January 25, 2012 | In: drug, Federal Economic Stimulus Package, Health, Health Care, health IT, HIPAA, Medicare Law
In his State of the Union speech, President Barack Obama made just one explicit mention of the 2010 health law. Here is a transcript of the few parts of his speech that mentioned health care issues: Innovation also demands basic research. Today,...
December 1, 2010 | In: drug, EHR, EHR companies, Electronic Health Records, Electronic Medical Records, health IT
PORTLAND, MAINE – "What do you really hold dear to you that you want to preserve into the future as you transition to an electronic medical record?" That's the question consulting firm Innovation Partners International posed to Maine providers attending...
June 5, 2010 | In: drug, Medical Transcription, Medicare Law, Physician
With our nation engaged in dialogue around health care reform, and health care delivery engaged in discussions around what “meaningful use” of EHRs will look like, there has never been a more important time for the health care documentation sector to...
Diana Manos, Senior Editor The Certification Commission for Health Information Technology is expected to release more details on its "modular" certification on Sept. 24, and it is also tentatively planning training sessions in Chicago on Sept. 29 and...
February 10, 2009 | In: drug
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have discovered that electronic medical records can be used to test drug efficacy. Richard Tannen, MD, a professor of medicine at the university, was the lead researcher in the study to...
