January 25, 2012 | In: EHR, Electronic Health Records, Electronic Prescription, Health 2.0, health IT, Hospital
A provider's essential critical knowledge is often so obscured that the EHR becomes more of an obstacle than a useful source of clinical information. The meaningful use-compliant electronic health record (EHR) has quickly become very adept at capturing...
January 24, 2012 | In: EHR, Electronic Health Records, Electronic Medical Records, EMR, health IT, Hospital
Mobile devices, data breaches and patient privacy rights were some of the most talked-about topics in health IT in 2011, and according to expert opinions complied by ID Experts, 2012 won’t be any different. In fact, experts continue to predict an...
December 30, 2011 | In: Health, Health 2.0, Health Care, health IT, Health IT Policy, HITECH Act, HL7, Hospital
At the third annual mHealth Summit in Washington D.C., major players in the mobile arena noted the impact mobile phones and other devices have and will continue to have both in the US and across the globe. Paul Jacobs, chairman and CEO of...
November 29, 2011 | In: E-Prescription, EMR, Health Care, health IT, Hospital, Physician
Illustration by Jon Krause after Henri Rousseau Since he was a teenager, Daniel Wolk, MD, a family physician in the suburbs of Philadelphia, has had a passion for protecting the environment. Now that he is physician, he sees energy conservation as...
October 25, 2011 | In: CCHIT, EHR, EMR, Health 2.0, Health Care, Hospital, Physician
Regional extension centers can help you select and implement an electronic health record system and attest to meaningful use. There are 62 RECs spread across the country. Implementing an electronic health record (EHR) system in your primary...
October 18, 2011 | In: Health Care, health IT, HIPAA, Hospital
This is the fourth article in a five-part series designed to spur you toward privacy and security policies that will help your organization achieve HIPAA compliance. So far, we've covered risk assessment, Trojans andcoordinating information across...
October 17, 2011 | In: Hospital
As a leader in the field of healthcare analytics, ezDI has constantly escalated in the dimension of the market and business intelligence. The present director has shared the preview of the healthcare cost containment with the industry recently. According...
October 17, 2011 | In: Health, Health 2.0, health IT, Hospital
The Children's Hospital of Boston, MA, a 392-bed comprehensive center for pediatric health care, records approximately 18,000 inpatient admissions each year, which translates to more than 150 outpatient programs and emergency services care for more than...
October 13, 2011 | In: EHR, Electronic Medical Records, EMR, EMR Stimulus Package, Hospital, Physician
As providers adopt electronic health records systems, they gradually become more adept with the technology as they flip the switch on advanced features and become conversant with the capabilities and quirks of the software. Each advance, however small,...
October 8, 2011 | In: CCHIT, Health 2.0, Health IT Policy, Hospital, Physician
The widespread development of health information exchange is happening quickly, and with it comes worries about confidentiality, privacy and security. But its benefits far outweigh potential concerns and include improved quality of care and reduced...
September 21, 2011 | In: HIPAA, Hospital, Medicare Law
HIPAA Compliance: The objective behind Sensitivity in maintaining individual health record of every person is too significant and this is what gets ensured under HIPAA security compliance, which aims at protecting an individual’s information to be...
September 17, 2011 | In: AMGA, CCHIT, EHR, EMR, ePrescribing, Health Care, health IT, Health IT Policy, Hospital
If properly executed, green IT can mean healthcare organizations see fewer bills, contribute lower levels of carbon emissions, and enjoy an easier transition into mandated practices. But it has to be done right. Noble and potentially...
Implementing new technology can be tedious, and the work doesn't stop once go-live occurs. Constant changes are needed to keep IT systems up to speed and better improve their performance. But luckily not every update requires hours to complete. Edna...
September 5, 2011 | In: CCHIT, health IT, Health IT Policy, Hospital, Physician
The Departments of Health and Human Services and Agriculture have signed a memorandum of understanding linking rural hospitals and clinicians to capital loan programs to help them purchase software and hardware needed to implement health IT. On Aug....
July 1, 2011 | In: EHR, Health, Health Care, Hospital
Smartphone health applications made great strides this week. The highest-profile of those, perhaps, is the contest-winning multi-lingual EMR app from Polyglot – but that’s not the only one of note. Take the Withings blood pressure cuff for the...
