Meeting the goals of accountable care and achieving the associated cost reductions requires a more robust health IT infrastructure than just an electronic...
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The Western New York Beacon Program (WNY Beacon), funded though the Office of the National Coordinator as part of a larger effort to increase health...
LeadingAge Ziegler 100 released the results of a study finding, “The majority of LZ 100 providers … are implementing EHRs/EMR technology (75.5 percent) and...
RSNA and the Regenstrief Institute have begun work to harmonize and unify terms for radiology procedures. The intent is to improve the quality, consistency and...
Stage 3 Meaningful Use is still underdevelopment, but certain aspects of it are beginning to take solid shape around health information exchange (HIE). Having...
WASHINGTON, November 20, 2013 – With the recent failed launch of the Healthcare Tech.gov website, it might be easy to second-guess the effectiveness IT...
he challenge of enabling EHR interoperability is at the forefront of many conversations about EHR adoption and health information exchange (HIE). It’s the all...
If your hospital has deployed an electronic health record (EHR) system, you probably have a contingency plan in the event of a system outage. After all...
Three healthcare organizations are making strides in the adoption electronic health records and health information exchange (HIE) for the purpose of meaningful...
As the EHR Incentive Programs move forward, subsequent stages of meaningful use aim to increase patient engagement and the flow of information between...
The shift from pay-for-service to pay-for-performance in healthcare means that healthcare organizations and providers must approach care delivery in a...
Study Finds Data Exchange Growing Through EHR Adoption New research, published recently in Health Affairs, from the Office of the National Coordinator for...
Health information exchange (HIE) sustainability and the future of these networks generally depend on their ability to create a useful and meaningful use value...
Health information exchange (HIE) sustainability and the future of these networks generally depend on their ability to create a useful and meaningful use value...
Even with the increased adoption and meaningful use of EHR technologies, current attempts at healthcare reform will not avoid history repeating itself unless...
Many healthcare organizations are discovering that accountable care reimbursed via global captitated risk contracts requires more primary care physicians and a...