Category: EHR

It’s fun to have this post on Monday since we did a few years of Meaningful Use Monday posts. This actually comes from a regular reader of EMR and HIPAA who works at an EHR vendor. He wanted to point out a change to meaningful use stage 1 that they’d missed. I expect there are…

At a recent webinar conducted by the American Bar Association's Health Law Section, discussion focused heavily on negotiating EHR agreements. The speakers, all of whom were health attorneys,… read more Source: Vendor-physician EHR marriages should come with a prenup

May 2013: EHR Incentive Program May marks the slowest growth in eligible professional attestation since June of 2011, netting just 892 new EP’s and moving total attestation rates from 55.3 percent to 55.4 percent. Safer Hospitals, Safer Wards: Achieving an Integrated Digital Care Record In England, the NHS issues a report which confirms that it…

I know not all those that read this site are in the US, but I and many readers do. So, to those of you who are celebrating this day like me, Happy Fourth of July. Mine unfortunately started out with rain which cancelled our traditional Fourth of July hike to one of my favorite places…

Electronic health record “backlash”–the opposition to EHR adoption and Meaningful Use by clinicians and other staff–can be avoided by better planning and implementation, according to interviews with several hospital IT executives. read more Source: Avoid EHR 'backlash' with better implementation processes

Providers need look beyond electronic health record vendor contracts themselves and take a risk management approach when evaluating an EHR purchase, since there are so many vendor-related risks that can adversely affect them, according to John Christiansen, a health attorney with Seattle-based Christiansen IT Law. read more Source: Providers: Assess the risks in EHR vendor…

Can you believe it’s July 1st already? EHR and HIT news for today includes an update from SuccessEHS letting us know that their Director of Governement Affairs had been named co-chair of the ONC Beacson-EHR Vendor Affinity Group.  There is also news from HBMA on their recent testimony before the NCVHS Subcommittee on Standards regarding…

The following is our regularly scheduled roundup of tweets from yesterday’s #HITsm chat. You can also check out John’s blog post on yesterdays #HITsm topics. Topic One: Costs vs benefits. Will high costs always be the #1 barrier cited to #healthIT adoption? T1: Costs aren’t just $ setup costs, but also workflow disruption, learning curve #HITSM — Gautam Jaggi…

While it's often been reported that rural providers struggle with the adoption of electronic health records, physicians in many urban areas also experience their fair share of problems, according to a study published this week in Health Services Research. read more Source: Urban ambulatory providers struggle with EHR adoption

Achieving Meaningful Use can be a daunting process. Imaging Elements has some innovative technology that can improve the process for radiology groups. I’m continuing to wade through the material from the recent Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM) meeting, and I wanted to feature some interesting technology from my discussions. One niche opportunity is…