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NewsHIMSS: Patient access to test results should be less burdensome for labs
The American Hospital Association (AHA) and HIMSS have asked for changes in the Department of Health & Human Services' (HHS) proposed rule on patient access to laboratory results. Neither Read more...
CHIME: Metadata standards not ready for Meaningful Use
Two associations representing hospitals have asked the government not to include metadata standards in Stage 2 of Meaningful Use, saying the standards are still under development and not ready for Read more...
AHA official: ICD-10 the 'DNA' of future DRG payments
You may be neck-deep in an EHR implementation in hopes of scoring American Recovery and Reinvestment Act incentive payments, but don't forget about the coming transition to ICD-10 coding. "To put it Read more...
Most hospitals would struggle to meet meaningful use now
Unless significant progress has been made in the last year and continues into 2011, few hospitals will achieve "meaningful use" of EHRs and earn Medicare and Medicaid bonus payments, a new study Read more...
AHA, group purchasers ask Blumenthal to include supply-chain management in EHR standards
We're finding more and more that electronic health records, as defined by the standards for "meaningful use," are far less than comprehensive. Mental health providers, with the exception of Read more...
Stimulus creates huge demand for HIT professionals
With all the new money flowing into health IT, particularly with the $35 billion or so in federal money (a net $19 billion after accounting for expected efficiency savings) for electronic health Read more...
Study: CPOE adoption tougher than it looks
With the Joint Commission and CMS emphasizing the value of computerized physician order entry (CPOE), health IT managers and CIOs have started to plan rollouts. The thing is, they're likely to get Read more...
Survey: Hospitals keep scaling back on IT spending
This year's Most Wired Survey, sponsored annually by the American Hospital Association, has concluded that even with stimulus incentives in place, hospitals are still cutting back on their IT Read more...
Hospitals cutting back on IT projects due to recession
In yet another sign that hospitals continue to struggle with the essentials of their business, a new survey has concluded that more than half of U.S. hospitals have cut back or postponed IT projects Read more...
Study: Hospitals plan IT investment despite financial stresses
Sure, hospitals have been taking it on the chin financially over the last several months. They've been forced to respond in lots of ways, including laying off workers, instituting hiring freezes, Read more...
| Press ReleasesEktron Web Content Management Solution Endorsed By the American Hospital AssociationHealthcare Provider Organization Gives Ektron Exclusive AHA Endorsement Based on Systems' Ability to Help Hospitals Facilitate Engagement with Patients and Hospital CommunitiesNASHUA, N.H., Dec. 15, Read more >> Jarrard Phillips Cate & Hancock Expands, Opens Chicago OfficeModern Healthcare’s Vince Galloro Joins National Healthcare Public Affairs Firm NASHVILLE, Tenn. & CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Growing healthcare public affairs firm Jarrard Phillips Cate & Read more >> STATEMENT ON ADMINISTRATION'S 2012 FISCAL BUDGETContact: Marie Watteau, (202) 626-2351 Rich UmbdenstockPresident and CEOAmerican Hospital AssociationFebruary 14, 2011 While we are pleased that the President's budget does not include any new major Read more >> AHA STATEMENT ON THE CO-CHAIRS' PROPOSAL FROM THE NATIONAL COMMISSION ON FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY AND REFORMContact: Marie Watteau, (202) 626-2351 Matthew Fenwick, (312) 422-2820 Rich Umbdenstock
President and CEO
American Hospital Association November 10, 2010 Americans will have to make some tough Read more >> |
