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Top 12 reasons health providers pay too much for IT

 Tom Sullivan July 17, 2012
Despite having so very much to gain, health organizations typically overpay but under-produce when it comes to information technology. Here are a dozen reasons why that is, according to one consultancy paper.
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Predictions 2012: Consumers engage, drive HIT

 Marc Perlman December 30, 2011
Personal accountability for health will fuel health IT investments, HIE models will mature, as some bottlenecks will persist.
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GetWellNetwork Growth Surges as Patient Engagement Takes Its Place as a Strategic Pillar of Accountable Care

 Industry News Release October 25, 2012
GetWellNetwork, Inc., a provider of interactive patient care (IPC) solutions, announced today that the company has seen 125% growth through September 2012 compared to the same period in 2011 and is on pace for another record year. With patient engagement as a central component of recent regulatory and reimbursement changes, IPC solutions are being adopted at their fastest rate since their introduction more than ten years ago.
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EHR incentives drive CPOE demand

 Mary Mosquera August 11, 2011
Vendors respond to growing number of providers needing CPOE function to fulfill Medicare and Medicaid incentive programs for meaningful use.
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KLAS rates EMR vendors on ICD-10 readiness

 Bernie Monegain February 12, 2013
The second in a two-part series explores how providers view Allscripts, Cerner, Epic, Siemens, and others in terms how well they are prepared for ICD-10.
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Which EMR vendors are best for meaningful use?

 Healthcare IT News Staff April 13, 2011
KLAS report examines eight key areas of 25 EMR systems to determine which customers are best-prepared to reap MU incentives this year.
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Q&A: The good, bad, and otherwise of ONC's Community College Consortium

 Tom Sullivan July 27, 2011
A recent graduate of the program discusses doors the courses could open, potential career directions he and classmates are considering and suggestions for improving the program.
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Reporter's notebook: EHR and HIE Dispatches from HIMSS13

 Tom Sullivan March 13, 2013
This year's conference in New Orleans resembled big tech tradeshows of old -- with large booths, glitz and lots of new products.
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SSA adds more providers to exchange disability health data

 Mary Mosquera June 03, 2011
HIE MedVirginia has partnered with Centra's three hospitals to connect them with the Social Security Administration.
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HIT Policy Committee questions CommonWell goals

 Diana Manos April 04, 2013
Will the CommonWell Health Alliance bolster EHR interoperability or ultimately inhibit it?
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VA CTO says Blue Button changing clinical encounters

 Diana Manos December 19, 2011
Veteran Affairs CTO Peter Levin explains that the department's Blue Button program is offering citizens better access and more control of their care.
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Direct Project’s Malec leaving ONC

 Mary Mosquera August 11, 2011
Malec coordinated the communities that developed the Direct protocols for simple exchange and are fine-tuning exchange standards to be able to share information.
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Black Book names top EHR vendors

 Jeff Rowe December 09, 2011
Providers still shopping for an EHR system may want to check out the new 2012 Top Rankings for EHR and EMR Vendors from Black Book Rankings.
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KLAS finds surprises among vendors and MU attestations

 Bernie Monegain March 16, 2012
CMS data show that both large and small hospital vendors found success in the first year of meaningful use attestation, according to a new report by research firm KLAS. Hospitals using Allscripts, Healthland, HMS, McKesson and Siemens were slower to take off than others using Cerner, CPSI, Epic and MEDITECH, the report showed.
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5 biggest HIT VC deals and mergers of 2012

 Mike Miliard January 30, 2013
"The HIT sector really took off in 2012," according to the author of a new report finding that the realm more than doubled in investment activity over 2011.
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Report: HIT market will swell to $56B by 2017

 Erin McCann May 21, 2013
Interoperability and federal financial incentives are expected to be major growth areas in the U.S. while the Asia-Pacific region is poised for the most expansion.
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Q&A: An ONC HIT Workforce Development Program success story

 Tom Sullivan May 06, 2013
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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Nearly half of doc groups plan to join HIE

 Erin McCann October 02, 2012
New Capsite survey also finds that 43 percent of respondents have attested to stage 1 of meaningful use, and the most important driver for EHR adoption is to improve the practice's efficiency.
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HIMSS EHR Association fires back at GOP Senators calling for MU reboot

 Mike Miliard May 22, 2013
Point by point, the EHRA addresses the Senators' 5 main areas of concern about the meaningful use program.
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Small hospitals moving up-market for meaningful use

 Mary Mosquera November 04, 2010
Federal meaningful use requirements spur large vendors to canvass small hospitals for new customers, says report.
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