Should physicians nearing retirement deploy EHRs?
One of the lesser discussed factors determining whether to adopt EHRs or not is the number of years that a physician who owns his or her practice has left before retirement.This is a complicated issue,...
View ArticleHIMSS Analytics Europe to award wired hospitals
BRUSSELS – HIMSS Analytics Europe will introduce awards for European Hospitals that have achieved the highest scores on the EMR Adoption Model (EMRAM). They’ll be unveiled at the upcoming HIMSS Europe...
View ArticleMayo Clinic Using EMRs To Reveal Genetic Predisposition To Disease
EMRs are moving into genomics, at least at the Mayo Clinic.In a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, Mayo physicians showed how EMRs were able to help them...
View ArticleMaking Meaningful Transition To EMR
With the publication of the meaningful use guidelines on July 13, it is now clear what hospitals and doctors must demonstrate in their adoption of electronic medical records to grab a share of the...
View ArticleEMR Development Debate Focuses On Standards, Competition
Lest anyone think the issue has been settled, national health IT coordinator Dr. David Blumenthal says there is a “raging debate” in scientific and policy circles about whether standards or competition...
View ArticleWound EMR Could Reduce Amputation Rates For Diabetics
EMR (Electronic medical records) specifically for wounds could substantially cut amputation rates for diabetes patients with foot ulcers, a study recently presented at the American College of Surgeons...
View ArticleEMR-Driven Disease Management Reduces Mortality, Costs
EMRs keep on proving their mettle in the area of care coordination.The latest evidence comes from Kaiser Permanente Colorado, which improved outcomes by mining its EMR and electronic disease registries...
View ArticleNew York EMR Network Set To Be The Largest In The Country
NEW YORK – The New York Department of Health (DOH) and the public-private partnership New York eHealth Collaborative (NYeC) on Tuesday submitted a plan to ONC outlining a proposal to spend $129 million...
View ArticleMeaningful use final rule to see minor revisions
BALTIMORE – The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services plans to correct a few inconsistencies in the meaningful use final rule it published in July and will post on its web site more detailed...
View ArticleThe ‘Three-Legged Stool’ Model For EMR Transition
PORTLAND, MAINE – “What do you really hold dear to you that you want to preserve into the future as you transition to an electronic medical record?” That’s the question consulting firm Innovation...
View ArticleHIMSS Analytics Names First Korean Stage 7 Hospital
SEOUL, South Korea – Seoul National University Bundang Hospital (SNUBH) has reached Stage 7 on the HIMSS Analytics Electronic Medical Records Adoption Model (EMRAM) scale. It is the first hospital...
View ArticleOmniMD™ EHR Version 11.0 Receives ONC-ATCB 2011/2012 Certification
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 5, 2011Media Contact:Ted Davepr@omnmd.comtdave@omnimd.comJanuary 5, 2011 – Integrated Systems Management Inc announced today that OmniMD™ EHR, Version 11.0 is 2011/2012...
View ArticleOfficials Preparing Adjustments to Meaningful Use Final Rule
CMS soon will release modifications for certain provisions in the final rule for Stage 1 of the meaningful use ehr incentive program, Government Health IT reports.Under the 2009 economic stimulus...
View ArticleMaking Meaningful Use Meaningful for Patients and Health Care Providers
HHS recently released a package of regulations clarifying the definition of achieving “meaningful use” of electronic health record systems. Eligible providers and hospitals must meet the meaningful use...
View ArticleHealthcare iPad Deployment To Approach 70% In 2011
Results from a survey of nearly 950 Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) members indicates that iPad deployments are accelerating in large part due to the mobile device’s...
View ArticleTerrific Head Start To Meaningful Use
CHICAGO – Hospitals across the country are on track to meet 2011 meaningful use criteria set by the federal government, according to new data from HIMSS Analytics. Nearly a quarter of the participating...
View ArticleHospitals Integrating Their Medical Devices and EMRs
A third of hospitals have integration between medical devices and electronic medical records, allowing data recorded on the devices to be uploaded automatically into EMR, according to a survey released...
View ArticleAMA Meeting: Physician Input Welcomed On Meaningful Use, CMS Official Says
San Diego — With stage 1 regulations for meaningful use released and discussion begun on stage 2, a federal official speaking at the AMA Interim Meeting called for more feedback to ensure these...
View ArticleMedicare EMR Incentive Program Begins Registration
Washington — Starting Jan. 3, eligible physicians and hospitals will be able to register for the Medicare electronic medical record incentive program, a prerequisite for obtaining billions in available...
View ArticleEMR Spending Expected to Double in 4 years
Government incentives for using electronic medical records will result in spending on systems doubling by 2015, according to a report by IDC Health Insights. However, the study notes that much of that...
View ArticleCMS Clarifies Hospital Patient Requirements Under Meaningful Use
Last week, CMS revised an online frequently asked questions site regarding provisions in the meaningful use ehr program that affect patient-reporting requirements for hospitals, AHA News reports.Under...
View ArticlePatient-Centered Medical Home Requires an EMR System
Patient-centered medical homes have become all the rage in the healthcare industry these days. The big push is coming from payers who want to cut costs and provider organizations who want primary care...
View ArticleStudy: Most Americans support EMRs
CHICAGO – Seventy-eight percent of Americans favor the use of electronic medical records, according to a recent study by NORC at the University of Chicago, an independent research organization.The...
View ArticleEMR Market Expected To Increase Growth
While the sales growth in electronic medical record (EMR) systems has been slower than anticipated due to confusion over vendor qualifications and federal guidelines, the EMR market did grow in 2010...
View ArticleOmniMD EHR Earns Surescripts White Coat of Quality for 2012
TARRYTOWN, NY, January 3, 2013--OmniMD™, a division of Integrated Systems Management Inc., announced that its OmniMD electronic health record (EHR) has earned the Surescripts® White Coat of Quality...
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