EHR Implementation, Security, New Product News

There's always something. Whether it's a pasture of COWs (computers on wheels) gathering dust, dead spots in your Wi-Fi coverage, or clinicians who want an unmanageable amount of customization, no EHR effort is without glitches. The nine providers below are doing about as well with EHRs as anyone-they are collecting meaningful use dollars, have reached Stage 7 on the HIMSS Analytics EHR adoption model, or have won a HIMSS Davies award for their implementations.

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Dates Set for Connectathon 2013 Interoperability Testing

The Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise North American Connectathon 2013 has been scheduled for Jan. 28-Feb. 2 in Chicago.
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Health Info Exchange

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Hospitals

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Vendor News

Kalorama: EHRs a $17.9B Market in 2011

Sales of electronic health records systems hit $17.9 billion in 2011, a 14.2 percent increase over the previous year, according to an annual study from Kalorama Information, a New York-based research firm.

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Mostashari Disputes Study Questioning Savings from Meaningful Use

Farzad Mostashari, national coordinator for health information technology, is taking issue with a new study in the March issue of Health Affairs that concludes having electronic access to medical imaging and lab test results increases the ordering of additional tests.
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Health Affairs I.T. Study Authors Fire Back at Mostashari

Following a rebuke from Farzad Mostashari, M.D., national coordinator for health information technology, of a recent study concluding that electronic access to imaging and lab test results increases the ordering of additional tests, the study’s authors have fired back.
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Hospitals

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Medical Imaging

Kaiser Permanente’s Big EHR Bet Paying Off

If the move toward digitizing the health system has been characterized by fits and starts, Kaiser Permanente’s multi-year, multibillion dollar effort to create an enterprise electronic records system is nothing if not persistent.

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Hospitals