Category: EHR

In a week where major healthcare CIOs and CMIOs shared their meaningful use Stage 2 concerns in front of a panel of Senators, healthcare advocacy groups are weighing in on whether or not the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Centers for Medicare &Medicaid Services (CMS) should change the timelines of the EHR…

The American Hospital Association and the American Medical Association, concerned that Meaningful Use requirements are “overly burdensome,” make four recommendations to improve the program for providers in a letter sent to U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius this week. read more Source: Provider organizations: 4 recommendations to improve Meaningful Use

At a hearing before the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance July 24, both vendor and provider representatives lauded the use of electronic health records to improve patient care, but recommended that the deadlines for Stages 2 and 3 of the Meaningful Use incentive program be extended and that he program be made more flexible. read…

CIOs Call on CMS to Extend Meaningful Use Stage 2 During a Health IT Standards Committee meeting this week, a group of CIOs call for a one-year delay in MU stage 2 requirements. They argue that EHR vendors will not deliver stage 2 certified software updates in time to implement, validate, and then train end…

Eight electronic health record vendors come out on top as the most likely users will turn to when replacing their systems, according to a new index published by Black Book Rankings. read more Source: 8 vendors providers will turn to when replacing their EHR

Today’s EHR and HIT news includes updates from M*Modal on their new, and exclusive relationship with Boston Medical Center.  Today also brings customer acquisition news from Tools4ever and solutions provider Core Solutions. Boston Medical Center Selects M*Modal as Exclusive Healthcare Transcription Provider M*Modal, a leading provider of clinical documentation and Speech Understanding™ solutions, today announced…

A Milwaukee-based community health center has sued its former electronic health record vendor to restore access to its own EHR system. read more Source: EHR vendor freezes provider out of patient records

The following is a guest post from Scott Parker of CureMD. Medical practices that have avoided implementing an Electronic Health Record (EHR) system because of the associated costs may not have such a strong argument. According to a study published by the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA), data collected from both hospital-owned and independent practices…

Four hospital CIOs, worried about the combination of increasingly rigorous demands and shorter deadlines in Meaningful Use Stage 2, traveled to Washington, D.C., on Tuesday to reiterate such concerns in front of both the Health IT Policy and Standards committees. read more Source: Hospital CIOs want more time for Meaningful Use

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT continues to support health information exchange in Stage 2 of the Meaningful Use program, unveiling its second guide for health information organizations this week, this one on patient electronic access measures. read more Source: ONC releases Stage 2 patient electronic access guidance