Category: EHR
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Readers Write: The Enterprise Content Management Adoption Model
The Enterprise Content Management Adoption Model By Eric Merchant There have been numerous publications recently about the amount of unstructured content that exists (80 percent of all content) in a non-discrete format outside of the electronic medical record. This unstructured content exists as digital photos, scanned documents, clinical images, and faxes and e-mails. The challenge…
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EHR and HIT News for July 15th
Today’s EHR and HIT News includes updates from M*Modal as well as news from Welch Allyn has announced the availability of two connectivity-ready electrocardiograph device. There is also news today from Samsung Electronics America has announced the appointment a Group Vice President for Health and Medical Equipment within its Enterprise Business Division. MxSecure Becomes M*Modal…
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Flexible transcriptionists not jobless in EHR era
There remains a “critical need” for transcriptionists, despite the adoption of electronic health records, so long as they can transition their expertise into health information management, according to a new survey released by the American Health Information Management Association and the Association for Healthcare Documentation Integrity. read more Source: Flexible transcriptionists not jobless in EHR…
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The Health Tech Ecosystem Diagrams
If you’re active in healthcare on Twitter, then you will have certainly seen tweets from @HealthcareWen. She’s one of my favorite people to spend time with in the healthcare IT community. She recently published some really great slides (embedded below) that diagram the health tech ecosystem. As she says on the first slide, they’re basically…
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Fridsma: ONC has “taken inspiration” from Internet for Health IT
Electronic health records and the Affordable Care Act should be accessed like today's Internet and not like enterprise resource planning (ERP) or traditional IT systems, says the Office of the… read more Source: Fridsma: ONC has "taken inspiration" from Internet for Health IT
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ONC Announces it’s Own Certification Mark for EHR Products
A new mark for certified electronic health records technology was unveiled by the HHS Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology . The mark, pictured to the left, will appear on EHR products that have been certified by an ONC-Authorized Certification Body and will indicate that the product meets the 2014 Edition Standards and…
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Mobile Apps Pose Security Risks
Mobile apps that share files via the cloud may be popular, but they pose risks in a clinical setting, according to a study reported by FierceMobileHealthcare. The study, which was conducted by the Ponemon Institute, concluded that many health organizations aren’t taking the steps needed to guard protected health information on mobile devices and in the cloud.…
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HHS health IT safety plan hopefully is a work in progress
I enjoyed reading The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services' 50-page final health IT safety plan, released last week, which aims to eliminate medical errors related to technology and to better protect patients. The plan is comprehensive and impressive. Still, I'm concerned that the final plan appears to leave vendors off easy at the…
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Survey Finds Electronic Health Records Key to Transcriptionists’ New Career Paths
New speech and language processing technologies have dramatically changed the traditional work of medical transcriptionists, the health information professionals who prepare the records of patients’ health stories from clinicians’ dictations. Eighty-seven percent of medical transcriptionists indicated that in order to transition to documentation roles in electronic health records (EHR), new skills and knowledge gaps need…
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Proposed 2014 fee schedule recommends changes to Meaningful Use program
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' proposed 2014 physician fee schedule, unofficially released July 8, includes several suggested changes to the Meaningful Use incentive program. read more From: http://www.fierceemr.com/story/proposed-2014-fee-schedule-recommends-changes-meaningful-use-program/2013-07-10?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss