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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....

Methods: A systematic literature review, based on research papers from 1998 to 2009, concerning barriers to the acceptance of EMRs by physicians was conducted. Four databases, "Science", "EBSCO", "PubMed"and "The Cochrane Library", were used in the...

By Valerie Mellema You may have heard of electronic medical record software reducing overhead costs and minimizing wasteful expenses. Is it really true though that you can actually increase your revenue using EHR software? Yes, because the same...

Without the help of technology, keep any kind of records can be a nightmare. Over time, the mountain of records just keep building and building, until the entire system becomes unmanageable. Records get lost or buried, and they become impossible to find....

The price of Electronic Medical Records (EMR) software is quite high, but the benefits of adopting EMR software can save you a lot of money in the long run. If you are a physician running your own private practice, then you should be weighing the pros and...

By Shrinivas Kanade Do you think 24 hour accessibility to your patients' data is one of the advantages of electronic medical records? Yes! To know more about the advantages of electronic medical records, Read on... One of the main advantages of...

By Mary Mosquera The Obama administration is expected to announce as early as Friday plans to award a series of grants to assist healthcare providers acquire and use health IT properly as well as to help states set up health information exchanges. ...

State governments around the country are working to facilitate, and in some cases, enhance, Washington's stimulus-funded incentives for doctors and hospitals that adopt new health information technology. "A group of the nation's governors and state...

In a recent interview with American Medical News, National Coordinator for Health IT David Blumenthal discussed timetables for electronic health record adoption and the generation gap between older and younger users of the technology. EHR Timetables ...

The times we live in demand a lot of speed and efficiency from any service that we pay for, and that includes medical care services. There are many complications involved in the medical care business and no matter what size your practice is, it will...

Bernie Monegain, Editor CHICAGO – The American Medical Association has adopted new guiding principles for physicians in the event a patient's electronic medical record is breached. AMA members approved the guidelines at the group's annual...

Medical offices require a lot of efficiency to ensure that all patients are properly taken care of. Every such facility is a busy area where employing multiple people to do one job is a waste of time, money and resources. It will eat away at the revenues...

The law offers bonuses for health IT adoption but will penalize physicians who don't have adequate systems by 2015. By Doug Trapp, AMNews staff. Washington -- President Obama on Feb. 17 signed a $787 billion stimulus bill that directs about $150...

Physicians can earn tens of thousands in IT incentives, but they must act quickly to achieve the biggest benefit and avoid penalties. By Chris Silva, AMNews staff. Washington -- The recent economic stimulus package provides a significant investment in...

To help transform health care, the state should invest more in electronic infrastructure that supports the automated exchange of electronic medical information, writes Russell Sarbora of Community Health Network of Washington. Increased efficiencies,...