Category: EHR

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT is accepting fellowship applications to help the agency “accelerate” health information exchange (HIE). read more Source: ONC wants 'accelerators' to help with HIE development

The following is a guest post by Lynda Martel is Executive Director of Government and Enterprise Business Relations at DriveSavers Data Recovery. In today’s world, robust risk management is a must for healthcare organizations due to the combination of electronic medical records and the challenging environment of mounting digital attacks on vital corporate assets and…

Today’s EHR and HIT News includes partnership news between Red River Partners and EXTENSION as well as news from CommonWell Health Alliance that Computer Programs and Systems and Sunquest Information Systems have joined as the newest members of the organization. Red River Partners With EXTENSION In Healthcare Division Launch New Hampshire-based Red River, a leading…

Health information exchanges are in a state of flux, but are moving slowly toward better care coordination and interoperability, according to a new report published by Chilmark Research. read more Source: Health information exchanges in a state of transition

When I read John Lynn’s post “Develop Your Own EMR – You’re Still Crazy!” the other day, I thought of Dr. Terry Ellis. I talked to him in 2005 when I worked for the daily Leaf-Chronicle in Tennessee. He had developed his own EMR, and I wrote about it. Dr. Ellis operates Ellis Oral &…

More than half of the primary care providers in the State of New Hampshire have attested to meaningful use of electronic health records (EHRs) thanks to the work of area’s regional extension center. More than half of the primary care providers in the State of New Hampshire have attested to meaningful use of electronic health…

GAO: Fed IT projects need aligned management The Government Accountability Office releases a report chiding several government agencies for their failed IT projects and project management methods, including the VA/DoD iEHR project, and the FDA’s MARCS program. The report says “the federal government has achieved little of the productivity improvements that private industry has realized…

Even some of the more sophisticated electronic health record users are running into trouble using their EHRs to generate the clinical quality measures (CQMs) required by the Meaningful Use program, according to a new American Hospital Association report. read more Source: 5 recommendations for generating electronic clinical quality measures

Precision medicine is an emerging field that someday soon could allow clinicians and patients to make more informed decisions about treatments that would ultimately improve care, save lives, and reduce healthcare costs. While there are challenges in getting there and naysayers who don’t believe in the integration of genomic data with EHRs, the recent work…

Today’s EHR and HIT News includes partnership news from Amazing Charts that will allow their client physicians to access and respond to after-hours messages using a mobile phone app.   There is also news from Axial Exchange announcing improvements to their patient engagement app. Amazing Charts Partners with Ringadoc to Improve Efficiency of After-Hours Calls…