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The March HIT Standards Committee Meeting
The March HIT Standards Committee focused on streamlining test scripts for certification, an overview of FDA Universal Device Identifier rule making, clinical summary formats for Long Term Care, and the latest updates from ONC.
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Intermountain Shares Tech Goodies, Big Data Plans
In the scramble that is today’s healthcare industry, expect to see the unusual. At the HIMSS conference in New Orleans this month, Exhibit A was tech goodies on display at Intermountain Healthcare’s booth and its announcement of a strategic alliance with Deloitte.At the HIMSS booth, Intermountain chief technology officer Fred Holston was demonstrating new technologies…
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OB/GYNs told robot hysterectomy not best option
WASHINGTON — Pricey robotic surgery shouldn’t be the first or even second choice for most women who need a hysterectomy, says advice issued Thursday to doctors who help those women decide. The preferred method: Operate through the vagina, using standard tools rather than a robot, said Dr. James Breeden, president of the American College of…
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EHR and HIT News for March 26th
Today’s EHR and HIT News includes customer acquisition news from Elsevier and Emergency Department Information System provider CMR . The day also brings personel news with the announcement of a new Director of Education and Clinical Transformation from ProsSribe . Medical University Of South Carolina Selects Elsevier’s Interdisciplinary Care Planning And Clinical Documentation Solution Elsevier…
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Doc EHR market remains competitive
Epic Systems Corp. has more physicians and other eligible professionals who have attested as meaningful users of complete electronic health records systems in the ambulatory-care setting than any other vendor in a still-crowded and intensely…
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Hospitals Rethink the Service Line
This article appears in the March issue of HealthLeaders magazine.See Also: The Cardio Service Line, RebootedAmid economic turbulence and regulatory changes, service lines are becoming more integrated into hospital strategic plans, where these areas of specialization can thrive—although many healthcare leaders are checking the vitals of their service lines to see what treatment may be…
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Exclusive Interview: ONC’s Judy Murphy Talks about Meaningful Use Stages 2 and 3—and the Power of the Patient
In her first post-HIMSS interview, the ONC’s Deputy National Coordinator for Programs & Policy shares her perspectives on this year’s HIMSS Conference, on Stages 2 and 3 of meaningful use, and on her current passion—patient engagement, with HCI’s Editor-in-Chief Mark Hagland Senior officials from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and from the…
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HIPAA Omnibus – What Should You Know?
I had the great opportunity to sit down with HIPAA expert, Rita Bowen from HealthPort , at HIMSS 2013 and learn more about the changes that came from the recently released HIPAA Omnibus rule. The timing for this video is great, because today is the day the HIPAA Omnibus rule goes into effect. In the…
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Intuitive robosurgery training seen lacking in lawsuits
Intuitive Surgical Inc. (ISRG), the maker of robots used in 367,000 U.S. operations last year, is facing accusations in lawsuits that it put patients at risk by marketing the machinery to doctors without providing adequate training. Company e-mails introduced in a lawsuit filed against Intuitive in Kitsap County, Washington, suggest salesmen lobbied hospitals to scale…
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Free state immunization registry interfaces introduced for all Sevocity EHR customers
Sevocity, a division of Conceptual MindWorks, Inc., today announced free state immunization registry interfaces/links for all Sevocity EHR customers.