Tag: ehr
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Frustrated with your EHR? Forget about building your own
Though physicians largely are unhappy with their electronic health record systems, they should quell the urge to build their own from scratch, according to a post published recently at The Health Care Blog. read more Source: Frustrated with your EHR? Forget about building your own
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Report: Kansas HIEs Struggle with Secondary Use Policy Questions
KHIN and LACIE have tried but failed to reach agreement about secondary use of data, according to a story on the Kansas Health Institute web site. Although sharing data would be valuable for providers in the state and the technical details around exchange have been worked out, it is not happening yet. Policies involving secondary…
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Setback for Sutter after $1B EHR crashes
This story was updated at 2:16 p.m. ET. The nearly $1 billion electronic health record system at Sutter Health in Northern California crashed early this week, leaving nurses and clinical staff unable to access any patient information for a full day. read more Source: Setback for Sutter after $1B EHR crashes
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HIT Voices: The Policy Challenges Facing Healthcare IT Leaders (Part 3)
In the final part of our HIT voices series, Russ Branzell, CEO of the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) and George T.“Buddy” Hickman, executive vice president and CIO of Albany (N.Y.) Medical Center and CHIME’s board chair discuss meaningful use. Just what is at stake if the Stage 2 timeline isn’t extended? Never…
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JHI signs agreement with HMV to enhance clinical care, patient safety and nursing education
Enhancements in clinical care and patient safety, medical research and nursing initiatives are at the core of a new affiliation agreement signed on Aug. 27 by Johns Hopkins Medicine International, Baltimore, USA, and Hospital Moinhos de Vento of Porto Alegre, one of Brazil’s leaders in health care delivery and innovation. Source: JHI signs agreement with…
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First Edition: August 28, 2013
Today’s headlines include reports about the vote by Michigan lawmakers to expand Medicaid. From: http://www.news-medical.net/news/20130828/First-Edition-August-28-2013.aspx
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[VMI] Mobile Healthcare @ VMI
Android Application for healthcare assistance, controlling and measurment of movement.
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The impact of physicians’ retirement on access to health care
Some 10,000 baby boomers will retire every day for the next 19 years, including many doctors. But at the same time, more people will be looking for health providers under ObamaCare. Source: The impact of physicians’ retirement on access to health care
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State Highlights: N.H. pushes back at health care costs ahead of Obamacare
Health care spending has increased faster and reached higher levels in New Hampshire than in most other states, but hospitals, insurers and others have been trying to tackle the problem long before the Affordable Care Act. The New Hampshire Citizens Health Initiative, which promotes affordable, effective and accessible health care, has overseen several of the…
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Michigan lawmakers set to vote on Medicaid expansion
The Michigan Senate is weighing whether to expand Medicaid eligibility to allow 470,000 residents to qualify for the program in a closely-watched vote that has divided conservative Republicans and centrist Republican Gov. Rick Snyder. Lawmakers are slated to vote on three separate proposals Tuesday. From: http://www.news-medical.net/news/20130828/Michigan-lawmakers-set-to-vote-on-Medicaid-expansion.aspx