient outcomes, hospitals increasingly are relying on the medication reconciliation technology in their electronic health record systems to administer the right medication to the right patient at the right time, and to coordinate new drugs with those that a patient may already be taking. read more Source:…

The American Academy of Family Physicians, in a recent letter to federal healthcare officials, called for a one-year extension to the timeframe for compliance with Meaningful Use Stage 2, saying that the current time frame “will outstrip the capacity” of both vendors and family doctors. read more Source: AAFP: Meaningful Use time frame will 'outstrip…

The American Association of Family Physicians (AAFP) is the latest organization to make a public plea to the government to modify the meaningful use Stage 2 timeline, with the group calling the current arrangement “aggressive.” The American Association of Family Physicians (AAFP) is the latest organization to make a public plea to the government to…

“Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain!”  This was how Dr. CT Lin, CMIO at University of Colorado Hospital & Health Sciences Center, opened his talk at the Healthcare Forum.  Dr. Lin’s premise was that we have kept healthcare information hidden from patients for far too long.  Giving patients access to their medical…

With Stage 2 Meaningful Use (MU2) deadlines looming, many healthcare providers will be scrambling to meet its key requirement – exchanging patient data. Of course, the challenge is ensuring the security of this Protected Health Information (PHI) when it’s transferred over the Internet within and between new organizational models such as ACOs and via new…

DocuTrac hs announced a new pricing structure for their Cloud Hosted Solution of QuicDoc® Office. DocuTrac, who launched its Cloud hosted software in April of this year, claims to be lowering licensing fees by nearly 50%. “Our new subscription fee structure offers a significant cost-savings that will make our EMR and billing software in the…