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Adolescent Data Needs Stronger EMR Protections, Group Says

Posted on November 13, 2012 by Anne Zieger

The American Academy of Pediatrics is calling for changes to EMRs to protect the privacy of adolescent patients, whom, it says, don’t currently get the same level of protection as adults. According to the AAP, there are several reasons adolescents … Continue reading →

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Senators Join Initiative To Scrutinize Meaningful Use

Posted on October 23, 2012 by Anne Zieger

A couple of weeks ago, four House GOP leaders wrote a letter to HHS head Katherine Sebelius demanding that she account for perceived failures in the Meaningful Use program. The four congressmen had written a letter to HHS head Kathleen Sebelius to … Continue reading →

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Congressmen Want Halt On Meaningful Use Payments

Posted on October 8, 2012 by Anne Zieger

Four congressmen have thrown what could be a monkey wrench into the rollout of Meaningful Use Stage 2 regulations, arguing that Meaningful Use rules are weak and ineffective and that MU incentives have gone awry. The four have written a … Continue reading →

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What Won’t Happen In #HIT By September 2013

Posted on September 7, 2012 by Anne Zieger

As part of the upcoming National Health IT Week (#NHITWeek), which takes place September 10 through 14th) my august colleague John has written up a list of ways in #HIT is likely to make a difference over the next 12 … Continue reading →

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Are Best Of Breed EMRs Going Out Of Fashion?

Posted on September 4, 2012 by Anne Zieger

This week, I visited a hospital which belonged to a health system going with Epic. This hospital, one of the smaller facilities in the chain, was running Picis in the ED and (I think) Cerner throughout, but the decision had … Continue reading →

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Group Develops EMR-Less HIE Technology

Posted on August 22, 2012 by Anne Zieger

A pair of major tech players and a group led by Geisinger have come together to create tools making health information exchanges accessible to providers who don’t have an EMR in place. The tools are aimed at skilled nursing facilities, … Continue reading →

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HL7 Invites Clinicians To Help With Standards

Posted on June 8, 2012 by Anne Zieger

I don’t know about you, but I’m always interested in ways in which clinicians get a chance to make health data use more to their liking.  In that spirit, here’s an item from Information Week which just caught my eye — … Continue reading →

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The Depressing State Of HIEs

Posted on May 3, 2012 by Anne Zieger

Ladies and gentlemen, I’ve been following the progress of HIEs since the mid-2000s, and the story has always seemed to be the same.  HIE gets sparked by a grant or some entrepreneurial thinking, gets to rolling, looks promising, then dies … Continue reading →

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HL7 Offers Some of Its Wares For Free

Posted on February 23, 2012 by Anne Zieger

Health Level Seven made an interesting announcement at HIMSS12 this week, announcing a pilot project in which it will give away some what it terms “key intellectual property” at no charge.  HL7  is offering no-charge licensing of its domain models … Continue reading →

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