Electronic Health Record

 
Commentary: Big-picture insights across the care continuum
May 10, 2013 |
Daniel Newman, MD
The promise of HIEs to provide insights across the continuum of care that can dramatically alter the health of populations is emerging as among the most significant reasons for exchanging health data.
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MU EHR payments rocket past $13.7B
May 7, 2013 |
Tom Sullivan
Nearly half of all eligible professionals are registered for the meaningful use EHR incentive program, according to a CMS official.
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EHR dissatisfaction: A tech or people problem?
May 6, 2013 |
Kimberly Martini
Frequently, healthcare entities focus on how the EHR will work, rather than what frontline clinicians will do with it, which creates growing user frustration, extended adoption times and increased costs. But with proper planning, an effective paper to pixel transition is possible.
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CHIME calls for Stage 2 delay
May 6, 2013 |
Erin McCann
While defending the meaningful use program, the CIO organization said that pushing Stage 2 back by one year will give providers and vendors much needed time to prepare.
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Q&A: An ONC HIT Workforce Development Program success story
May 6, 2013 |
Tom Sullivan
Having spent more than 15 years in pure IT work, Robert Reedy looked into ONC's program to train IT pros for healthcare and found a new career, replete with continuing job offers.
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AMA says EHRs create 'appalling Catch-22' for docs
May 3, 2013 |
Tom Sullivan
Speakers at the CMS EHR billing and coding event called for more guidance from the agency, outlined some of the efforts underway, and offered suggestions to CMS and ONC.
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Perspective: A targeted approach to HIE and population health
May 3, 2013 |
Gary Hamilton
InteliChart president Gary Hamilton discusses how patient portals "can also take advantage of discrete data collection and aggregation to monitor events and grab information as it is updated" for health information exchange and population health management purposes.
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Mostashari: 'There will be an ecosystem' around HIT innovation
April 30, 2013 |
Tom Sullivan
During a panel discussion Tuesday morning, the national coordinator said he can already see an ecosystem of innovation relative to health IT, while other panelists countered that advancements are being held back.
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Link between breaches and fraud on the rise
April 30, 2013 |
Erin McCann
A report examining the well-known Utah Department of Health data breach found an increasing correlation between people whose data has been breached and victims of fraud -- which is where financial institutions might be able to play a more proactive role.
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Commentary: Better communication for improved outcomes, reduced readmissions
April 26, 2013 |
Andrew Brooks, M.D., F.A.C.S
Andrew Brooks, MD, on the opportunity that a raft of new technologies, and tech-savvy patients, present to hospitals and providers if they can communicate better.
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ONC revokes two EHR certifications
April 26, 2013 |
Erin McCann
After failing to meet certain meaningful use criteria, the EHR products were retested and failed. As a result, their status as certified EHRs is no longer.
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Perspective: HIE, 'omics' and personalized medicine
April 26, 2013 |
Anthony Brino
Associate Editor Anthony Brino on the intersection of genomics, health information exchange and more personalized medicine. Hint: A phone reading hearts rates and other vital signs.
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Saving Lives Virtually – A Day in the Life of Today’s Physician
June 6, 2012 | On Demand Webinars
A new era in healthcare IT has arrived! Even when physicians can’t physically be there, new advances in technology allow them to always “virtually” be on the scene to save a life - whether it’s in the middle of the night or on their day off. In this short video, you’ll watch how a cardiologist prescribes a patient the medicine he needs stat at 2 a.m. You’ll see how easily you can access clinical desktops from anywhere and access real-time info about patients as they’re getting wheeled into the ER. In addition, the video will show you how to go mobile instantly with desktops that follow users, review real-time ER caseloads and enable HD face-to-face telemedicine. Also, watch how this doctor uses voice recognition to update patient records and secure patient health information (PHI) on devices. Don’t you love living in the future?
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Better Patient Care: Virtually There
April 11, 2012 | White Papers
This IDC Health Insights white paper identifies the key benefits from desktop virtualization in the clinical environment and presents case studies from three hospitals with detailed interviews, adopting desktop virtualization in the clinical environment. Read the report to find out how desktop virtualization has helped these organizations improve efficiency in the IT department, drive adoption of EMR applications, and support clinician mobility with wireless access, various client hardware options, and single sign-on.
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The State of EHR Adoption: On The Road to Improving Patient Safety
April 11, 2012 | White Papers
Despite being identified as an essential tool to support quality care initiatives, improve patient safety and reduce healthcare costs, EMR and EHR systems have been stuck in a slow growth cycle. However, pressure is quickly mounting on caregivers to adopt and demonstrate meaningful use of EMR/EHR technology. Healthcare Informatics Research recently interviewed nearly 500 healthcare organizations to shed light on the current state of EMR/EHR adoption. Download this report to discover how organizations are overcoming obstacles to adoption, how they're benefitting from EMR/EHR solutions, and where the industry is going next.
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Best Practices to Deploy ECM Technologies: Ensure Decisions are Made Based on all the Information, not a Portion of it
October 11, 2011 | On Demand Webinars
In this Web seminar, learn firsthand from five healthcare organizations how, after integrating Perceptive Software enterprise content management (ECM) products, they are realizing cost and time-saving benefits enterprise-wide. The customer panel will share lessons learned and best practices for deploying ECM technology with their business and health information systems.
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Delivering the Future of Healthcare: Maintain Compliance, Improve Efficiency and Continuity of Care...Virtually Anywhere
September 29, 2011 | On Demand Webinars
The role of IT is becoming increasingly pivotal in how healthcare organizations deliver products and services. Healthcare providers must not only achieve HIPAA compliance and meaningful use while still providing world class care and services, they must also wrestle with how to reinvent themselves in order to deliver on accountable care in the near future. Learn how you can deliver the future of healthcare...virtually anywhere.
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Proactive Security and Privacy Monitoring for Modern Healthcare Networks
September 8, 2011 | On Demand Webinars
The HITECH Act of 2009 accelerated the adoption and deployment of EHR/EMR systems. However, along with the many benefits, this trend also introduces greater risk of privacy and security breaches. The emerging rise of cloud-based healthcare services similarly brings many benefits but reduces visibility and control over sensitive data. Addressing these challenges requires continuous monitoring across data, systems, and applications in modern healthcare networks.
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The Power of User Virtualization: Meeting Meaningful Use, Optimizing IT and Clinical Productivity
August 23, 2011 | White Papers
Transformative changes such as healthcare reform mandates, advanced stages of meaningful use criteria and conversion from ICD-9 to ICD-10 code sets require healthcare providers’ IT assets to be flexible, scalable and interoperable in order to respond. Learn how user virtualization provides the ability to react quickly while improving user experience and operational efficiency.
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Event Log Management & Compliance Best Practices: For Government & Healthcare Industry Sectors
August 23, 2011 | White Papers
Records of events taking place in your environment are being logged right now into event logs and Syslog files across your servers, workstations and networking devices. This log data needs to be collected, stored, analyzed and monitored to meet and report on regulatory compliance standards such as FISMA or HIPAA.
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Futureproofing Healthcare with Converged Medical Infrastructure
August 23, 2011 | On Demand Webinars
The face of healthcare is transforming at a blistering pace. Simply staying abreast of the changes is a daunting task leaving little time for the innovation necessary to stay competitive in the marketplace. The future of the medical infrastructure lies in the power of IT convergence. The converged medical infrastructure integrates servers, storage, networking, management software, services, power and cooling into one flexible, modular, standards-based platform to give you the power to handle any workload, anywhere, anytime. Learn how to futureproof your medical information with the converged medical infrastructure.
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VMware View for Healthcare: Improve Clinician Workflow
August 5, 2011 | On Demand Webinars
VMware View streamlines desktop and application management, accelerates provisioning and improves security through centralization, resulting in an immediately accessible, always available desktop for healthcare providers. VMware View enables healthcare organizations to quickly respond to changing needs while reducing cost and complexity.
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Better Outcomes in Healthcare IT | Key Lessons from an IT Leader
July 25, 2011 | On Demand Webinars
With healthcare legislation (such as PPACA) seemingly on the move every day, healthcare IT professionals are under constant pressure to measure and demonstrate ROI and prove the impact their IT has on patient outcomes - not to mention business outcomes. Join us on August 30 for our latest Customer Spotlight Web seminar and hear from one of Kaseya's customers: one of the country's largest allergy practices, the Allergy Asthma & Sinus Center.
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5 Tips for Successful Patient Identity Management in Government Agencies
March 2, 2011 | White Papers
This report provides administrators and practitioners for state and federal government agencies key insights into how to successfully automate and integrate patient-centric systems while building effective and efficient healthcare-related operations.
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Editor's Desk: T.W.I.G. Notes
April 5, 2013 |
Tom Sullivan
HIE interoperability and security deals, CommonWell in the spotlight, and how a disaster doc is preparing for the next issue.
EHRs and the ADA
April 3, 2013 |
Jeff Rowe
Meaningful use, interoperability, user friendliness, not to mention finances; think you’ve got a handle on everything you need to consider as you venture into the digital future? How about the Americans with Disabilities Act?
VA offers DoD a helping hand
April 1, 2013 |
Jeff Rowe
Is there an added layer of consideration within the DoD’s desire to provide its constituents with the best service possible, just as any other business wants to serve its customers?
Editor's Desk: T.W.I.G. Notes
March 28, 2013 |
Tom Sullivan
A potential boon to healthcare price transparency, new HIE tools take on data integration and population health, dreaming about big data, and the uncertain future facing the ACA at 3.
Is it time for a meaningful use time out?
March 27, 2013 |
Jeff Rowe
And what impact would that have on today's health IT and healthcare landscape?
Why some providers take financial hit from EHRs
March 25, 2013 |
Jeff Rowe
A new study reports the differences between physician practices to lose money on their EHR implementations and those that reap a monetary return.
PHR provider connects to medical practice network
March 21, 2013 |
Jeff Rowe
As Robert H. Lorsch, MMRGlobal CEO, described the deal, "healthcare professionals nationwide can offer a PHR and receive ongoing residual income to help offset the high cost of HIPAA compliance and requirements of Stage 2 Meaningful Use under HITECH starting in January 2014."
Editor's Desk: T.W.I.G. Notes
March 21, 2013 |
Tom Sullivan
No easy answers this week on patient engagement, EHR usability, mobile health questions.
Privacy violations demonstrate vulnerability of PHI
March 19, 2013 |
Jeff Rowe
Beware, Big Brothers are watching!
Editor's Desk: T.W.I.G. Notes
March 15, 2013 |
Tom Sullivan
Am I the only one who took until mid-week to fully recover from HIMSS13? It was a blast, after all, even reminiscent of the tech tradeshows of old, brimming with glitz and new products.
Bridge to health IT future may need strengthening
March 14, 2013 |
Jeff Rowe
Healthcare stakeholders and policymakers are working overtime to build the bridge into the digital future. But is there a risk that bridge may collapse under the weight of expectations?
Is the EHR transition hitting speed bumps or a concrete wall?
March 8, 2013 |
Jeff Rowe
We interrupt this policy initiative for a period of reassessment! No, there’s no formal reconsideration of the HITECH act under way, but this article does a nice job of chronologically lining up numerous objections or challenges to the goals and methods of HITECH.