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November 16, 2011Article written by Ken Congdon, editor in chief, Healthcare Technology Online For years, the federal government has championed the idea that effective use of health IT systems can go a long way to improving the quality of healthcare in the … Continue reading
Posted in Health IT | Tagged EHR, EHR Adoption, EHR Consulting, EHR Implementation, Electronic Health Records, EMR, Environmental Intelligence, Health IT, Health IT Services, Meaningful Use | Leave a commentONC Chief Responds to IOM Report
November 11, 2011WASHINGTON – Farzad Mostashari, the national health IT coordinator, said Wednesday that agencies in the Health and Human Services Department will work closely to craft a surveillance and action plan to keep patients safer through health IT, and it will … Continue reading
Posted in Health IT | Tagged EHR, EHR Adoption, EHR Consulting, EHR Implementation, Electronic Health Records, EMR, Environmental Intelligence, Health IT, Health IT Services, Health IT Standards, ONC | Leave a commentThe 6 Tips for Avoiding Data Breaches
October 20, 2011According to a Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) tally of data breaches since 2009, about 260 incidents occurred that went on to affect more than 10 million patients. Click on the link to view entire article written by … Continue reading
Posted in Health IT | Tagged Environmental Intelligence, Health IT, Health IT Information Security, Health IT Services, Health IT Tips, Healthcare, HHS | Leave a commentJoint Commission Advocates IT to Counter Racial Disparities in Healthcare
October 18, 2011A new article published in the Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety finds that differences in the quality and safety of medical treatment received by minorities could be reduced through the better use of health information technology. Click … Continue reading
Posted in Health IT | Tagged EHR, EHR Adoption, EHR Consulting, EHR Implementation, Electronic Health Records, EMR, Environmental Intelligence, Health IT, Health IT Services, Health IT Standards, Healthcare | Leave a commentTexas Prepares to Build Statewide HIE
October 11, 2011Texas is poised to launch a statewide health information exchange with the completion of an assessment and plan to support implementation and interoperability standards. Click on the link to view entire article written by Bernie Monegain, Editor with Healthcare IT … Continue reading
Posted in Health IT | Tagged EHR Consulting, EHR Implementation, Electronic Health Records, EMR, Environmental Intelligence, Health Information Exchange, Health IT, Health IT Services, HIT, Meaningful Use | Leave a commentHHS Awards $83.9M to Boost Health IT
October 3, 2011WASHINGTON – HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced Thursday $83.9 million in grants to 45 organizations to help networks of health centers adopt electronic health records and other health information technology systems. Click on the link to view entire article written … Continue reading
Posted in Health IT | Tagged EHR, EHR Adoption, EHR Implementation, Electronic Health Records, EMR, Environmental Intelligence, Health IT, Health IT Services, HHS | Leave a commentBillian Publishing Launches Healthcare IT Benchmarking Site
September 28, 2011ATLANTA – Billian Publishing has launched HITR.com, a healthcare IT benchmarking and social networking community for providers and vendors. HITR, which stands for Health Information Technology Research, offers research targeted toward stakeholders in healthcare IT. Click on the link to … Continue reading
Posted in Health IT | Tagged EHR, EHR Adoption, EHR Best Practices, EHR Implementation, EHR Incentives, Electronic Health Records, Environmental Intelligence, Health IT, Health IT Best Practices, Health IT Services, Health IT Standards | Leave a comment5 Health IT Practices Hospitals Should Avoid
September 22, 2011With sweeping health reform came a laundry list of technology promising to save time, better the environment, and improve patient care. And as more of it is implemented, we learn what works best and what … doesn’t. Click on the … Continue reading
Posted in Health IT | Tagged EHR Consulting, EHR Implementation, Environmental Intelligence, Health IT, Health IT Best Practices, Health IT Services | Leave a commentONC Aims To Ease Patient Consent Problem
September 20, 2011Patient consent is one of the thornier issues in healthcare today. The benefits of patients allowing providers to share their data and those providers, in turn, playing nicely with competitors, stand to improve care both for individuals and global populations … Continue reading
Posted in Health IT | Tagged EHR, EHR Implementation, Electronic Health Records, Health IT, Health IT Policy, Health IT Standards, ONC | Leave a commentHHS Consumer Health IT Summit Power-Charged For Progress
September 19, 2011Here is a follow up to last week’s HHS National Health It Week. Sept. 12 was a big day for healthcare IT. Federal officials hosted a consumer health IT summit, jam-packed with new initiatives to advance HIT. The event was … Continue reading
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