The National Institute of Standards and Technology recently published two guides designed to help vendors of electronic health records make their products easier to use, Health Data Management reports (Goedert, Health Data Management, 12/10).
NIST worked with the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality on the [...]
Filed under: EHR, EHR companies, Electronic Health Records on March 4th, 2011 | No Comments »
Hospitals and physician practices that implement electronic health records could see their costs increase for medical liability insurance, at least over the short term, according to a recent report from Conning Research and Consulting, NextGov’s “Health IT Update” reports.
The report notes that underwriters for medical liability insurance are concerned that software failures and medical coding [...]
Filed under: EHR, EHR companies, Electronic Health Records on March 1st, 2011 | No Comments »
The State Department plans to deploy an electronic health record system worldwide for its medical offices to improve the quality and efficiency of the healthcare it delivers to its 50,000 diplomatic and federal employees and their families.
Besides primary care, the department provides mental health services, coordination of local medical care, medical evacuations and medical clearance [...]
Filed under: EHR, EHR companies, Electronic Health Records on February 16th, 2011 | No Comments »
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services wants industry help in digitizing clinical quality measures so healthcare providers can send them to CMS directly from their electronic health record systems.
CMS needs to develop technical descriptions for the quality measures in order to guide vendors in how to incorporate the reporting function in their electronic health [...]
Filed under: EHR, EHR companies, Electronic Health Records on January 31st, 2011 | No Comments »
Slightly more than half of office-based physicians in the U.S. report using electronic health records in their practices, a slight increase over last year, according to preliminary results of a survey by CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics, United Press International reports.
Under the 2009 economic stimulus package, health care providers who demonstrate meaningful use of [...]
Filed under: ARRA, CCHIT, EHR, EHR companies, Electronic Health Records on January 20th, 2011 | No Comments »
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 5, 2011
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January 5, 2011 – Integrated Systems Management Inc announced today that OmniMD™ EHR, Version 11.0 is 2011/2012 compliant and was certified as a Complete EHR on January 4, 2011 by the Certification Commission for Health Information Technology (CCHIT®), an ONC-ATCB, in accordance with the applicable (eligible provider) certification [...]
Filed under: ARRA, CCHIT, EHR, EHR companies, Electronic Health Records, Health Care on January 6th, 2011 | No Comments »
Integrated healthcare delivery organizations say electronic health records (EHRs) support their patient care strategies by increasing the availability of individual patient and patient population data and by improving communication among providers.
These findings are from a U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) report, Health Care Delivery: Features of Integrated Systems Support Patient Care Strategies and Access to [...]
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CHICAGO – The Certification Commission for Health Information Technology (CCHIT), one of three government designated certification entities, says it will launch a new custom EHR certification program for hospitals on Dec. 15.
CCHIT will introduce the program at a Town Call webcast and teleconference Dec. 1 at 1 p.m. Eastern Time.
CCHIT’s EHR Alternative Certification for Hospitals, [...]
Filed under: CCHIT, EHR, EHR companies, Electronic Health Records on December 29th, 2010 | No Comments »
Medical practices that have avoided implementing an electronic health record system (EHR) because of the associated costs may not have such a strong argument, according to a study published by the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA). Data collected from both hospital/IDS-owned and independent practices indicates that practices that have implemented an EHR system produced better [...]
Filed under: EHR, EHR companies, Electronic Health Records on December 21st, 2010 | No Comments »
Independent physician practices can earn nearly $50,000 per full-time-equivalent physician with an EHR than those still stuck in the paper world, the Medical Group Management Association reports.
The report, based on a survey of MGMA membership, found that EHR-equipped practices not owned by hospitals or integrated delivery networks had $178,907 in higher median revenue per FTE [...]
Filed under: EHR, EHR companies, Electronic Health Records on December 3rd, 2010 | No Comments »
