EHR Archives
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Joseph Goedert | May 16
PDR Network and iHealth Alliance have developed a drug safety certification program for electronic health records and e-prescribing systems.
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.
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.
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.
Joseph Goedert | May 16
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology has expanded with two new offices.
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.
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.
Joseph Goedert | May 14
The American Health Information Management Association will host the 2012 Long-Term and Post-Acute Care Health IT Summit, June 18-19 in Baltimore.
Joseph Goedert | May 14
The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives, in a comment letter, expresses support for the government’s decision to delay ICD-10 implementation to October 2014.
Joseph Goedert | May 14
A consumer advocate position is open on the HIT Policy Committee, comprising stakeholders who advise federal officials on the nation’s strategy for widespread use of health information technology.
