Tag: Health IT
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Stanford Hospital Names CIO, CMIO
Stanford Hospital & Clinics (SHC) has named Pravene Nath, M.D., as its chief information officer and Christopher (Topher) Sharp, M.D., as chief medical information officer. Nath joined Palo Alto, Calif.-based SHC in September 2008 as CMIO and has served as its interim CIO since former CIO Carolyn Byerly left that position in January 2013 to…
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What’s Pushing EMR Switching?
I recently had a chance to talk with Sean West, VP & GM of HealthPort Data Conversion Services, about the hot topic of EMR switching (or EHR switching if you prefer). I’ve written about EMR switching many times before and even predicted it would be a hot topic a year or two ago. I assure…
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Fall Health IT Fellows: Leveraging Technology to Transform Their Practices
This is one in a series of blog posts to coincide with National Health IT Week. To follow the conversation on Twitter, look for the #NHITweek hashtag. In August, we announced the first 28 Health IT Fellows, health care providers and office staff who are leaders in achieving meaningful use in their own offices and…
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SuccessEHS’s EHR software products certified by Drummond Group under ONC-ACB program
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 program. Source: SuccessEHS’s EHR software products certified by Drummond Group under ONC-ACB program
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Elsevier’s ExitCare certified as EHR module for patient-specific education resources
Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, announced today that Elsevier’s ExitCare has been tested and certified under the Drummond Group’s Electronic Health Records Office of the National Coordinator Authorized Certification Body program. Source: Elsevier’s ExitCare certified as EHR module for patient-specific education resources
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Inovalon, Walgreens sign agreement to bring innovative solutions to healthcare marketplace
Inovalon, Inc., a leading provider of data-driven healthcare solutions, and Walgreens, the nation’s largest drugstore chain, today announced that they have entered into a multi-year agreement to provide Inovalon’s data-driven encounter support platform, Electronic Patient Assessment Solution Suite within Healthcare Clinic at select Walgreens to support improvements in managed care quality and performance. Source: Inovalon,…
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First Edition: September 19, 2013
Today’s headlines include reports about future health spending projections from Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ Actuaries as well as the latest on the upcoming House vote on a stopgap funding measure that would also defund the health law. From: http://www.news-medical.net/news/20130919/First-Edition-September-19-2013.aspx
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Physicians Integral in mHealth Integration
Dr. William Riley, chair of the NIH mHealth Interest Group, speaks about the role of physicians in evaluation and integration of mobile health technologies i…
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State highlights: Miss. officials want more money for mental health, Medicaid; Okla. Gov. blocks same-sex benefits; Mass. primary care shortage
Mississippi’s prison and mental health systems and Medicaid program are seeking millions of extra dollars to get through the budget year, then more money on top of that for the coming year. Agency leaders appeared Tuesday before the Joint Legislative Budget Committee to request money for fiscal year 2014, which ends June 30, and for…
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CBO issues not-so-rosy long-term budget outlook
In the short term, the federal deficit will fall. But, starting in 2016, as more baby boomers join the Medicare ranks, the deficits again will pick up. With this news in the backdrop, Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew warned Republican lawmakers of the dangers of risking a government default as part of their efforts to derail…