Tag Archives: Hospital Electronic Health Record

Contest Offers Prizes For CCD Redesign

Posted on November 19, 2012 by Anne Zieger

When EMRs are the gossip of the week at TechCrunch (a popular tech startup website), you know our little EMR thang has gone mainstream. And TechCrunch is indeed one of a series of sites trumpeting the news of a design … 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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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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Providers Behind The Eight Ball On HIEs

Posted on October 4, 2012 by Anne Zieger

ONCHIT is demanding them. Patients are beginning to understand them. But poor ol’ beleaguered HIEs still aren’t getting the attention they deserve, it seems. A new survey by patient care organization ECRI Institute, done with strategic partner s2a, has concluded … Continue reading →

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FCC Says Wireless Health Should Be “Routine” Within Five Years

Posted on September 28, 2012 by Anne Zieger

This week, the FCC made an announcement which, I think, is likely to have far-reaching implications, including for providers, hospitals, wireless vendors and medical device makers. *So* much is going on in this announcement that I think I’ll have to … Continue reading →

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Feds Claim Hospitals Are Using EMRs For Upcoding

Posted on September 26, 2012 by Anne Zieger

Geez, you can’t win for losing these days. First the feds put enormous pressure on hospitals to near-bankrupt themselves buying sophisticated EMRs and meet Meaningful Use standards.  Now, as a piece in The New York Times notes, the feds are going … Continue reading →

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Things You Won’t Hear Hospital EMR Customers Say

Posted on September 24, 2012 by Anne Zieger

My colleague John recently wrote an item offering a list of comments you’re not likely to hear EMR-using doctors say to one another. (It’s a great read — you should check it out! ) Not to be outdone, I’ve pulled … Continue reading →

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37 Seconds To Chart Encounter on Peds EMR

Posted on September 11, 2012 by Anne Zieger

If you’re like me, you’ll probably be a bit surprised (pleasantly) by the following video, which can be found embedded in an equally interesting blog post on EMR feature-creep or “featuritis” by Dr. Charles Webster.  (I would have shared the … Continue reading →

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Study Suggests Most HIEs Aren’t Sustainable

Posted on September 10, 2012 by Anne Zieger

According to an EHR Intelligence piece, most HIEs spend more than $1 million per year on operational expenses. That number is probably well on the low end for regional HIEs with multiple health system partners. All told, I think we can … Continue reading →

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Nurses And PAs Use Digital Resources More Than Docs

Posted on September 5, 2012 by Anne Zieger

Generally speaking, the push toward EMRs is designed to change how doctors use digital resources and structure how they interact with other professionals. As it turns out, though, there may be more enculturation to do. Nurses and advanced practice nurses … Continue reading →

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