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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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Study: Most Health Organizations Are Implementing HIEs

Posted on April 23, 2013 by Anne Zieger

A study by revenue cycle management vendor Emdeon has concluded that most hospitals and medical practices are getting involved with HIEs, and that a majority of providers were implementing automated medication reconciliation, e-prescribing and EMRs. To conduct the study, researchers … Continue reading →

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CommonWell Alliance Goals Challenged By ONC

Posted on April 8, 2013 by Anne Zieger

As virtually everyone in health IT knows, HIMSS saw the dawning of a new EMR vendor alliance which proposes to make health data exchange simpler.  The group, the CommonWell Alliance, includes McKesson, Cerner, Allscripts, Greenway and athenahealth, plus McKesson’s connectivity … Continue reading →

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ONC Releases HIE Toolkit For Rural Healthcare

Posted on March 18, 2013 by Anne Zieger

The ONC has released a new toolkit designed to help rural healthcare players such as rural hospitals, critical access hospitals, clinics and state offices of rural health to participate in HIEs, iHealthBeat reports. Here’s a summary of what the toolkit … Continue reading →

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Cerner, McKesson, Allscripts, athenahealth, Greenway and RelayHealth Announce Ground Breaking Alliance to Enable Integrated Health Care

Posted on March 4, 2013 by John

First-of-its-kind effort to transform quality and cost effectiveness by enabling data liquidity across systems, settings and episodes of care New Orleans, March 4, 2013 – Top health care information technology (HIT) companies Cerner, McKesson, Allscripts, athenahealth, Greenway Medical Technologies® and RelayHealth … Continue reading →

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New Hampshire Health Information Organization (NHHIO) Selects Massachusetts eHealth Collaborative (MAeHC) as State HIE Executive Director and Orion Health as Technical Vendor

Posted on February 22, 2013 by John

New Hampshire Health Information Organization (NHHIO) Selects Massachusetts eHealth Collaborative (MAeHC) as State HIE Executive Director and Orion Health as Technical Vendor MAeHC to Develop and Manage NH’s HIE, Connecting Key Healthcare Entities to Increase Efficiencies and Improve Patient Safety … Continue reading →

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NY RHIO Brings EMRs To Ambulances

Posted on February 20, 2013 by Anne Zieger

Even with a well-connected RHIO in place, and a healthy EMR on site, most hospitals have to content with paper records when ambulances pull up to their door. But in Rochester, they’ve changed things up. The Rochester Regional RHIO has … Continue reading →

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We Have an HIE – The Internet

Posted on February 11, 2013 by John

Jon Fox, MD and Founder of HealthApp Connect sent me a great message: We already have a great free HIE and it’s called the internet He makes an interesting point. Reinforces why I called for hospital CIO’s to start making … Continue reading →

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Leading Healthcare IT Solutions Firm Sees Dramatic Increase in Outsourced Helpdesk Utilization

Posted on February 8, 2013 by John

CareTech Solutions reports 75% spike in use of Service Desk™ in 2012; cites EHR learning curve and diversion of IT resources to strategic initiatives as likely causes (TROY, Mich., Jan. 31, 2013) CareTech Solutions, an information technology (IT) and Web … Continue reading →

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TruCode Announces New Encoder Web Services for Integration into Healthcare IT Applications

Posted on February 8, 2013 by John

Alpharetta, GA— January 8th, 2013. TruCode™, a medical coding software company, proudly announces a new encoder “cloud-based” offering for healthcare IT vendors. TruCode’s Encoder Essentials is a set of web services and components that enable business partners to easily integrate … Continue reading →

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