Category: EHR

Ignorance of the Major EMR Software Vendors is Not Bliss By Tyler Smith We in healthcare IT have found ourselves in a pretty sexy industry. You know that is true when Silicon Valley is practically banging down the doors to get in and KPCB’s John Doerr states that he would really like to see an…

Top News HHS, CMS, and ONC publish proposed rules for Meaningful Use Stage 3 and 2015 Edition EHR certification criteria. The announcement was posted as a Word document, bizarrely, and late on a Friday afternoon as is always the case. The Stage 3 rule is here and 2015 certification criteria here. Your comments are welcome,…

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT have issued their proposed rules outlining the requirements for Stage 3 of the Meaningful Use incentive program. read more …read more Source:: http://www.fierceemr.com/story/cms-onc-release-proposed-rules-meaningful-use-stage-3/2015-03-20?utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=rss       

It was good to get away from my day job last week. I spent my days off seeing patients and intentionally not checking my hospital email account. I’m aggravated at how things are going with our upcoming EHR migration and how my team is being treated, so I thought unplugging would be therapeutic. Initially we…

Cerner and PCC have been rated as the top performers for small physician practices, with Cerner being top rated for broad-use EMRs and PCC for specialty-specific EMRs. This at a time when just more than one-quarter of providers at small practices feel stuck with or plan to leave their current EMR vendor. These findings and…

Practice Fusion has announced that it is now certified for the electronic prescribing of controlled substances (EPCS).  With this certification, Practice Fusion can help ensure that its New York State physicians are able to comply with the Internet System for Tracking Over-Prescribing Act (I-STOP) requirement for EPCS. Easily accessible from a mobile tablet or device,…

Meaningful Use helped accelerate the adoption of electronic health records, but now should be changed to align IT with other payment reforms and policies and support higher value care, according to a new health policy brief from the Brookings Institution’s Engelberg Center for Health Reform. read more …read more Source:: http://www.fierceemr.com/story/how-health-it-mu-policy-could-hinder-payment-reform/2015-03-16?utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=rss       

New York governor Andrew Cuomo has signed legislation delaying mandatory use of electronic prescribing for one year, according to an announcement from the New York State Medical Society. read more …read more Source:: http://www.fierceemr.com/story/new-york-grants-one-year-reprieve-e-prescribing-requirement/2015-03-16?utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=rss       

The American Academy of Family Physicians ranks Praxis EMR the number one EHR by physicians in the new survey “Physicians Who have Switched EHRs.”  The AAFP’s award-winning Family Practice Management (FPM) magazine publishes a nationally recognized EHR Satisfaction Survey based on practicing physicians nationwide.  As in past AAFP surveys, Praxis EMR ranked first place in…

I sure don’t envy the Pentagon. I’ve now had the pleasure to interview representatives from the three finalist bidders for the $11 billion coveted Department Healthcare Military Systems… read more …read more Source:: http://www.fierceemr.com/story/pentagon-ehr-process-more-scrutiny-needed/2015-03-11?utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=rss