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ONC Health IT Pilot Intended To Reduce Prescription Drug Abuse

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The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT has launched a pilot program to make existing prescription drug use data available to healthcare providers and pharmacists when they treat patients during office visits and in emergency departments. The test … Continue reading

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Environmental Intelligence, LLC, Awarded Texas DIR Healthcare IT Contract

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 19, 2012 Environmental Intelligence, LLC, Awarded Texas DIR Healthcare Contract Providing Physician-Focused, Patient-Driven Health IT Solutions Dallas, Texas — Environmental Intelligence, LLC (EI), has been selected by the Texas Department of Information Resources (DIR) as one … Continue reading

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Voice Recognition Technology Drives Cost Savings

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In the article Voice recognition software helps with MU, doc says, Dr. Richard Gwinn, director of urgent care at Sharp Rees-Stealy Medical Group in San Diego, shares his thoughts and experiences with voice recognition software. Dr. Gwinn addresses the challenges many … Continue reading

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Best Practices For Replacing An Existing EHR System

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The healthcare industry today is arguably experiencing the most change and challenges dealing with technology integration than any other industry.  Health information technology is at the core of the global transition in healthcare as it’s becoming more apparent that medical … Continue reading

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CMS EHR Incentive Payments Exceed 110,000 Providers

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Another milestone: The Medicare and Medicaid electronic health record program has paid out $5.58 billion to 110,650 physicians and hospital in total program estimates through May 2012. Final figures will be available later this month once the Centers for Medicare … Continue reading

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Environmental Intelligence Releases May 2012 Newsletter

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Environmental Intelligence LLC is pleased to release its May 2012 EI Connections Newsletter.  Please send your feedback or suggestions to [email protected]. Click Here to view: May 2012 EI Connections Newsletter Want to automatically receive our monthly newsletter?  Click on this link to … Continue reading

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ONC Chief Mostashari Comments On HIE Proposed Rule

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Healthcare providers need health information exchange to be fully automated and easy to do in order to scale up sharing of patient data to improve care, according to Farzad Mostashari, MD, the national coordinator for health information technology. Some steps … Continue reading

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CMS EHR Incentive Payments Surpass $5B

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Medicare and Medicaid electronic health record payments have tipped the scales at over $5 billion to 93,650 physicians and hospitals in total program estimates through April. Final figures will be available later this this month as progress “continues apace,” according … Continue reading

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U.S. Will Use EMR Technology at London 2012 Olympics

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For the first time ever, the United States Olympic Committee will use electronic medical records rather than paper charts to manage care for more that 700 athletes at the summer games. The USOC announced Thursday that it will deploy GE’s … Continue reading

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Deciphering Associations Comments On Meaningful Use Stage 2

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The window for submitting comments on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Notice of Proposed Rule-Making (NPRM) for Meaningful Use Stage 2 has officially closed.  The deadline for submitting comments on the CMS NPRM for Meaningful Use Stage … Continue reading

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