It’s one of those unhappy holiday surprises — a visiting family member gets sick. That happened to Dr. Farzad Mostashari last Thanksgiving...
Tag - EHR
PORT TOWNSEND — Jefferson Healthcare hospital’s conversion to an electronic record system went smoothly, according to the project manager. “It went really...
The Glenn Medical Center has a new Electronic Health Record system. “From our perspective, this will provide more quality care, patient safety and quick...
Dignity Health initiative aims to combine data from disparate sources The challenge of interoperability will be an issue for hospital systems of all sizes for...
Healthcare technology represents one of the world’s fastest growing markets. As a result, we saw a flurry of new happenings in the Health TechZone this...
Adam Flynn is working to create a social network for health care providers. Flynn, a physician by trade, is leading an effort to push Electronic Medical...
The old paper charts are vanishing from medical offices at a rapid rate, and getting replaced by digitalized records. Atlanta and Georgia health information...
Four years ago, Stanford Hospital & Clinics decided to see if it could cut back on unnecessary blood transfusions, procedures which, though sometimes life...
The Cleveland Clinic is stepping up patients’ access to their medical information by providing secure online access to most of the data stored in their medical...
Summary by EMR Industry: MHS CIO David Bowen said. We’re spending 95 percent on legacy systems which only gives us 5 percent for modernization. More than 50...
We’ve been working for a long time on creating a nationwide HIE. I still remember when I first started blogging about EMR 7.5 years ago we were talking about...
During a Senate Budget Committee hearing on Wednesday, Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) criticized the Department of Defense’s decision not to develop an...
MGMA ICD-10 survey cites physicians greatest ICD-10 transition concern is the lack of communication and critical coordination between physicians practices and...
Staggering changes in the healthcare market, turbulent costs and increasing regulatory, governance and compliance challenges, entail the evolution of the...
Summary by EMR Industry: The potential benefits of Electronic Health Records range from cost reductions, reduced errors, better compliance and better support...
Summary by EMR Industry: Salford Royal, one of the UK’s highest regarded healthcare providers, transform its care giving. Salford Royal migrated one million...