January 23, 2013 David Raths
blog
The free, peer-reviewed e-publication's inaugural issue includes a paper on the effort to create an EHR-linked multicenter registry
January 22, 2013 Rajiv Leventhal
article
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 Rajiv Leventhal
news
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
blog
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
article
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 17, 2013 Rajiv Leventhal
article
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 Mark Hagland
article
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 Gabriel Perna
news
According to a study from researchers at New York-based Weill Cornell Medical College, the accuracy of clinical quality measures (CQMs) from electronic health records (EHRs) can vary widely. The researchers of the study say electronic reporting can both underestimate and overestimate quality.
January 15, 2013 Rajiv Leventhal
news
The adoption of electronic health records (EHRs) by family physicians has doubled since 2005, exceeds other office-based physicians as a group and is likely to surpass 80 percent by 2013, according to a study published in the January/February issue of the Annals of Family Medicine.
January 11, 2013 Rajiv Leventhal
news
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is challenging software developers to create new systems that schedule appointments in VA’s nationwide health system.
January 10, 2013 Gabriel Perna
news
According to analysis from members of the Santa Monica, Calif.-based non-profit research organization, the RAND Corporation, the cost-savings coming from the installation of health IT systems such as EMRs has not been reached because of slow adoption, and a lack of inter-connectivity and ease-of-use.
January 10, 2013 Gabriel Perna
news
The legal battles may continue for the Chicago-based provider of EHR software Allscripts, according to a recent report from the South Florida Business Journal. The report says that a physician group from Panama City, Fla. is suing Allscripts because it claims Allscripts' MyWay EHR was defective.
