Category: Patient Engagement
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Morning Headlines 4/4/13
Former VA CIO Baker heads to Agilex Recently resigned Roger Baker, CIO of the VA, has found a new home at Agilex, a government contracting firm specializing in software development, cloud computing, and mobility. JAMA: Current EHRs Lack Large-Scale Data Capabilities A recent viewpoint article published in The Journal of the American Medical Association suggests…
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EHR Adoption Encouraged by State Meaningful Use Acceleration Challenge 2.0
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) is officially launching the State Meaningful Use Acceleration Challenge 2.0! This year’s challenge builds off the success of the 2012 State Meaningful Use Challenge, which pitted every state and territory against one another to see which would best accelerate the Meaningful Use incentive program…
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Policy Committee Supports ‘Deeming’ Approach to Stage 3 MU
Members of the Health IT Policy Committee were largely supportive of work being done by the meaningful use work group to lighten the reporting burden of Stage 3 of meaningful use.
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CommonWell controversy resurfaces in HITPC meeting
A coalition of five electronic health-record developers created a buzz and a controversy last month when they announced they were forming the CommonWell Health Alliance to promote health information exchange.
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Florida Hospital Receives Stage 7 Honors
HIMSS Analytics, a division of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS), has awarded Florida Hospital Carrollwood, an Adventist Health System facility, with Stage 7 honors on its Electronic Medical Records Adoption Model (EMRAM) model. Stage 7 is the top honor or stage in association with EMRAM, which tracks EMR progress at hospitals and…
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American Academy of Pediatrics recommends electronic prescribing
The American Academy of Pediatrics has issued a policy statement recommending that pediatric healthcare providers use e-prescribing to improve quality and reduce costs. read more
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Petition calls for DoD to adopt VistA
A petition was created last week calling on the U.S. Department of Defense to adopt the Veterans Health Information Systems and Technology Architecture (VistA), the electronic health record used by the U.S.
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EHR and HIT News for April 3rd
Today’s EHR and HIT news includes a customer acquisition update from InterSystems Corporation and MedInformatix as well as news from HIMSS on it’s latest Stage 7 award winner, Florida Hospital Carrollwood. Texas Health Services Authority Selects InterSystems to Provide Secure Infrastructure for Statewide HIE and Patient Consent Management InterSystems Corporation has announced that the Texas…
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Hospitals, Representative Ask For Extension of EMR “Safe Harbor”
Right now, it’s legal for hospitals to give doctors EMRs under certain circumstances, despite the existence of the Stark law banning payments intended to induce referrals. Specifically, hospitals won’t face anti-kickback enforcement if doctors pay 15 percent of the cost of EMRs donated by hospitals. But the Stark law exception established by CMS, plus a…
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7 health technologies developed for veterans
Technology has always played a big part in providing and improving healthcare for U.S. soldiers, both at home and abroad. For instance, the Blue Button, launched in 2010 , initially was designed as a…