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ALSO NOTED: VT plans statewide RHIO; MA Medical Society promotes EMR use; and much more...
> The state of Vermont plans to announce a statewide RHIO effort . Article
> The incoming head of the Massachusetts Medical Society says he wants to boost use of e-prescribing and EMRs within its members' …
One EHR barrier down, one to go
The Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology (CCHIT), which is trying to encourage the adoption of healthcare information technology by physicians, last week named the 17 vendors whose ambulatory EHR products pass the commission's muster. Products that comply with 100 percent of the functionality and security criteria tested during the inspection will bear a CCHIT Certified(sm) seal that provides the first real benchmark for ambulatory EHR products, officials said. …
Mass. MD group strikes EMR deals
So, what's your trade association done for you lately? Maybe you got a nice keychain when you joined, or an invitation to a soggy happy hour? Doctors in Massachusetts may be getting something a bit more valuable from their Medical Society: Serious cost savings for implementing electronic medical records in their practices. While fewer than 20 percent of the Massachusetts Medical Society's 18,500 members currently have electronic medical-record systems in place, that might be about …
