http://www.ehrexperts.us Thu, 24 Nov 2011 11:29:03 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Community Wellness Centers of America, LLC’s (CWCOA) strategic partnership with OmniMD was formed as part of a pilot healthcare program to integrate Electronic Health Records (EHR) technology into the initiative for South East Queens as detailed in CWCOA’s 465 page report, submitted by Senator Huntley to ... http://www.ehrexperts.us/cwcoa-brings-electronic-health-records-training-to-seq/ OmniMD™ and Medical Dictate signs an agreement for value added partnership, this will help both companies to expand business opportunities. For immediate release OmniMD™ and Medical Dictate together to deliver EHR (Electronic Health Record) and PMS (Practice Management Systems) Tarrytown, September 12, 2011 – OmniMD™, A leading provider of Electronic Health Record & ... http://www.ehrexperts.us/omnimd%e2%84%a2-entered-value-added-partnership-with-medical-dictate/ The US health IT industry is likely to receive a major boost with the implementation of the federal government supported Electronic Health Record (EHR) adoption program from this year. According to CMS, Medicare has already disbursed as much as $75 m so far to providers who have demonstrated meaningful use ... http://www.ehrexperts.us/ehr-to-boost-growth-of-health-it-industry/ Last week, the American Medical Association launched a series of six video tutorials that instruct physicians how to choose and implement electronic health record (EHR) systems, InformationWeek reports. AMA developed the videos as part of the organization's continuing medical education activities. The video program is designed as a primer on health ... http://www.ehrexperts.us/new-american-medical-association-videos-guide-physicians-on-ehr-use/ The establishment of family-centered medical homes for children will need to be backed up by timely, secure, and comprehensive electronic health records (EHRs), the American Academy of Pediatrics' (AAP) Council on Clinical IT says in a newly released policy statement. The medical home "must centralize and support the primary care relationship ... http://www.ehrexperts.us/pediatricians-call-for-ehrs-to-support-medical-home-model/ Hospitals seeking to qualify for federal health IT incentives are attempting a range of approaches to help physicians and other health care providers become accustomed to using electronic health record systems, the Wall Street Journal reports. Under the 2009 federal economic stimulus package, health care providers who demonstrate meaningful use of ... http://www.ehrexperts.us/hospitals-trying-out-different-strategies-to-promote-use-of-ehrs/ A survey of studies from recent years shows that health information technology has benefited healthcare providers, even small practices, refuting other recent findings that suggest electronic health records and other health IT do not produce positive effects for patient care. Previous studies focused on the early years of electronic health records ... http://www.ehrexperts.us/new-survey-shows-ehrs-benefit-even-small-providers/ Electronic health records get a special nod in the new national quality strategy release this week by the Department of Health and Human Services. The strategy, which was called for under the Affordable Care Act, is an initiative designed to establish priorities at the local, state and national levels to ... http://www.ehrexperts.us/ehrs-receive-special-focus-in-new-quality-strategy-report/ More than 21,000 healthcare providers have registered to participate in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services electronic health record (EHR) incentive program, with about two thirds ready to confirm that they have met the meaningful use requirements when CMS activates the software for that. The latest numbers cover the period ... http://www.ehrexperts.us/over-21000-providers-registered-for-ehr-incentives/ An electronic health record system that alerts physicians to possible problems helped boost doctors' performance and improve patient care, according to a study published in the journal Medical Care, Healthcare IT News reports. EHR Alert System To create the alert system, researchers integrated existing EHR tools with physician performance reports. The system included ... http://www.ehrexperts.us/ehr-alert-system-helps-doctors-improve-care-quality-study-finds/