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← Older posts Newer posts →The TMA Calling For a Federal HIT Safety Czar
March 5, 2013The Texas Medical Association is calling for appointment of a federal health information technology safety czar, while the American Medical Association wants to see more health IT safety research focused on systems in ambulatory care.The requests from the largest state … Continue reading
Posted in Health IT | Tagged Environmental Intelligence, Health IT Information Security, Health IT Policy, Health IT Services, HHS, ONC, Patient Experience, Patient Safety, PHI Data Security, PHI Security | Leave a commentAHRQ Study Shows CPOE Reduces Medication Errors
February 22, 2013A new report, supported by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, demonstrates that processing prescriptions through computerized physician order entry can cut drug errors in half, and could avoid more than 17 million adverse incidents annually. The authors of … Continue reading
Posted in Health IT | Tagged CPOE, EHR, EHR Adoption, EHR Consulting, EHR Implementation, Electronic Health Records, Electronic Medical Records, EMR, Environmental Intelligence, Health IT, Health IT Best Practices, Health IT Services, HIT, Meaningful Use, Patient Experience | Leave a commentHealth IT May Eliminate Healthcare Disparities
February 21, 2013The use of health IT could not only help to improve the quality of care, but also eliminate disparities in care among communities of color, according to a new report released today at a White House Summit hosted by the … Continue reading
Posted in Health IT | Tagged EHR, EHR Adoption, EHR Consulting, EHR Implementation, EHR Study, Electronic Health Records, Electronic Medical Records, EMR, Environmental Intelligence, Health IT, Health IT Best Practices, Health IT Services, HIT, Meaningful Use, ONC, Patient Experience | Leave a commentECRI Publishes Top 10 C-Suite Hospital Technology Issues Watch List For 2013
February 20, 2013Healthcare reform, accountable care organizations, readmissions and reimbursement rates are just a few of the challenges facing today’s healthcare leaders, according to a new report from ECRI Institute, a non-profit evidence-based practice center. Balancing costs and savings potential for new … Continue reading
Posted in Health IT | Tagged CMS EHR Incentives, EHR, EHR Adoption, EHR Consulting, EHR Implementation, Electronic Health Records, Electronic Medical Records, EMR, Environmental Intelligence, Health IT, Health IT Policy, Health IT Services, HIT, Meaningful Use | Leave a commentFCC To Fund $400M To Healthcare Providers To Support Broadband Telehealth Networks
January 11, 2013The Federal Communications Commission will make $400 million available annually to healthcare providers to expand the development of broadband telehealth networks from a pilot to a permanent program. The pilot program has supported 50 provider healthcare networks in 38 states. The … Continue reading
Posted in Health IT | Tagged Broadband, Environmental Intelligence, FCC, Health IT, Health IT Services, Patient Experience, telehealth | Leave a commentCCHIT Announces Plans To Develop IT Framework For ACO’s
January 4, 2013The Certification Commission for Health Information Technology (CCHIT) plans to develop an IT framework for accountable care organizations (ACOs). The framework will identify the health IT infrastructure components necessary for a provider organization to function effectively as an ACO and … Continue reading
Posted in Health IT | Tagged CCHIT, EHR, EHR Adoption, EHR Consulting, EHR Implementation, Electronic Health Records, Electronic Medical Records, EMR, Environmental Intelligence, Health IT, Health IT Services, ONC | Leave a commentThe ONC Proposes Using EHR Certification Criteria For Patient Safety Event Reporting
January 3, 2013The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT wants to use electronic health record certification criteria to make it easier for physicians to report patient safety events, which provide critical raw data for developers, healthcare providers, researchers and policymakers to … Continue reading
Posted in Health IT | Tagged CMS, EHR, EHR Adoption, EHR Best Practices, EHR Consulting, EHR Implementation, Electronic Health Records, Electronic Medical Records, EMR, Environmental Intelligence, Health IT, Health IT Best Practices, Health IT Information Security, Health IT Policy, Health IT Services, Meaningful Use, medical practice best practices, ONC, Patient Experience | Leave a commentThe FDA Announces Public-Private Partnership to Expedite Medical Device Approvals
December 19, 2012The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced Monday that it is part of the first public-private partnership to promote medical device regulatory science. The partnership will focus on speeding up the review and approval processes of new medical devices. … Continue reading
Posted in Health IT | Tagged Environmental Intelligence, FDA, Health IT, Health IT Policy, Health IT Services, mHealth, telehealth, telemedicine | Leave a commentMore Studies Are Needed To Validate mHealth Technology
December 17, 2012Only about 20 randomized clinical trials involving mHealth tools or services have been conducted in the United States since 2008 under the auspices of the National Institutes for Health. And more than half of them have failed to document clear … Continue reading
Posted in Health IT | Tagged EHR, EHR Adoption, EHR Consulting, EHR Implementation, Electronic Health Records, Electronic Medical Records, EMR, Environmental Intelligence, Health IT, Health IT Services, mHealth | Leave a commentRSNA President – Imaging To Take A Greater Role in Health IT
December 10, 2012Imaging is on the cusp of taking a greater role in health IT and development of new payment and care delivery models with new applications and its use as a diagnostic tool earlier in the patient care process. George Bisset … Continue reading
Posted in Health IT | Tagged EHR, EHR Adoption, EHR Best Practices, EHR Consulting, EHR Implementation, Electronic Health Records, Electronic Medical Records, EMR, Environmental Intelligence, Health IT, Health IT Best Practices, Health IT Services, PACS, Radiology, RIS, RSNA, Teleradiology | Leave a comment ← Older posts Newer posts →
