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NewsHIMSS urges Congress: Create a national patient identifier
HIMSS has asked Congress to support the development of a "nationwide patient identity solution" to promote interoperability and reduce errors related to mismatches between health data and patients. 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...
SPOTLIGHT: A tip on getting that Medicare EMR bonus
Hospitals: Wondering how to nail down a method for convincing Medicare that you're making "meaningful use" of EMRs (and thus deserve incentive bucks)? In this article, one consultant explains how to Read more...
Health IT stimulus includes Medicare EMR incentives
The stimulus spending plan promoted by President Obama has passed, including a healthy $20 billion in IT spending that will largely be funneled through CMS to provide incentives for EMR adoption. The Read more...
MDs get 5.1 percent bump for Medicare for e-prescribing
Over the next several months, CMS is phasing in some new incentives for provider IT use which, taken collectively, could potentially result in a nice little boost to their income. After much Read more...
CMS offers e-prescribing guide
This week, CMS issued its own guide to e-prescribing, including one section addressed to office-based clinicians new to e-prescribing and the other helping office-based clinicians who already Read more...
CEOs urge laws offering EMR incentives
While government officials have been pressuring providers to adopt EMRs for years, healthcare buyers haven't taken as strong of a public stand. Last week, however, some of the top CEOs in the U.S. Read more...
Feds outline Medicare incentives for e-prescribing
Now that the Medicare bill has passed, a new set of e-prescribing incentives will soon be rolling out as well. This week, HHS leaders spelled out just how the incentives would work. The incentives Read more...
Study: Doctors fear how gov't will use EMRs
A new study has found that doctors are resistant to installing EMRs not only due to their financial and workflow impact, but also because they fear government will use the data to impose controls on Read more...
| Press ReleasesRedBrick Health and The Institute for Health and Productivity Management (IHPM) Announce the Formation of a First-of-its-Kind WoMINNEAPOLIS, Jan. 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- RedBrick Health, a leader in consumer health engagement technology and The Institute for Health and Productivity Management (IHPM), a global non-profit Read more >> Adult Americans Maintain Their Smoking Habit Despite Declining Access to Food, Shelter or HealthcareOctober 2011 Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index Shows Basic Access Reaches Four-Year Low NASHVILLE, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Despite the fact that Americans’ access to basic necessities, such as Read more >> Practice Fusion Awarded as No. 1 EMR for e-Prescribing and Helping Doctors Achieve Meaningful UseBrown-Wilson's independent survey of 120,000 ambulatory medical providers finds Practice Fusion as the leader in key Electronic Medical Record (EMR) featuresSAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 8, 2011 /PRNewswire/ Read more >> Out With The Old, In With The New – Another TeleHealth Industry First For CJPS HealthcareAUBURN HILLS, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- In yet another unprecedented move, CJPS Healthcare Supplies & Equipment (www.CJPS.com) announces a new Trade-Up program. This announcement comes on the Read more >> Merge Healthcare Announces the Addition of 11 Radiology Practices That Have Selected Merge RIS to Achieve Meaningful UseRadiologists drive Meaningful Use acceleration; create enterprise imaging foundation CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Merge Healthcare (NASDAQ: MRGE), a leading provider of enterprise imaging and Read more >> |
