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With Medicare's push toward shared savings and accountable care organizations, healthcare business models are getting more complex, said Shahid Shah, software IT analyst and author of the blog The Healthcare IT Guy. The industry needs software to...

While Medicare and Medicaid EHR programs offer incentives for eligible providers who adopt EHRs, only the Medicare program imposes a penalty on providers who delay the adoption of EHRs. Register for the program(s) and begin the process soon to...

[keyword id='Healthcare'] A band of U.S. states and technology vendors came together to create technical specifications that enable EHRs to feed into HIEs. The specifications, agreed upon Tuesday, “leverage existing HL7 standards, technical...

Summer of 2012 will be an interesting time in healthcare, as Stage 2 requirements of meaningful use will finally come to light. In the meantime, doubts remain regarding the successful adoption of Stage 2 – and whether it’s even possible. As of now,...

Medicine and healthcare have been one of the most researched and studied branches of Science for centuries.  There are records of use of medicines as early as 500 B.C.  Research and development over millions of years has led to the establishment of the...

If you haven’t spent much time analyzing the costs of EHRs, this part of the process may be an eye opener. Why should one consider the hidden costs of EHRs? EHR costs are much more than just the initial purchase, implementation and maintenance fees. ...

Care for patients with diabetes improved appreciably when their physicians use electronic health records (EHRs) extensively, according to a recent study. Physicians who participated in the Massachusetts eHealth Collaborative from 2006 to 2008...

The cost, physician practice size, and lack of technical resources still present barriers for small healthcare providers in adopting electronic health records and participating in the meaningful use incentive program. Solo practitioners and small...

Ten U.S. health systems have been identified by Thomson Reuters as performing at the top when it comes to quality of care, efficiency and patient satisfaction - metrics that are boosted with the use of information technology. Thomson Reuters...

The Massachusetts Regional Extension Center has signed up more than 2,500 primary care providers to assist them in becoming meaningful users of health IT, making it the leader of the nation’s 62 centers in meeting its recruitment goal one year into the...

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 made a significant investment to encourage the adoption of electronic health records (EHRs) by healthcare providers and the chiropractic industry. Under the new program, due to begin in 2011,...

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...

I knew when I couldn't find a parking spot that life would never be the same. The day had finally arrived: September 14, 2010. As I left for work that morning, I told my wife not to expect me for dinner—maybe not even for breakfast the next...

House Republicans issued a report Wednesday and plan to hold a hearing Friday to investigate AARP's support for the health law as well as the organization's business interests. The Washington Post: In Campaign Against Health Care Law,...

[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="175" caption="Gov. Brian Schweitzer (D-Mont.)"][/caption] HELENA, MT – The Montana Senate voted to restore the $35 million in federal incentives for electronic medical records for hospitals and community...