EHR


EHRs are used in both inpatient and ambulatory settings to document care and share information across departments. Topics include: vendor selection, system deployment, and workflow analysis. On the inpatient side, best-of-breed versus single source is a perennial debate as CIOs automate the widely diverse departments under their purview, such as the surgical suite, radiology and intensive care. On the ambulatory side, group practices wrestle with physician productivity issues and creating interfaces to outside service partners such as labs.


AHRQ Seeks Improvements to I.T. Workflow Toolkit

Joseph Goedert | May 21
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality reminds ambulatory practices of the availability of its free Workflow Assessment for Health IT Toolkit and is working to make it more useful to small- and mid-size physician practices.
Policy & Regulation
Group Practices
Health Info Exchange

Big Jump in E-Prescribing in 2011

Joseph Goedert | May 18
Physician use of electronic prescribing technology skyrocketed in 2011, according the annual National Progress Report from e-prescribing network operator Surescripts.
Medication Management
Electronic Data Interchange
Group Practices
Hospitals

Analytics Guru Thomas Davenport to Keynote at HDM Conference

Greg Gillespie | May 18
Thomas Davenport, renowned author and expert on data analytics and management practices, will give a keynote presentation at the Healthcare Analytics Symposium & Expo, July 24-25 in Chicago. The event is sponsored by Health Data Management.
Decision Support
Disease Management
Group Practices
Payers
Hospitals
Revenue Cycle Management

Utah I.T. Director Resigns Following Breach

Joseph Goedert | May 17
Almost seven weeks after a major data breach, the director of Utah’s Department of Technology Services has resigned and the governor has personally apologized to state residents for not adequately protecting their information.
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Data Security
Payers
Policy & Regulation
Consumer Health
Stimulus

MGMA: Extend Medicare eRX Deadlines

Joseph Goedert | May 16
The Medical Group Management Association is asking federal officials to extend the Medicare e-prescribing program’s reporting and hardship exemption request deadlines of June 30, saying the requirements are confusing and unfair.
Group Practices
Electronic Data Interchange
Medication Management
Policy & Regulation

Program to Certify Drug Safety in EHRs

Joseph Goedert | May 16
PDR Network and iHealth Alliance have developed a drug safety certification program for electronic health records and e-prescribing systems.
Hospitals
Group Practices
Medication Management

Dreams on Parade at Health 2.0 Event

Gary Baldwin | May 16
There was a bit of a schizophrenic feel to the Health 2.0 conference earlier this week in Boston. Half the companies in attendance are obscure names at best in the I.T. market.
Vendor News

Culture Trumps Capability: EHR Exec

Gary Baldwin | May 16
Start-up firms looking for inroads in the health care industry should look for customers who understand their vision. That was one piece of advice offered by Jonathan Bush, CEO of athenahealth, during a session at the Health 2.0 conference taking place this week in Boston.
Group Practices
Vendor News
Revenue Cycle Management

3M Health Data Dictionary Going Open Source

Joseph Goedert | May 16
3M Health Information Systems will release a public version of its Healthcare Data Dictionary as open source software, making it free and available worldwide.
Systems Integration
Vendor News
Coding
Hospitals
Group Practices
Payers
Policy & Regulation

QSI/NextGen Buys an ED Vendor

Joseph Goedert | May 16
Quality Systems Inc., owner of NextGen Healthcare Information Systems, has acquired The Poseidon Group, which sells emergency department information systems. Terms were not disclosed.
Vendor News
Hospitals
Group Practices

ONC Expands to Prioritize Clinical, Consumer Views

Joseph Goedert | May 16
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology has expanded with two new offices.
Consumer Health
Health Info Exchange
Policy & Regulation
Stimulus
Group Practices
Hospitals

Trying to Put the R.I.P. on ICD-10

Greg Gillespie | May 16
So the American Medical Association is asking the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to ease off the pedal a bit on ICD-10. Pushing the deadline back by two years would be a good start, according to the AMA, but just a start.
Coding
Policy & Regulation
Group Practices
Hospitals
Payers

Why ACOs Will Be Different

Gary Baldwin | May 15
Two presenters at the Health 2.0 conference in Boston assert that, unlike the managed care payment models of the past, accountable care organizations have a much better chance of success.
Revenue Cycle & Payments
Revenue Cycle Management
Disease Management
Chronic Care
Health Info Exchange
Group Practices
Hospitals
Payers
Policy & Regulation

The Fallacy of Zero Tolerance … in Hiring

Jim Gibson | May 15
As search consultants, we are usually viewed as trusted advisors and extensions of the management team. So, knowing when to push back on a client, and when to just defer to the client’s opinion and judgment, is one of the trickier parts of our job. It’s a good example of when it’s more art than science.
Vendor News
Hospitals
Group Practices
Payers
Consumer Health

AMA: Postpone ICD-10 At Least Two Years

Joseph Goedert | May 14
The ICD-10 compliance date should, at minimum, be pushed back two years to Oct. 1, 2015, the American Medical Association contends in a comment letter to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
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Coding
Electronic Data Interchange
Group Practices
Hospitals
Payers
Policy & Regulation
Revenue Cycle Management
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