Category: Patient Engagement
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EHR and HIT News for March 18th
Today’s EHR and HIT news includes news of two products that were launched at HIMSS 13 earlier in the Month. The first is from LifeMed , who launched SecureReg and the second is from Healthcare Holdings Group , who launched their SmartFormsMD Voice-Command medical template module.
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Massachusetts EMR Firm Reports Data Breach
Lawrence Melrose Medical Electronic Record Inc. (LMMER), a Melose, Mass.-based electronic medical record (EMR) firm, has sent a letter to the New Hampshire Attorney General’s office notifying authorities of a data breach involving its EMR software. Lawrence Melrose Medical Electronic Record Inc.
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MD Governor: Maryland’s HIE is a Platform for Innovation
To support innovation and progress in health care, I have made the construction of a health IT infrastructure one of our state’s top strategic priorities. My administration has promoted Electronic Health Record (EHR) adoption and supported the construction of a Maryland HIE (health information exchange). Connecting these systems to a common platform is the key…
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IRS unlawfully seized 60M medical records
An unnamed HIPAA-covered entity in Southern California is suing the U.S. Internal Revenue Service, alleging that agents executing a warrant stole medical records for 10 million Americans. Those affected could include every state judge in California, as well as “prominent citizens in the world of entertainment, business and government, from all walks of life,” according to the…
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Healthcare Management Systems’ EHR v12 Receives ONC-ACB Certification
Healthcare Management Systems v12 has been tested and certified under the Drummond Group’s Electronic Health Records Office of the National Coordinator Authorized Certification Body (ONC-ACB) program. This EHR software from Healthcare Management Systems (HMS) is compliant in accordance with the criteria adopted by the Secretary of the U.S.
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EHR Backlash, Patient Interaction, Smart Phone Use, and Dell Think Tank
Obamacare-surgeon will get $180 to do cataract surgery and risk $1.5M fine 4 HIPPA violation/jail 4 EMR error(we’re not stupid) — Kris Held,MD (@kksheld) March 17, 2013 I realize this first tweet might be controversial for many. Any time you bring a bit of politics (Obamacare in this tweet), there’s a risk of bringing out…
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Monday Morning Update 3/18/13
From E2M : “Re: enterprise to mobile. To make CPOE, portal, or other EHR component mobile, you either build it from scratch or build a new set of apps on top of the existing infrastructure. Capriza allows anyone without any programming skill to transfer an existing Web-based enterprise app to mobile in minutes.” Maybe someone…
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The RIS is dead, long live the RWFMS?
In working with a client that is evaluating acquisition of a new PACS (Picture Archive and Communications System) and the addition of a RIS (Radiology Information System), discussions with Philips confirmed that they have discontinued their RIS! One of the premises for this is that so much of the RIS functionality has been taken over…
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EHR Penalties after Meaningful Use Failure
While at HIMSS I had a discussion with the consulting firm Stoltenberg Consulting . I was really intrigued by their approach to EHR consulting and will likely write more about it later. Plus, the started what in many ways became a theme of my HIMSS experience around rural healthcare EHR. You can be sure I’ll…
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Morning Headlines 3/15/13
Wells Fargo Securities publishes 2012 Year End Table for EPs and Hospitals Wells Fargo Securities compiles 2012 Meaningful Use year end attestation tables which show that of EPs, 65 percent have registered and 25 percent have attested. In addition, 50 percent of hospitals have attested