December 27, 2010 | In: EHR, EHR companies, Electronic Health Records
Polaris Medical Management, a management services organization serving 170 physicians in Rhode Island, will integrate its homegrown electronic health records system with clinical decision support software from DiagnosisONE, Lowell, Mass. About 80...
March 19, 2010 | In: EHR, EHR companies, Electronic Health Records
EHR software or Electronic Health Record software system is a doctor's new best friend. This software is created to make a doctor's life easier and more efficient. Doctors must keep tract of their patients' records and charts. Over time, these records can...
January 5, 2010 | In: EHR, EHR companies, Electronic Health Records
For DCs looking to invest in electronic health records (EHR) software to make the switch from paper to digital or simply to streamline their practice's efficiency, there are dozens of vendors to choose from. However, not all EHR companies are created...
November 9, 2009 | In: CCHIT, EHR, EHR companies
For DCs looking to invest in electronic health records (EHR) software to make the switch from paper to digital or simply to streamline their practice's efficiency, there are dozens of vendors to choose from. However, not all EHR companies are created...
October 7, 2009 | In: ARRA, CCHIT, EHR, Health Care
Health care organizations that developed their own electronic health records systems likely will be able to get them certified as being compliant with the meaningful use requirements of the federal EHR incentive program next year. The Certification...
October 7, 2009 | In: EHR, Electronic Health Records
Most people know switching from paper to electronic health records (EHR) can save their practice lots of time and money, while increasing compliance with HIPPA as well. However, some might not be aware the most advanced EHR systems can also facilitate...
September 30, 2009 | In: Economic Stimulus, EHR, EMR
HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today announced awards totaling $27.8 million to health center-controlled networks and large multi-site health centers to implement electronic health records (EHR) and other health information technology (HIT) innovations....
September 15, 2009 | In: Economic Stimulus, EHR, EMR Stimulus Package
Diana Manos, Senior Editor President Barack Obama took his health reform cause to a higher level Wednesday night in an address to a joint session of Congress. It's rare for a president to address a joint session of Congress, aside from the annual...
September 9, 2009 | In: EHR, Electronic Health Records, EMR, EMR Stimulus Package
ScienceDaily — A new framework of recommendations created by health informatics researchers may help doctors and hospitals prepare for a federal initiative to expand the use of electronic health records (EHRs). The recommendations from faculty at The...
September 7, 2009 | In: EHR, Electronic Health Records, Health
By Mary Mosquera The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) plans to test its ability to accept selected clinical quality data directly from hospital electronic health record systems as early as July 2010. CMS said it would seek volunteer...
September 7, 2009 | In: Economic Stimulus, EMR, EMR Stimulus Package
By Mary Mosquera The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services will reimburse states for 100 percent of their payments to healthcare providers participating in the federal health IT stimulus program, according to a Sept. 1 letter from CMS to state...
September 1, 2009 | In: EHR, Electronic Health Records, Electronic Medical Records
By Neil Versel Lest the health IT industry be stuck with competing standards yet again, National Coordinator for Health IT Dr. David Blumenthal says he intends to harmonize standards for "meaningful use" of electronic health records within the...
August 26, 2009 | In: CCHIT, EHR, Electronic Health Records, EMR, Health
The Certification Commission for Health Information Technology is moving forward with plans to launch a new, less comprehensive electronic health records software certification program in light of the federal economic stimulus package. In October, the...
The requirements for what health IT users need to do to meet the meaningful use dictates of the stimulus law are now clearer, with the focus apparently swinging to how the IT certification process will handle them. Healthcare providers finally have some...
FISMA is becoming a roadblock for electronic health record implementation, Government Health IT magazine reported this week. The Federal Information and Security Management Act (FISMA), passed by Congress in 2002 to better protect the federal government...
