meaningful use news from FierceHealthIT
NewsIT 'super users' ease hospital culture change
The employment or internal training of IT "super users"--individuals who are ahead of the curve when it comes to technology use--is becoming a common practice at hospitals looking to change their IT Read more...
Health IT sales growth predicted to rise only slightly in 2012
Despite rising investments by venture capital firms, the health IT field as a whole is poised for no more than 5 to 10 percent growth this year, financial analysts who attended a panel discussion Read more...
Survey: CMIOs paid less, not happy about it
Chief medical information officers earn, on average, between $200,000 and $300,000, according to CMIO magazine's 2012 Compensation Survey. But fewer CMIOs are making that rate now (43 percent) than Read more...
Bipartisan center calls for increased HIE efforts, alignment of healthcare incentives
Aligning financial incentives with high-quality care and accelerating health information exchange efforts (HIE) were among several key recommendations made in a new report released this morning by Read more...
Unreliable info causes provider skepticism of e-prescribing
Holes in formulary and benefit (F&B) information and medication history of patients have caused some provider skepticism of e-prescribing, a study recently published in the Journal of the Read more...
States to connect advance directive registries to HIEs
Several states have created online advance directive registries with the intent of connecting them to statewide health information exchanges (HIEs), according to an article in American Medical News. Read more...
Today's health IT accomplishments are yesterday's challenges
It is 2012--time to look forward to a year of deadlines, determination, and perhaps defiance, as we strive to reach that goal of nationwide interoperable electronic health records. What's my Read more...
CIOs: Don't understate the importance of ICD-10 to your staff
Want your hospital staff to truly understand the importance of ICD-10 and other important IT implementations? Be incessant with your reminders, Stephen M. Stewart, CIO of Iowa-based Henry County Read more...
EHRs top ECRI's 'must-watch' technology list for hospital execs
Electronic health records and CT radiation reduction technologies are among the top 10 technologies and technology-related issues that hospital executives need to follow in 2012, according to a new Read more...
Texas Health Care's Dr. James Parker: Physicians need to 'shepherd' Meaningful Use
Dr. James Parker, an internist at the multi-specialty physician group practice Texas Health Care, is not a chief medical information officer, although he certainly performs the duties of one. In Read more...
| Press ReleasesHospitals in Rural Texas Improve Patient Care and Achieve Stage 1 Meaningful Use with Healthland EHR SolutionHealthland helps rural hospitals maintain independence, preserving local healthcare for rural Americans MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Healthland, America's market leader of healthcare information Read more >> |
