Tag: Health IT
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SuccessEHS’s SuccessEHS 7.0 and MediaDent 9.0 Receive ONC-ACB Certification by Drummond Group
SuccessEHS’s SuccessEHS 7.0, as well as SuccessEHS’s MediaDent 9.0, have been tested and certified under the Drummond Group’s Electronic Health Records Office of the National Coordinator Authorized Certification Body (ONC-ACB) program. Both of these electronic health record (EHR) software products are compliant in accordance with the criteria adopted by the Secretary of the U.S. Department…
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OneTouch EMR new features (1.6.17)
The latest features in the highly rated iPad & Android Electronic Medical Record (EHR/EMR) literally designed and built by physicans! Video Rating: 1 / 5
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Reporter’s Notebook: National Health IT Week
While Monday’s Consumer Health IT Summit in Washington, D.C., helped to kick off this year’s National Health IT Week with a bang, and the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services’ launch of its Meaningful Consent site brought increased attention to the issue of patient engagement, several other announcements and events helped to shape the…
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Panelists discuss promise of telemedicine, big data at HIMSS policy summit
“What can we do to expand upon the current promise of telemedicine?” With that question, attorney Jessica Rosenworcel, commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission, kicked off the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Policy Summit in Washington D.C. early Thursday morning. read more Source: Panelists discuss promise of telemedicine, big data at HIMSS policy…
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Should hospitals be more like Walmart?
We’ve heard about how healthcare should be more like the airline industry or successful online retailers like Amazon or Zappos.com. But one economist argues that after the information technology revolution, medicine will be more like superstore Walmart. read more Source: Should hospitals be more like Walmart?
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FDA issues final unique device identifier rule
A week after federal legislators and hospitals pressed the Office of Management and Budget about the release of a final unique device identification rule, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has unveiled the long-awaited document. read more Source: FDA issues final unique device identifier rule
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Has the cloud found its moment?
Long looked upon warily by healthcare security experts, cloud technology could soon find more favor as new rules bring clarity and assign responsibility for privacy protections. read more From: http://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/has-cloud-found-its-moment
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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…