Tag: ehr
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6 Things you need to know about Meaningful Use and EHR Certification in 2014
With the 2014 EHR reporting period for meaningful use right around the corner, here are 6 key pieces of information you need to know: #1. Does meaningful use (MU) Stage 1 change in 2014? Yes, the 2014 reporting period marks the beginning of a restructured meaningful use Stage 1. Certain “core” and “menu” objectives have…
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States hammering out Medicaid decisions on qualifications, expansion
In news about state Medicaid expansions, a hospital association in Missouri explores the state’s place nationally and globally in caring for its poor. Elsewhere, Pennsylvania could require those out-of-work and on Medicaid to look for a job, and South Dakota mulls expanding the program. From: http://www.news-medical.net/news/20130920/States-hammering-out-Medicaid-decisions-on-qualifications-expansion.aspx
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Administrative data can help gauge potential liability and risk during hospitalization
Several studies have shown that hospitalized patients still have unacceptably high rates of harm and injury due in part to limited access for quality staff to obtain primary care data from electronic medical records. As a result, hospital incident reports do not capture most harm that occurs in hospitals. Source: Administrative data can help gauge…
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Morning Headlines 9/20/13
Epic Systems shows off its new Deep Space auditorium as customers gather for annual meeting Epic unveils its 11,000 person, five-story, underground auditorium named Deep Space at this years Epic UGM conference. The conference drew more than 15,000 attendees. $1 billion e-health system rejected by doctors as ‘shambolic’ Australia’s $1 billion patient-centered health records system…
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AMS SPHER HIPAA Compliance Solution now available to Amerinet’s members
All Medical Solutions, the Healthcare division of Fusion Systems North America, announced today Amerinet, Inc., a leading national healthcare solutions organization, has signed a new agreement that will make the AMS SPHER™ HIPAA Compliance Solution available to its members. From: http://www.news-medical.net/news/20130919/AMS-SPHER-HIPAA-Compliance-Solution-now-available-to-Amerinets-members.aspx
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Goin’ Mobile: Privacy and Security Implications of the mHealth Revolution
Timothy Zevnik, CIPP/US, CIPP/G of Molina Healthcare made this presentation at the 3rd Annual HIMSS SoCal Privacy and Security Forum event on November 1. 201…
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Oscar McMaster EMR Demonstration
Demonstration of the Oscar McMaster EMR system hosted on http://oscarhost.ca. Covers most functions of the EMR including scheduling, adding patients, chartin… Please Like/Fav if you Enjoyed the Video! Enjoy some Battlefield 3 Gameplay, Any question or concerns feel free to leave a comment or contact me via twitter …
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Is Electronic Prescribing of Controlled Substances Around the Corner?
An area ripe with security and technical barriers, ePrescribing of controlled substances (EPCS) is still very much a work in progress for most healthcare organizations. In this Q&A, HCI Associate Editor Gabriel Perna speaks with Todd Richardson CIO of Aspirus Health in Wausau, Wisc., an organization that has its eyes on EPCS and is beginning…
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5 elements to achieving health IT interoperability
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) has released what it calls a path to achieving interoperability among different electronic health record (EHR) systems. In a blog post… read more Source: 5 elements to achieving health IT interoperability
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HIMSS Introduces Health Story Project
The Health Story Project, an alliance that has supported the development of standards for a comprehensive electronic health record (EHR) that can be shared, has become part of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS), according to a recent announcement at the National Health IT Week HIMSS Policy Summit press conference. The Health Story…