Tag: ehr
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Labor – Organizational Intelligence
The OI Labor module provides management with productivity reporting coinciding with client’s pay cycles. The module incorporates detailed labor standards fro… Video Rating: 0 / 5
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Health system to include sexual orientation, gender info in EHRs
To improve the care provided to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender patients, questions about sexual orientation and gender identity soon will be “standardized demographic elements” in the University of California, Davis Health System's electronic health records. read more …read more Source: Health system to include sexual orientation, gender info in EHRs
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CMS Confirms ObamaCare Will Increase Spending
Rep. Adrian Smith’s floor remarks concerning a new analysis of ObamaCare, in which the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) confirmed our nation’…
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EHRs can improve patient-physician interaction
Electronic health records, which have long been maligned as disruptive to the patient/physician relationship, can be used to enhance communication and interaction, according to an article published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. read more …read more Source: EHRs can improve patient-physician interaction
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Epic, Kaiser Permanente Among Founding Organizations of Healtheway Initiative
Healtheway, a non-profit collaborative effort for health data interoperability between private and public organizations, has announced its nine founding organizations for the eHealth Exchange initiative. The group includes health IT heavyweight, Epic (Verona, Wisc.), the American Medical Association (AMA), and integrated care delivery provider, Kaiser Permanente (Oakland, Calif.). Healtheway, a non-profit collaborative effort for health…
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Former ONC deputy coordinator is new AMA president-elect
Robert M. Wah, M.D., who served as the first deputy coordinator for the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT from 2005 to 2006, this week was named president-elect of the American Medical Association. read more …read more Source: Former ONC deputy coordinator is new AMA president-elect
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Poor USB security puts info for 6 million Medicare beneficiaries at risk
A Medicare contractor's failure to adequately implement security controls over USB devices put sensitive information for more than six million Medicare beneficiaries at risk, according to a report published this month by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Office of Inspector General. read more original article source From: http://www.fiercehealthit.com/story/poor-usb-security-puts-info-6-million-medicare-beneficiaries-risk/2013-06-19?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss
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VA claims system now in all regional offices
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs this week introduced a new application that enables disability compensation claims to be processed more quickly, in a more end-to-end electronic environment. It integrates with its internal Veteran Benefits Management System (VBMS), which officials say has been installed in all 56 regional offices. read more …read more Source: VA…
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Project ECHO expansion to help rural docs provide mental health services
Community health providers in New Mexico will consult weekly on complex cases with mental health experts through videoconferencing under an expansion of the successful rural telemedicine program Project ECHO. read more …read more Source: Project ECHO expansion to help rural docs provide mental health services
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FDA sends device identifier rule to OMB for final review
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration submitted a proposed final rule on unique medical device identifiers this week. read more …read more Source: FDA sends device identifier rule to OMB for final review