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Greenway Adds Windows 8 Mobile Access to PrimeSUITE EHR
Greenway Medical Technologies has announced that PrimeMOBILE™, the mobile access solution for their PrimeSUITE® electronic health record customers, has been Microsoft-certified and is now available for download at the Windows 8 Store. Show More Summary
EHR Interoperability Training Module Suite Online Now at HealthIT.gov
The State HIE Program Policy Office and the Regional Extension Center Program are excited to report that the full suite of five Interoperability Training Modules to support the attainment of Stage 2 Meaningful Use measures is now available at HealthIT.gov. Designed for ONC grantees, providers and implementers, these five modules help guide stakeholders from the [...]Show More Summary
Building Unity Farm - The Bees Arrive
On Saturday night 96,000 Italian bees arrived at Unity Farm in 8 hives. What are Italian bees? Here is an overview of bee types.There are many subspecies of the honeybee, Apis mellifera. Each has different characteristics in temperament, honey production, winter hardiness, swarming behavior, and disease resistance. Show More Summary
Karen Dearne: Just How Can NEHTA Operate Without Its Supporting Agreement? The Secrecy Seems To Be Utterly Out Of Hand!
Karen alerted me to this post today. From: Karen Dearne May 23, 2013 Dear Ms Forman I refer to your decision that the MoU on eHealth is an exempt document under section 47B(a) of the FOI Act. I note that you say: "As the MoU is not yet...Show More Summary
CMS Says More than Half of US Doctors Have Adopted Electronic Health Records
HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has announced that more than half of all doctors and other eligible providers have received Medicare or Medicaid incentive payments for adopting or meaningfully using electronic health records, exceeding the goal they had set for themselves for the end of 2013. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention survey [...]
Patient Fusion Launches Free Tool for Consumers to Manage their Health Spending
Patient Fusion has launched a free tool to help patients track their health spending online. Consumers who book appointments online at PatientFusion.com will also receive access to their online personal health record and can track health spending across all of their medical visits. The beta launch is available to patients covered by national insurance payers [...]
Acquisition Alert: Healthland Acquires American HealthTech
Healthland, the nation’s market leader in healthcare information technology solutions for rural hospitals and their affiliated care facilities, has acquired American HealthTech, provider of integrated software and electronic health records (EHR) solutions for post-acute facilities. Show More Summary
Linked Data in EHRs is Key
Failure to use linked electronic health records may lead to biased estimates of heart attack incidence and outcome, warn researchers in a paper published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ). They show that up to 50% of all heart attack cases are missed using just one data source. Show More Summary
Documenting End of Life Care Preferences
Following up on yesterday's post about ICU dashboards, I think it is equally important to document end of life care preferences in the electronic health record. The HIT Standards Committee has been charged in 2013 with developing the...Show More Summary
I Wonder Will We Ever See Accountability Like This. I Won’t Hold My Breath.
The following appeared a few days ago. Bipartisan bill would slash iEHR funding May 16, 2013 | Erin McCann, Contributing Editor Members of Congress are lauding a bipartisan bill that limits funding for an integrated electronic health...Show More Summary
AusHealthIT Poll Number 168 – Results – 22nd May, 2013.
The question was: Are You Confident Placing Advanced Care Directives On The PCEHR Directly Will Not Lead To Unanticipated Problems? I Am Sure 13% (4) Just A Remote Chance 19% (6) Could Just Be Risky 13% (4) Seems Pretty Risky To Me 48%...Show More Summary
The Healthcare Conundrum; doing what’s wrong for business by doing what’s right
I read with interest this morning an article by ERin McCann, Associate Editor at Healthcare IT News. Ms. McCann shines a bright light on the sad fact that under today’s reimbursement system, better care doesn’t always yield better business results. That...(read more)
CampDoc.com Releases Electronic Medication Administration Record for Summer Camps
Did you know there was an EHR product whose market was summer camps? Well, neither did I until I saw this news from CampDoc.com earlier today. They company, who claims to be the the leading electronic health record system for camps has announced the release of an Electronic Medication Administration Record (eMAR). This technology will [...]
EHR and HIT News for May 21st
Today’s EHR and HIT news includes customer acquisition updates from MModal and Merge Healthcare, as well as news from DocuTrac that they’re integrating DrFirst Technology in their EMR Software. Wellmont Health System Selects MModalShow More Summary
NueMD Testimonial – Why Marie NueMD
Marie Reid, office manager at Women’s Wellness in Marrieta, GA wanted a simple practice management system for her busy providers. NueMD’s ease of use and robust features let her practice focus more on patients and less on software. Watch the video and see why Marie thinks NueMD is the ‘perfect system’. Show More Summary
Acquisition Alert: Net Health Acquires Integritas, EHR and PM Provider for Urgent Care and Occupational Health
Net Health has their acquisition of Integritas, Inc., a provider of integrated clinical EMR and practice management solutions for the growing urgent care, occupational health, and hospital employee health markets. “Strategically, weShow More Summary
HomecareCRM Launches Integration with PointClickCare EHR
Home healthcare and long term-care customer relationship management solutions provider, HomecareCRM has announced an integration with PointClickCare, the most widely used Electronic Health Record platform for long-term care. ThroughShow More Summary
Patient and Family Engagement in ICUs
My father died 2 months ago and now with a bit of distance from that emotional event, it's time to further reflect on technology to support patients and families in ICUs. BIDMC has been speaking with a major foundation about creating...Show More Summary
Excellent Papers On Doing Large Scale E-Health and EHR Quality and Safety. Must Read Stuff.
The following papers were published a few days ago. J Am Med Inform Assoc 2013;20:e9-e13 doi:10.1136/amiajnl-2013-001684 Perspectives Ten key considerations for the successful implementation and adoption of large-scale health information...Show More Summary
Out and About
Some of you may have noticed a precipitous drop in new content, ala posts, as of late. A few things have contributed to this. First, it is often tough to find time to write when one is traveling from one … Continue reading ?
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