January 24, 2013 Rajiv Leventhal
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The New Mexico Health Information Collaborative (NMHIC), the state’s health information exchange (HIE), has selected New Zealand-based Orion Health’s HIE platform to power the statewide exchange and expand the capabilities it offers to healthcare providers across New Mexico.
January 22, 2013 Rajiv Leventhal
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Daniel Bronson-Lowe, Ph.D., senior infection preventionist at Carle, speaks with HCI Assistant Editor Rajiv Leventhal to talk about Carle Hospital's implementation of ICNet, an automated infection surveillance system.
January 22, 2013 Jeff Smith, Assistant Director of Advocacy at CHIME
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The Federal Health IT Policy Committee has been working for months on developing measures and objectives for Stage 3 Meaningful Use and in November they shared those thoughts with the wider health IT community of stakeholders for input. Recently, CHIME submitted a response to the HIT Policy Committee, urging caution about the assumed pace and practicality of those Stage 3 measures.
January 22, 2013 Rajiv Leventhal
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Providers are looking to third-party vendors to keep pace with clinical evidence, but many struggle to embed that content into their electronic medical record (EMR) and clinical workflow, according to a new report from Orem, Ut.-based KLAS Research.
January 22, 2013 Mark Hagland
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HIMSS Analytics' recent press release on the acceleration in the pace of EHR adoption is encouraging, but then again, the numbers could be read in different ways, depending on one's perspective
January 21, 2013 Mark Hagland
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Earlier this month, the leaders of HIMSS Analytics issued a press release announcing significant gains in the percentages of U.S. hospitals reaching advanced stages in electronic health record adoption. What's behind the forward advance?
January 19, 2013 Mark Hagland
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David Wennberg, M.D., M.P.H., CEO of the Northern New England Accountable Care Collaborative, a Portland, Maine-based collaborative organization founded by four integrated health systems in New England, shares his perspectives on the challenges and opportunities involved in laying the IT foundations for accountable care
January 17, 2013 Gabriel Perna
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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has released an update to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), aiming to better protect patient privacy and safeguard patients' health information in the digital age, according to HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius.
January 17, 2013 Rajiv Leventhal
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In less than a year, the 168-bed Florida Hospital North Pinellas has reached the highest level of EMR progress, an accomplishment that was well worth all the effort and hard work that went into it.
January 16, 2013 Gabriel Perna
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The American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) is calling on the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC), to delay implementation of meaningful use Stage 3 until 2017, the association said in a comment letter to ONC National Coordinator Farzad Mostashari, M.D.
January 16, 2013 Mark Hagland
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Kenneth Bertka, M.D. has been helping to lead his colleagues at Mercy Health Partners, and its parent health system, Catholic Health Partners, forward on data-driven population health management. A key lesson learned? Take everything one step at a time.
January 15, 2013 Rajiv Leventhal
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Starting on Jan. 15, designers and developers can submit prototypes for a statewide patient portal where New Yorkers can access their personal health records.
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