Tag: ehr
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Aprima EHR Among Earliest Products to Achieve Meaningful Use Stage 2 Certification
Aprima Medical Software has announced that their EHR solution, Aprima PRM 2014 EHR and their Practice Management version 14.0, has received Meaningful Use Stage 2 certification as a Complete EHR for use in ambulatory care settings from InfoGard, an accredited ONC-ACB certification body. This Complete EHR is 2014 Edition compliant and has been certified by…
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Amazing Charts Recognized as a Top EHR in Latest Black Book Rankings
Amazing Charts.com has announced that it was ranked among the top 15 EHR vendors according to the 2013 “State of the Ambulatory Electronic Health Records Replacement Market” survey, an independent study conducted by Brown-Wilson’s Black Book Rankings. Amazing Charts, which works primarily with small- to-medium-sized medical practices, was ranked third among the top vendors in…
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EMR’s Make Patients More Loyal to Doctors and Improve Nurses Work Environment
A new study released Monday by Aeffect and 88 Brand Partners, shows higher satisfaction rates among patients today. The study asked patients questions about ease of access to information and depth of communication which the study found directly reflect a patients satisfaction. It’s believed that patients feel they receive better quality of care at facilities…
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Mostashari resignation surprises hospital CIOs
Farzad Mostashari's announcement Tuesday that he will step down this fall as National Coordinator for Health IT has many surprised in the health IT community, with several hospital CIOs telling FierceHealthIT that they did not see the resignation coming. read more Source: Mostashari resignation surprises hospital CIOs
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Lack of funding, skills hamper hamper health analytics efforts
Budget woes and a skills gap are preventing many healthcare organizations from fully harnessing analytics, according to a survey from healthcare informatics consulting firm CIC Advisory. read more …read more Source: Lack of funding, skills hamper hamper health analytics efforts
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First Edition: August 7, 2013
Today’s headlines include reports about how deadlines have been missed regarding tests for the health cxchange privacy system. From: http://www.news-medical.net/news/20130807/First-Edition-August-7-2013.aspx
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Going Outside the Hospital for Help: How Readmissions Have Been Reduced at El Camino
As the penalty for avoidable readmissions will continue to grow, one hospital has been proactive in connecting with outside care facilities to help lower its readmission rates—and the results have been impressive. Studies estimate that nearly two million Medicare beneficiaries are readmitted to hospitals within 30 days of discharge annually, costing Medicare $17.5 billion for…
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Kony Mobile Healthcare Demo (Android Native)
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State highlights: Va. governor hopefuls talk mental health, Medicaid expansion
Ken Cuccinelli II touted tax cuts and preschool vouchers while Terry McAuliffe embraced Medicaid expansion Monday night as the candidates for Virginia governor laid out different visions for improving mental health in Virginia. The rivals to succeed Gov. Robert F. McDonnell (R) appeared at a candidate forum for mental-health advocates and families affected by mental…
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Survey: Consumers Reluctant To Enter Health Care’s Digital Age
Most hospitals have implemented electronic medical records, but only 24% of consumers are making use of them, a new study shows. Hospital CIOs are working on ways to boost adoption of EMRs, which have been tied to improvements in health care, as well as billions of dollars in federal incentive payments. …read more Source: Survey:…