Category Archives: Cloud EHR

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Survey: Confusion Slowing Meaningful Use Compliance

Posted on May 3, 2013 by Anne Zieger

While Meaningful Use is likely to spur improvements in health IT, confusion over regulations — and the need to pursue other pressing HIT projects — are slowing down MU compliance, according to a new study. The survey was conducted by … Continue reading →

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Technologies Hospital Leaders Should Watch

Posted on March 29, 2013 by Anne Zieger

Courtesy of non-profit research house the ECRI Institute, here’s some of technologies that they believe hospital C-suite execs should be watching this year. This list was generated by ECRI’s in-house analysts, reports HealthLeaders. Not all of these are directly related to … Continue reading →

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Remote Patient Monitoring Going Mainstream

Posted on January 31, 2013 by Anne Zieger

This week I read a piece of news which suggests to me that we’re seeing a turning point in the use of remote monitoring technology to manage patients.  It looks like AT&T is taking a major public position in support … Continue reading →

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AthenaHealth Grabs Mobile Footprint With Agreement To Acquire Epocrates

Posted on January 8, 2013 by Anne Zieger

Practice management and EMR vendor athenahealth has signed a definitive agreement to buy mobile health information giant Epocrates Inc., in a move which emphasizes the importance of mobile channels to the the future of EMRs. athenahealth has agreed to pay … Continue reading →

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The Cloud and Hospitals

Posted on November 1, 2012 by John

Let’s talk about The Cloud and Hospitals for a minute. At a session I attended at CHIME a hospital CIO said, “There’s still a lot of unknown with cloud.” At first I was a little taken back by the comment. … Continue reading →

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Healthcare Cloud Spending Slated For Major Growth

Posted on October 30, 2012 by Anne Zieger

Hospitals may still be ambivalent about using the cloud for clinical data transport, but attitudes are likely to undergo a major change over the next few years, according to research firm MarketsandMarkets. The firm projects that the healthcare cloud market … Continue reading →

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The Dawn Of “Compliance As A Service”?

Posted on October 5, 2012 by Anne Zieger

A few days ago, I posted a quick report on our EMRandHIPAA.com sister site discussing Verizon’s plans to offer a HIPAA-compliant cloud service. Verizon, which has beefed up on security services over the past few years, seems to see its … Continue reading →

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Health Management Associates Makes System-Wide Deal With athenahealth

Posted on September 21, 2012 by Anne Zieger

Cloud-based EMR vendor Athenahealth has struck a deal with hospital chain Health Management Associates that its vendor competitors would die for. HMA has signed an agreement with athena under which the chain’s 1200+ employed physicians — cutting across 15 states and … Continue reading →

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Survey: Virtually All Docs Want Mobile EMRs

Posted on August 21, 2012 by Anne Zieger

Here’s news that shouldn’t come as a surprise:  a new study has concluded that nine out of ten doctors would like to be able to use an EMR on their mobile device. The survey was conducted by a vendor, which … Continue reading →

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Cerner Outage Sparks Controversy

Posted on July 27, 2012 by Anne Zieger

Whew!  Cerner isn’t going to live this one down easily. According to reports from the field, Cerner’s hosted EMR service was down for most of Monday, July 23, taking down both hospital and medical practice clients. HISTalk.com, the beloved scourge … Continue reading →

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