Tag: Health IT
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Senate Testimony: VCU CMIO Describes Innovations Possible Once Data is Flowing
In his July 24 testimony before the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance, Colin Banas, M.D., chief medical information officer of the Virginia Commonwealth University Health System, made a strong case for how data ubiquity lays the groundwork for subsequent clinical innovation and improved outcomes. In his July 24 testimony before the U.S. Senate Committee on…
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Clinical mobility spending in U.S. to reach $5.4B by 2016
U.S. clinical mobility spending is forecasted to reach $5.4 billion by 2016, according to an announcement about a new IDC Health Insights report. Between 2011 and 2016, spending is predicted to grow… read more Source: Clinical mobility spending in U.S. to reach $5.4B by 2016
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Maryland hospital first to cross state lines for HIE
Berlin, Md.-based Atlantic General Hospital became the first acute-care hospital in the nation to join another state's health information exchange when it recently joined the Delaware Health Information Network. read more Source: Maryland hospital first to cross state lines for HIE
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NIH commits $24 million annually to make sense of big data
The National Institutes of Health has committed $96 million to fund big data research centers, aimed at improving the ability of the research community to use and make sense of large and complex datasets. read more Source: NIH commits $24 million annually to make sense of big data
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3 ‘lies’ hospital CIOs tell
It's not always easy for hospital CIOs to shore up funding for IT projects, particularly for those at smaller or rural hospitals. To that end, according to Kirk Kirksey, vice president and CIO at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, bending the truth could be the key to securing necessary resources. read…
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EHR vendor freezes provider out of patient records
A Milwaukee-based community health center has sued its former electronic health record vendor to restore access to its own EHR system. read more Source: EHR vendor freezes provider out of patient records
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The Ins and Outs of Adopting Electronic Health Records
Making the switch to electronic health records is a hot topic for physicians in private practice. Yet most physicians don’t want to put in double duty as an …
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Guest Post: How Can Electronic Health Records Actually Increasen Revenues?
The following is a guest post from Scott Parker of CureMD. Medical practices that have avoided implementing an Electronic Health Record (EHR) system because of the associated costs may not have such a strong argument. According to a study published by the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA), data collected from both hospital-owned and independent practices…
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Hospital CIOs want more time for Meaningful Use
Four hospital CIOs, worried about the combination of increasingly rigorous demands and shorter deadlines in Meaningful Use Stage 2, traveled to Washington, D.C., on Tuesday to reiterate such concerns in front of both the Health IT Policy and Standards committees. read more Source: Hospital CIOs want more time for Meaningful Use
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D.C. attorney Bradley Thompson: Special interests trying to sidetrack FDA final guidance
By his own admission, Bradley Thompson, an attorney at the Washington-based law firm of Epstein Becker Green, has spent 27 years “attacking” the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. At the… read more Source: D.C. attorney Bradley Thompson: Special interests trying to sidetrack FDA final guidance