Tag Archives: Hospital EMR Vendor

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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Allscripts Loses NYC Hospital Deal To Epic, Files Complaint

Posted on October 11, 2012 by Anne Zieger

Usually, battles over a hospital EMR contract fall below the radar, with only the hospital and vendors the wiser as to what took place during negotiations. But this time, we may be treated to the spectacle of seeing a large … 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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#EPICUGM 2012 Offers Tantalizing Hints

Posted on September 13, 2012 by Anne Zieger

This week Epic held its annual user group meeting (#UCG2012 or #EPICUCG), complete with a full-stage Journey tribute, Wayne and Garth and tantalizing promises of neat features to come. Because we weren’t at the conference, we took a dive into … 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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An Epic Tale: How Queen Faulkner Controls Her Realm

Posted on August 3, 2012 by Anne Zieger

Once there was a queen in a castle in Wisconsin. She had brave armies of stout young health IT soldiers at her disposal, and for a time, her armies handled all the engagements her health IT fiefdom encountered in with … 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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CPOE Acceptance Still Slowed Down By Workflow Changes

Posted on May 14, 2012 by Anne Zieger

Computerized Physician Order Entry (CPOE) adoption rates have been very slow over the last few years, but now, driven by Meaningful Use pressure, more providers are adopting such technology.  That being said, a goodly number of providers still haven’t managed … Continue reading →

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Issues To Consider When Offering Hospital-Subsidized EMRs

Posted on May 11, 2012 by Anne Zieger

Offering subsidized EMRs to doctors may be a good idea, but if they’re smart, the doctors will be very picky about the terms you offer. (After all, if they use your EMR, you’re in effect controlling part of their business!) … Continue reading →

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Top HIS Vendors By 2011 Revenue: Siemens (SI)

Posted on April 30, 2012 by Anne Zieger

As some of you may recall, a few months ago we took a look at Soarian’s prospects for taking some of Epic’s ever-growing EMR marketing share.  At the time, we noted that Soarian’s  customer satisfaction ratings were climbing and its … Continue reading →

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