Growing adoption of electronic health records is expected to complement and boost the use of telehealth initiatives across the country, InformationWeek reports.
Health care organizations are planning to deploy telehealth programs to increase access:
To certain specialists;
For patients with conditions that prevent them from traveling; and
During patient transport, since some conditions require treatment while patients are in [...]
Filed under: EHR, EHR companies, Electronic Health Records on April 29th, 2010 | 1 Comment »
By Rich Silverman
There are hundreds and hundreds of Electronic Health Record software packages in the marketplace that claim to be capable of allowing you to establish meaningful use, but how do you know if those claims are true? So far there has not been an impartial, independent way to determine the truthfulness of a vendor’s [...]
Filed under: EHR, Electronic Health Records on April 23rd, 2010 | No Comments »
By Andrea Kraynak
Is your EHR meaningful use-compliant? Healthcare providers may soon be able to find out for sure.
HHS released a proposed rule Tuesday for establishing certification programs for health information technology. The proposed rule describes the creation of a certification program for EHRs, as mandated by the HITECH Act.
EHR certification is designed to “give purchasers [...]
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A new study identifies lessons learned by organizations that help small physician practices adopt and use electronic health records (EHRs).
The authors surveyed 29 initiatives that help smaller medical practices adopt and use EHR technology, including some regional extension centers. They obtained information from program leaders, Web sites, and published reports.
Key Findings
Current programs providing [...]
Filed under: EHR, Electronic Health Records on April 16th, 2010 | No Comments »
By Andrea Kraynak,
Upcoming EHR meaningful use subsidies may give many hospitals the additional incentive necessary to push toward a largely paperless existence.
Some facilities may be adopting their first electronic systems at this time. Others currently operating in a hybrid environment are likely looking to increase their EHR technologies to meet soon-to-be-finalized meaningful use measures.
Of course, [...]
Filed under: EHR, Electronic Health Records on April 12th, 2010 | No Comments »
Hospitals and physicians should be required to report data glitches in patients’ electronic health records to a national patient safety organization beginning in 2013, according to the Health IT Policy Committee’s adoption and certification work group, Federal Computer Week reports.
On Monday, the work group considered a draft proposal that evaluated best practices for electronic reporting [...]
Filed under: EHR, Electronic Health Records on April 6th, 2010 | No Comments »
Gordon D. Schiff, M.D., and David W. Bates, M.D.
The United States is about to invest nearly $50 billion in health information technology (HIT) in an attempt to push the country to a tipping point with respect to the adoption of computerized records, which are expected to improve the quality and reduce the costs of care.1 [...]
Filed under: EHR, Electronic Health Records on April 1st, 2010 | No Comments »
