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Critical Access Hospitals

Epic Installation Fuels Maine Controversy

Posted on May 6, 2013 by Anne Zieger

Ordinarily, the fact that integrated delivery system MaineHealth had spent $150 million on an Epic EMR system wouldn’t excite a lot of comment.  After all, say what you like about Epic, it doesn’t come cheaply, and a $150 million install … Continue reading →

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Survey: Healthcare CIOs Average $200K In Annual Base Salary

Posted on April 9, 2013 by Anne Zieger

While numbers varied widely depending on organizational factors, healthcare CIOs earned an average base salary of $208,417 in 2012, according to a recent survey conducted by CHIME. The survey, which drew responses from small, medium-sized, large and rural facilities, drew responses … Continue reading →

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Gap Between Small/Rural and Large/Urban Hospitals Closing

Posted on November 7, 2012 by Anne Zieger

As readers know, we’ve been tracking the progress of Meaningful Use uptake, and data has repeatedly suggested that small and rural hospitals were lagging behind. Now, courtesy of Modern Healthcare, comes an analysis suggesting that the EMR gap between small/rural and … Continue reading →

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ONC Wants 1,000 More Smaller Hospitals To Be Meaningful Users

Posted on October 12, 2012 by Anne Zieger

As I’ve written about here in the past, small rural/critical access hospitals are struggling to keep up with Meaningful Use. These hospitals — typically 50 beds or less — are isolated, underfunded, short on staff and clinicians and sometimes without … Continue reading →

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Hospital Patient Flow Software

Posted on August 1, 2012 by John

While we have done a lot of in depth coverage of Hospital EHR systems, we haven’t spent nearly enough time on many of the other IT systems that make a hospital a success. I actually think this is true across … Continue reading →

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Cerner Sued Over Failed Hospital Installation

Posted on July 17, 2012 by Anne Zieger

We seldom hear about these things (probably because of the EHR Gag Clauses that John wrote about previously), but this time word has gotten out. According to a report in The Kansas City Star, a critical access hospital northwest of Pittburg, … Continue reading →

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EMR Gap Grows Between Large, Small Hospitals

Posted on May 17, 2012 by Anne Zieger

Meaningful Use incentives may have boosted EMR adoption dramatically, but the incentive program has had an uneven effect on the industry, new research suggests. According to a new study published  in the journal Health Affairs, the EMR adoption gap between small- … Continue reading →

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Connecting EMRs and Smart Pumps Proving Difficult

Posted on May 10, 2012 by Anne Zieger

As they settle into their implementation, hospitals are hoping to connect key medical devices to their EMRs. But vanishingly few have pulled off connecting one important device, the smart infusion pump, according to recent research by KLAS. KLAS’s new study … Continue reading →

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Top HIS Vendors By 2011 Revenue: Cerner Corp. (CERN)

Posted on April 23, 2012 by Anne Zieger

Today it’s back to our countdown of the top five HIS vendors, with data courtesy of HealthDataManagement magazine. Today we’re focusing on Cerner, which according to the magazine’s calculations ranks second for HIS sales, edged out only by McKesson. Cerner claims to … Continue reading →

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Hospitals Slowly Moving Toward Stage 1 of Meaningful Use

Posted on February 18, 2012 by Anne Zieger

A new report from HIMSS Analytics concludes that the inevitable is happening, but slowly. According to researchers, who reported their findings in December 2011, virtually all categories of hospitals are showing greater ability to achieve Meaningful Use Stage 1, including: … Continue reading →

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