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HiMSS08 Wrap-up
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CMS takes first shot at defining 'meaningful use'
The long wait is finally over--well, sort of. On Tuesday, a first draft of the standard definition for "meaningful use"--a definition that will help determine whether or not providers will receive... Read more...
Report: Hospital IT spending to hit $6.8B by 2014
With federal stimulus payments encouraging spending, U.S. hospitals' investment in IT should see healthy growth over the next five years, according to new research released by HIMSS Analytics.... Read more...
HIMSS defines 'meaningful use' of EMRs for Medicare incentives
So, soon providers will get incentives for putting EMRs into place--but as is usually the case, there's a catch. To get Medicare incentive payments, it's not enough to simply roll out the technology;... Read more...
HIMSS: Small number of hospitals have advanced EMRs
According to the model developed by HIMSS, there are eight stages organizations go through in adopting EMRs. To date, however, no hospitals or health systems have achieved the final stage, and only... Read more...
Study: EMR market should grow 14 percent annually through 2012
A new study from research firm Kalorama Information projects that the EMR market will grow 14.1 percent each year over the next few years, up from $9.5 billion in 2007. Kalorama is predicting that... Read more...
HIMSS report: $25 billion stimulus needed to help speed EMR adoption
It's become pretty clear that President-Elect Obama thinks the best kind of economic stimulus is one that also creates lasting jobs, and the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society... Read more...
Adoption of PHRs could save up to $21 billion annually
A new study from the Center for Information Technology Leadership at Partners Healthcare System in Boston has come up with a detailed analysis of how much money interoperable PHRs could save... Read more...
HIMSS objects to parts of Stark health IT bill
You know your health IT initiative is facing a fight when one of the nation's most prominent health information technology groups finds fault with it. Rep. Pete Stark (D-CA) is getting just such a... Read more...
HIMSS names four global EMR implementation trends
While EMR rollouts differ, even from one city to the next, there are some factors that affect implementations pretty much everywhere in the world, according to new research by a HIMSS taskforce. The... Read more...
Study: Top health IT initiatives listed
According to a new study sponsored by healthcare IT company Logicalis, data storage is the top driver for many hospital and healthcare IT projects underway right now. However, when it comes to the... Read more...
