NEW YORK, Jan 8 (Reuters) – If you went to visit your doctor and a drug company representative was sitting in the room with you, ready to hand out...
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About 75% of physicians who used electronic health records in 2011 reported clinical benefits to EHR adoption, according to a new study published in the...
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It has been an interesting few years in the healthcare IT (HIT) industry and no doubt it will continue to be so moving forward. Not too long ago the Federal...
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Earlier this week I spoke at Atlanta Healthcare IT Leadership Summit on Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) and what I call “accountable tech & Co...
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Patient engagement access to health information is nothing new. However, it has received an increasing amount of attention as a result of meaningful use...
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Remember the Ford Pinto and the AMC Pacer, aka the Pregnant Pinto? Both serve as reminders of an in era in which the American auto industry lost its way and...
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In an article published in Perspectives in Health Information Management, Sue Bowman — senior director of coding policy and compliance at the American...
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(Reuters) – Small and rural U.S. hospitals are most at risk of not satisfying certain federal requirements for using electronic health record systems...
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It’s another turn on the journey to the meaningful use of certified EHR technology with Dr. Farzad Mostashari, MD, ScM, announcing his resignation from his...
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CMS has released data showing increased provider usage of EHRs, but at least one healthcare professional claims providers “go through the motions” for...
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We may have passed the “tipping point”, but meaningful use is still going strong, according to the latest EHR Incentive Program data released by CMS. Medicare...
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It’s not quite “no good deed goes unpunished” but closer to “no Epic news story goes uncommented.” Either way, the company seems to generate a mixture of...
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The inaugural HIMSS Analytics Workforce Survey shows that while health IT hiring was robust in 2012, there was a shortage of qualified applicants for...
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The clinical, financial, and overall business value of information in healthcare today is without question. The use of this information captured by EHR and...
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Clinicians need to be able to point out ambiguities, errors to developers Electronic records create a third “reality” in healthcare–one...
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I’m always happy to look at data. Certainly data can lie, but it can also inform if you are looking at the right data and considering the biases of the data. I...
