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A New Study: Easing the Adoption and Use of Electronic Health Records in...
A new study identifies lessons learned by organizations that help small physician practices adopt and use electronic health records (EHRs). The authors surveyed 29 initiatives that help smaller medical...
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Proposed EHR Certification Program Won’t Inhibit Innovation, Says Blumenthal
By Andrea Kraynak Is your EHR meaningful use-compliant? Healthcare providers may soon be able to find out for sure. HHS released a proposed rule Tuesday for establishing certification programs for...
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NIST Begins Rolling Out EHR Performance Testing Program
By Rich Silverman There are hundreds and hundreds of Electronic Health Record software packages in the marketplace that claim to be capable of allowing you to establish meaningful use, but how do you...
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EHR Use Thought To Help Boost Adoption of Telehealth Initiatives
Growing adoption of electronic health records is expected to complement and boost the use of telehealth initiatives across the country, InformationWeek reports. Health care organizations are planning...
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Speakers at Boston Conference Highlight Health IT Opportunities
On Thursday, National Coordinator for Health IT David Blumenthal discussed national progress on health IT adoption during a speech at a conference hosted by the Massachusetts Health Data Consortium,...
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Covering Electronic Health Records
By Neil Versel Electronic health records (EHRs) have been around in one form or another since the 1960s, but the notion of patient records being stored on computers is only beginning to seep into the...
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Obama launches national campaign to sell health reform, health IT
By Chelsey Ledue WASHINGTON – After signing the healthcare reform bill into law on March 23, President Barack Obama traveled to Iowa and Maine to promote his vision, which includes the role of...
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HHS to study patient perceptions of EHRs
The Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT is seeking patient perceptions of the delivery of healthcare through the use of an EHR. “Health IT...
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Report Tracks Demand for Consultants To Help With Health IT Adoption
Nearly 70% of health care providers expect to hire a professional services firm to help them achieve “meaningful use” of electronic health records, according to a new report from research firm KLAS,...
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EHR developed for long-term care holds promise
By Molly Merrill COLUMBIA, MO – Researchers from the University of Missouri are developing an electronic health record system aimed at meeting the needs of a population of older adults that’s expected...
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