Tag: ehr
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EHR and HIT News for July 18th
Today’s EHR and HIT news includes a customer acquisition updates from Merge Healthcare as well as news from Hyland Software on how their OnBase product has helped one customer recover more than $300 million by reducing net accounts receivable days. St. Mary’s Healthcare System Selects iConnect Access and iConnect Enterprise Archive Merge Healthcare has…
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Mostashari: We need to look at EHR productivity data carefully
Implementing technology should be a cost of doing business for healthcare providers, as it is in other professions, according to National Coordinator for Health IT Farzad Mostashari. In a frank interview with AAFP News Now, Mostashari also stated that he expected physician dissatisfaction with electronic health records to rise as implementation goes beyond the early…
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Facebook Initiative Boosts Organ Donor Registration Significantly
An initiative on Facebook single-handily led to a 21-fold increase of people who registered themselves as an organ donor in a single day, researchers at Johns Hopkins University recently discovered. The results of the study indicate that social media may be the perfect way to battle the static number of donors in the country. An…
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Health IT & EHR State Summaries
I’m always happy to look at data. Certainly data can lie, but it can also inform if you are looking at the right data and considering the biases of the data. I applaud ONC for being as transparent as possible with the EHR incentive program data. They have an entire Health IT Dashboard for analyzing…
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Donald Berwick, M.D., Speaks Passionately About Healthcare Transformation
Donald Berwick, M.D., formerly acting administrator of the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and a new official candidate for Massachusetts governor, spoke passionately to a large audience on June 18 at the Healthcare Financial Management Association's (HFMA) annual conference in Orlando, Fla. about transforming America’s healthcare system. Donald Berwick, M.D., formerly acting…
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Facebook boosts organ donor registration
Researchers from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore found that a social media push boosted the number of people who registered themselves as organ donors 21-fold in a single day, they announced this week. To that end, the researchers suggested that social media could be a tool in addressing America's current stubborn organ shortage. read more…
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Strategies for health IT success from risk managers
Debating the role of becoming an expert in health IT, risk managers across hospital systems in the U.S. shared their tips for health IT success in a recent report published by the Emergency Care Research Institute (ECRI). read more …read more Source: Strategies for health IT success from risk managers
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Telemedicine patients more likely urban, educated
Urbanites are twice as likely as those in rural areas to take part in telemedicine, though participation rates for both remain low, according to a report on broadband use released by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration. read more …read more Source: Telemedicine patients more likely urban, educated
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5 focal points for telehealth efforts
While some provider worries persist about telehealth, a mainstream breakthrough appears to be on the horizon, as states increasingly push for reimbursement. And payers, more and more, are getting in… read more …read more Source: 5 focal points for telehealth efforts