The invitation extended to Dr. Vandana Ahluwalia to purchase an electronic medical records system (EMRs) for her Brampton, Ontario, rheumatology practice was...
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By Amy Stankiewicz Staff training is one of the most critical aspects to successfully implementing and using a new electronic health record (EHR) system. From...
You want an EHR package worth the time and money you’re gonna have to put into it. Does such a “beast” exist? Before you answer that, you might want to answer...
Electronic health records (EHRs) aren’t just about comprehensive health information. Too much controversy seems to surround them. According to a report...
Similar to many healthcare organizations these days, Shafiq Rab, CIO and Vice President of Hackensack University Medical Center in Hackensack, NJ, uses an all...
Will a “Mass Extinction Event” Wipe Out Many EHRs? On January 1, 2014, stage 2 of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) meaningful...
Public health planning researchers in Indiana are trying to figure out if they can use data from a source that’s potentially hugely insightful but has...
Will the growing use of health information technology (IT) and electronic-health (e-health) applications impact the future demand for physicians? Researchers...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will be holding a national provider call for Medicare Fee-For-Service providers as well as those...
Appealing an Adverse EHR Incentive Audit The letter the hospital received said it all, “Based on our desk review of the supporting documentation furnished by...
When the CommonWell Health Alliance launched at HIMSS13 in March, it made headlines and sent ripples through the healthcare community. However, since then the...
Three recent deaths at the Memphis VA Medical Center emergency department could probably have been prevented with better communication, documentation and...
Medicare electronic health records (EHR) incentive payments to hospitals and health care professionals topped $6.3 billion for 2012 – more than twice the $2.3...
Cerner (ticker: CERN) is well positioned to benefit from increased information-technology (IT) spending by health-care providers in both the U.S. and globally...
I was recently involved in an email exchange involving one of our elected representatives about the governmental stresses being borne by physicians nowadays. I...













