Tag: ehr
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Practice Fusion: We’ll meet MU deadline–or pay for switch
San Francisco-based electronic health record vendor Practice Fusion is financially backing a promise that doctors who use its system will be 2014 Meaningful use-ready by the end of this year. read more Source: Practice Fusion: We’ll meet MU deadline–or pay for switch
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NeHC: Consumers engagement a must to transform healthcare
Consumer engagement is a leading priority for organizations working to transform healthcare, a survey new by the National eHealth Collaborative and partner HealthCAWS found. read more Source: NeHC: Consumers engagement a must to transform healthcare
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Vanderbilt testing program that calculates risk scores for bedsores, readmissions
Vanderbilt University Medical Center is testing two statistical models to determine whether using predictive risk scores can improve care. read more Source: Vanderbilt testing program that calculates risk scores for bedsores, readmissions
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Docs increasingly monitoring online reviews
Cognizant that online reviews increasingly are swaying patient decisions about medical care, more and more doctors are monitoring such reviews about themselves, according to the results of a new physician survey. read more Source: Docs increasingly monitoring online reviews
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EHR and HIT News for October 11th
Today’s EHR and HIT News includes news of a ‘guarantee’ of sorts that’s being offered by Practice Fusion if they fail to achieve 2014 Meaningful Use readiness by the end of 2013. There is also news of a technology partnership between Aprima Medical Software and Technology Solutions Provider. Practice Fusion Guarantees 2014 Meaningful Use Practice…
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HIMSS Analytics Honors Novant Health with Stage 7 Ambulatory Award
HIMSS Analytics recognized Novant Health, a four-state integrated network of physician clinics, outpatient facilities and medical centers, with its Stage 7 Ambulatory Award. As just the sixth system in the country to receive this honor, the award represents Novant Health’s attainment of the highest level on the Electronic Medical Record Adoption Model? (EMRAM), which is…
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A Path to Sharing Clinical and Cost Data
I recently had an opportunity to speak with Cheryl M. Stephens, who is CEO of the Community Health Information Collaborative (CHIC), Minnesota’s state-certified health information organization. In her view, health information exchange has an important role to play with initiatives such as accountable care. I recently had an opportunity to speak with Cheryl M. Stephens,…
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HIMSS Analytics Honors Novant with Stage 7 Ambulatory Award
Novant Health, a four-state integrated network of physician clinics, outpatient facilities and medical centers headquartered Winston-Salem, N.C., has been recognized by the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) with its with its Stage 7 Ambulatory Award. The award represents Novant Health’s attainment of the highest level on the Electronic Medical Record Adoption Model (EMRAM),…
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Online PHR helps parents stay on schedule with well-baby visits
Parents who logged onto their child’s integrated personal health record at least once were more likely to adhere to the recommended schedule for six well-baby visits by 15 months of age, according to a Kaiser Permanente study. read more Source: Online PHR helps parents stay on schedule with well-baby visits
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Zebra® Printers And Wristbands Help Improve Patient Safety And Automate The Identification Process
As science and technology progresses, one of the biggest challenges is to reduce hospital errors as much as possible. Source: Zebra® Printers And Wristbands Help Improve Patient Safety And Automate The Identification Process