Tag: hospital
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CMS Proposes Rule to Extend EHR Donation Safe Harbor
According to a recently published document in the Federal Register, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is proposing a rule that would extend a regulation that allows hospitals to donate electronic health records (EHRs) to physicians until 2016. The rule is an exception to a federal law that prohibits payments of particular services…
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Northshore University Health System Reaches Stage 7 Ambulatory EMR Adoption Model
NorthShore University HealthSystem, a four hospital integrated healthcare delivery system based in Chicago, has become the first healthcare system in the country—and one of just two healthcare systems nationwide—to achieve the HIMSS Analytics’ Stage 7 designation for its ambulatory clinics and physicians’ offices.
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HIE Bright Spots: MRSA Prevention Through Care Coordination – Part 4
Over the last several weeks we have been following Larry ( Part 1 , Part 2 , Part 3 ), a patient with diabetes and a history of non-compliance. Because Larry’s primary care providers either do not have EHRs or other care coordination tools or are unable to exchange information between one another, they do…
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EHR and HIT News for April 1st
Today’s EHR and HIT news includes an update from Streamline Health Solutions on an extended relationship with Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center. Additionally there is personnel news from healthcare solutions provider Edifecs . Saint Francis Signs Agreement to Upgrade and Extend the Use of Streamline Health’s Solutions for Five More Years Streamline Health Solutions…
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Jacob Landis to make cross-country bicycle tour to raise funds for people with hearing loss
A 24-year-old hearing-impaired baseball fan from Annapolis, Md., hopes to raise $1 million to help others facing hearing loss, so they too can experience in what he calls his “miracle,” the cochlear implant performed at The Johns Hopkins Hospital in 1999 that restored much of his hearing when he was 10 years old.
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Restrictive Medicaid Eligibility Criteria Associated with Higher Rates of Delayed Medical Care
Effective health screening and preventive care is known to reduce health care costs and improve health outcomes, yet new research from Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) shows that restrictive Medicaid policies are associated with patients delaying needed medical care due to cost. States and counties with the most restrictive Medicaid eligibility criteria (where individuals must…
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Lawmaker urges extension of safe harbor for EHRs
Normally, it would be illegal for a hospital to donate electronic medical-record software to an independent doctor who refers patients for treatment at the hospital. But federal officials created special rules to allow such transfers as a way to…
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Boulder hospital stymied by computer problems
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10 Technologies Hospital Leaders Should be Watching
The ECRI Institute has released its third annual 10 C-Suite Watch List. The list was compiled by polling various technical colleagues at ECRI, along with other associates of the company who track hospital and health care operations to figure out which issues were of the most importance to them.While some entries to the top ten…
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New model helps identify patients who are at high risk for hospital readmission
Hospital readmissions are a costly problem for patients and for the United States health care system with studies showing nearly 20 percent of Medicare patients are readmitted to the hospital within 30 days of discharge at an annual cost of $17 billion.