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Environmental Intelligence LLC is pleased to release its September 2012 EI Connections Newsletter. Please send your feedback or suggestions to [email protected]. Click Here to view: September 2012 EI Connections Newsletter Want to automatically receive our monthly newsletter? Click on this link to … Continue reading →
It’s official. On Tuesday, September 11, 2012 The Federal Communication Commission (FCC) released a final rule that officially allocates wireless spectrum for the development and deployment of mobile body area networks (MBANs). In its final rule, the FCC will set … Continue reading →
Hospital organizations are responding to a stern letter sent Sept. 24 by U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder and Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, which warns against using electronic health records to artificially inflate Medicare and Medicaid payments. The … Continue reading →
The Department Veterans Affairs and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration have demonstrated how to securely share sensitive health information via electronic health records (EHRs). The test also showed how substance abuse and other sensitive data can be … Continue reading →
Even though the new regime for testing and certifying electronic health-record systems under the federal EHR incentive program won’t take effect until October—and testing against newly released criteria might not begin until year’s end—federal authorities have given five organizations the … Continue reading →
The capability to exchange health information that is structured and coded in standard format must exist across vendor products – and not just within single vendor EHRs within a large provider system – for true interoperability, says Farzad Mostashari, MD. … Continue reading →
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 18, 2012 Environmental Intelligence, LLC, Partners With RamSoft To Target State Projects In Texas Providing Physician-Focused, Patient-Driven® Health IT Solutions Dallas, Texas – Environmental Intelligence, LLC has signed a distribution agreement to represent RamSoft’s radiology workflow … Continue reading →
It’s confirmed. Electronic health records can indeed yield marked savings for hospitals, according to a new study by the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University that finds these savings depend on both the IT prowess of hospital staff and … Continue reading →
There are no set appropriations for how much the federal government can spend on rewarding providers who adopt and use electronic health records under the Medicare and Medicaid meaningful use EHR incentive program, according to National Coordinator for Health IT … Continue reading →
Environmental Intelligence LLC is pleased to release its August 2012 EI Connections Newsletter. Please send your feedback or suggestions to [email protected]. Click Here to view: August 2012 EI Connections Newsletter Want to automatically receive our monthly newsletter? Click on this link to … Continue reading →