Jan 10: Accountable care requires more health IT than just EHRs
Meeting the goals of accountable care and achieving the associated cost reductions requires a more robust health IT infrastructure than […]
Jan 09: Four systems for physicians to utilize New Year’s resolutions to help quiet adherence
Even though some New Year’s resolutions are broken as fast as they are made, January represents a timely period to
Jan 09: ONC to host HIT-related patient safety webinar
The Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) is inviting healthcare organizations to participate in a January 10 health IT and
Jan 09:Top 5 New Year resolutions for successful Electronic Medical Records (EMRs)
Following last year’s announcement by the Health Secretary setting the target for all hospitals to go paperless by 2018, the
Jan 09: Are Drug Companies Using Your Electronic Health Records To Sell You Stuff?
NEW YORK, Jan 8 (Reuters) – If you went to visit your doctor and a drug company representative was sitting
Jan 09: HHS Inspector General Faults Steps to Protect EHRs from Enabling Fraud
A new study by the Health and Human Services department’s Inspector General has found shortcomings in the way the Centers
Jan 09: Electronic Health Records Can Complicate Who Does What in a Hospital
EHR adoption has had unintended consequences, both good and bad, on who does what in hospitals by John Nelson, MD,
Jan 09: FDA needs access to EHR information for pill wellbeing overseeing
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is exploring the possibility of gaining direct access to de-identified EHR information on millions
Jan 08: AMA forecasts busy 2014 with Stage 2 Meaningful Use, ICD-10
The American Medical Association is gearing up for an action-packed year, says AMA President Ardis Dee Hoven, MD in a
Jan 08: CMS Stage 2 Meaningful Use preparation webinar
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is inviting eligible professionals (EPs) who have completed two or more years of Stage 1 Meaningful
Jan 08: What is different about health IT when talking usability?
Health information technology may resemble other forms of hardware, software, systems, and services, but when the focus turns to usability
Jan 08: The Sun is Not Setting on the Electronic Health Records (EHR) Safe Harbor
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) and the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Office of the