More than 4,000 Georgia docs have adopted EHRs, bringing REC to 100 percent...
Remember ONC Regional Extension Centers? There were 62 of those federally-funded organizations, better known as RECs, created nationwide in 2009 with a mission of helping primary care physicians move...
View ArticleDoD gives Cerner EHR implementation a name: MHS Genesis
The Military Health System's massive EHR modernization project has a new name – MHS Genesis – and will begin in earnest at the end of this year, U.S. Department of Defense officials said."The meaning...
View ArticleTechnology's Impact on Patient Satisfaction
Sponsor: CDW HealthcarePrimary topic: TelehealthTopic: EHRsElectronic Health RecordsMobileTelehealthResource Central: Upcoming WebinarsExternal url:...
View ArticleChronic care management a boon for one practice's population health strategy...
Michael Paul Gimness, MD, is one doctor who's been embracing chronic care management strategies for years – even since before it was incentivized by Medicare.A physician at Plant City, Florida.-based...
View ArticleFlorida Department of Health Clinics in Palm Beach County hit with medical...
More than 1,000 patients of the Florida Department of Health Clinics in Palm Beach County could be at risk of identity theft after a recent medical records breach, department officials announced...
View ArticleCIO LaVerne Council says VA needs new EHR with analytics, cloud, patient...
Veterans Affairs CIO LaVerne Council on Thursday testified that she has recommended a "state-of-the-art, world class" electronic health record to VA Undersecretary for Health David Shulkin, MD, and...
View ArticleKaiser Permanente collecting patient data for DNA Research Bank
Kaiser Permanente this week launched a new database that enables researchers to examine participants' DNA in conjunction with environmental and behavioral health.Kaiser members across eight states and...
View ArticleTop 5 Ways HIPAA Compliant Messaging Improves Your Organization
Sponsor: Lua TechnologiesPrimary topic: Electronic Health RecordsTopic: Electronic Health RecordsResource Central: White PapersExternal url:...
View ArticleEHRs may be inadequate in capturing mental health diagnosis, study finds
The diagnoses of 27.3 percent of patients with depression and 27.7 percent of patients with bipolar disorder were missing from their primary care electronic health records, a study published in the...
View ArticleMACRA-economics 101: Prepare today for tomorrow's outcomes
Accountable CareElectronic Health RecordsMeaningful UsePolicy and LegislationQuality and SafetyTogether, MIPS and APMs establish a new framework that streamlines existing quality reporting programs...
View ArticleEpic awarded $940 million in Tata trade secrets case
A U.S. district court jury in Wisconsin has found in Epic Systems' favor, awarding the EHR giant $940 million in damages in its trade secrets lawsuit against Mumbai-based Tata Consultancy Services. The...
View ArticleDocs in value-based models more likely to use EHRs for improved care processes
Care coordination, quality measurement, patient engagement and population health management strategies are routinely used by physicians with electronic health records who participate in accountable...
View ArticleDecision Resources Group launches massive repository with new clinical and...
Healthcare analytics company Decision Resources Group is growing its healthcare data trove in a big way, adding claims and electronic health record data for its new Real World Evidence repository, or...
View ArticleMount Sinai signs on with OpenNotes, gives patients access to their medical...
New York's Mount Sinai Health System is joining other high-profile health systems across the nation in embracing OpenNotes, an initiative that gives patients access to their care provider's notes in...
View ArticleU.S. Coast Guard pulls out of Epic EHR contract, forcing return to paper records
ClinicalElectronic Health RecordsInteroperabilityNetwork InfrastructurePolicy and LegislationOfficials determined there were 'significant risks' to continuing rollout, had concerns about a viable final...
View ArticleTexas CISO points to HITRUST and NSA guidance to boost cybersecurity
Data WarehousingElectronic Health RecordsNetwork InfrastructurePolicy and LegislationPrivacy & SecuritySanjeev Sah, chief information security officer at Texas Children's Hospital, says their...
View ArticleMariann Yeager on HIMSS Radio at HIMSS16
Mariann Yeager, Chief Executive Officer at The Sequoia Project, talks with Justin Barnes on HIMSS Radio about emerging trends at HIMSS16, especially around interoperability.WATCH: Video segments and...
View ArticleDenise Hines on HIMSS Radio at HIMSS16
Denise Hines, DHA, PMP, FHIMSS, Executive Director of the Georgia Health Information Network (GaHIN), announces some exciting professional news on HIMSS Radioand highlights the Women in Health IT...
View ArticleGeisinger takes giant steps toward precision medicine with its EHR-linked...
AnalyticsClinicalDecision SupportElectronic Health RecordsPopulation HealthExpects to recruit more than 250,000 people for largest U.S. study.Bernie MonegainGeisinger Health System has enlisted 100,000...
View ArticlePopulation health management demands an effective set of measures
AnalyticsClinicalElectronic Health RecordsPopulation HealthQuality and SafetyWithout population health measurement, there can be no population health management, a Georgetown pop health expert...
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