General Electric Co. Tuesday said it is investing $2 billion over the next five years to build software that could improve operational and clinical processes...
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Rural and urban health care providers throughout the state can now partner up to apply for funding that will help lower the cost of broadband. Broadband is...
Rafi Setrak takes his office along with him wherever he goes. “These days I can put everything I need on a push cart,” says the deputy chief of emergency...
The Office of the National Coordinator has focused the nation’s Health Information Technology around the goal that “information follows the patient.” That’s...
Kenora patients can have their information available at hospitals throughout Northwest Ontario through the new electronic medical records system called...
I regularly hear from readers that are looking for a job in the healthcare IT and EHR field. It’s an interesting time in the EHR world because many...
Are tablets going to take the place of traditional laptops and desktops? Well, Dr. Michael West seems to think so. He talks about his new-found love for his...
In theory, after they get through their growing pains, hospitals should be able to leverage EMRs and new billing systems to improve their financial condition...
Stage 2 Meaningful Use is intended to build on the objectives and measures set in the inaugural phase of the EHR Incentive Programs. Whereas Stage 1 Meaningful...
Using a “gentle” electronic health record flu prompt not only increased the number of flu vaccinations children received, but also improved the...
A missing link in the personal management of health information I’m confused. That’s one of the most important insights around patients and caregivers who find...
“When I was young I had no idea what I wanted to do,” said Amy Speanburg, Registered Nurse. Like many other young adults, Amy Speanburg was unsure about...
Some hospitals have videotaped medical procedures as part of quality improvement initiatives. While the idea of healthcare workers being videotaped may conjure...
By early 2012, few physicians had met meaningful use criteria for electronic health records (EHRs), according to a survey study by Catherine M. DesRoches...
Since the mid-1970s, healthcare organizations have struggled to align “data processing” with their overall business objectives. Fast forwarding to today...
Providers Rated athenahealth’s Cloud-Based EHR Above Eight Other Leading Ambulatory EMRs WATERTOWN, Mass., June 6, 2013:A leading provider of cloud-based...