Monthly Archives: February 2012

How To Sell Your EMR To Patients

Posted on February 29, 2012 by Anne Zieger

Today, I visited a mid-sized suburban hospital on some routine business.  Before leaving, I stopped and had lunch at the cafeteria, then tossed the trash into the barrel and stashed  the tray. Then, between the barrels, I noted a small … Continue reading →

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Hello Health Raises $10 Million in Funding for Patient Management Platform (EHR Built In)

Posted on February 29, 2012 by John

The news recently came out that Hello Health has raised $10 million in funding. For those that aren’t familiar with Hello Health, here’s a pretty good description of what they do from the press release: For years, physicians have experienced … Continue reading →

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Hello Health (Myca Health) Secures $10 Million Investment

Posted on February 29, 2012 by John

This morning, Hello Health, a Patient Management Platform developed to improve communication between patients and physicians, announced an additional $10M in investor funding. Over the past two quarters, Hello Health has experienced tremendous growth attracting investors compelled by Hello Health’s … Continue reading →

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Welcome to EMR and EHR Asia!

Posted on February 29, 2012 by John

Welcome to the new home of everything good, bad or otherwise related to EMR, EHR and Healthcare IT in Asia. Please excuse the construction as we put the finishing touches on EMR and EHR Asia. We’ve got some great content … Continue reading →

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Shareable Ink Partners With Leading EHR Vendors to Accelerate Physician Adoption

Posted on February 28, 2012 by David

Healthcare Practices Can Now Achieve Meaningful Use with Pen and Paper Nashville, TN (February 27, 2012) – Shareable Ink®, an enterprise cloud computing company that transforms paper documentation to structured data, today announced three new partnerships with leading EHR vendors … Continue reading →

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ICD-10 Proposed Delay Is Freaking Out Healthcare Industry

Posted on February 27, 2012 by Anne Zieger

In theory, one might think that a delay in the deadline for implementing ICD-10 coding would be a relief for providers. After all, the shift from ICD-9 to ICD-10 is a monumental task which will burn through much money and … Continue reading →

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Farzad Mostashari’s Post on Meaningful Use Stage 2 NPRM

Posted on February 27, 2012 by John

I love that Farzad Mostashari and other people at HHS and ONC have been blogging about these exciting times in healthcare IT. Farzad recently did a post about the meaningful use stage 2 NPRM (see this Meaningful Use Monday post … Continue reading →

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Epocrates iPad EHR Demo at HIMSS12

Posted on February 27, 2012 by David

We sit down with Tom Giannulli, MD, CMIO at Epocrates, to demo Epocrates’ new iPad EHR, one of only a handful of dedicated iPad EHR offerings at HIMSS12. Dr Giannuli walks us through some of the EHR screens, explains how … Continue reading →

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HIMSS12 Breaks Previous Attendance Records – #HIMSS12

Posted on February 27, 2012 by David

The record-breaking trend continues for the 2012 Annual HIMSS Conference & Exhibition, held in Las Vegas at the Venetian Sands Expo Center from Feb. 20-24.  As of Friday morning, Feb. 24, attendance at HIMSS12 reached 37,032 attendees, surpassing the HIMSS11 … Continue reading →

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HIMSS Statement on Release of Meaningful Use Stage 2 NPRM

Posted on February 27, 2012 by David

UPDATE 2-24-12: This afternoon, ONC released the proposed rule for ”Health Information Technology: Standards, Implementation Specifications, and Certification Criteria for Electronic Health Record Technology, 2014 Edition; Revisions to the Permanent Certification Program for Health Information Technology HIMSS is pleased that the Department … Continue reading →

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