Recent Blogs

With MU deadline approaching, feds publish useful primer
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It’s funny how deadlines can focus the mind.   Read »

Provider associates need security plans, too
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So you’ve been working hard to firm up your IT security protocols and systems, and you’re feeling good about the progress you’ve made.   Read »

Info exchange moves closer to center stage
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Increasingly, it seems, health IT policymakers, observers and vendors alike are turning to the topic of interoperability and information exchange.   Read »

Search for savings sends provider to the cloud
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One of the biggest concerns healthcare providers have when it comes to the digital transition revolves around both the initial cost and the ongoing expense of new health IT.   Read »

California REC marks two years in business
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At a time when many healthcare providers are poring through ONC’s MU Stage 2 proposal to see what lies ahead, the country’s largest Regional Extension Center (REC) is looking back at what it’s accomplished since it was founded just two years ago.   Read »

Survey of cancer patients reveals desire to plug in
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Full disclosure: we’ve long been skeptical of the desire to get the public more plugged into managing their health information.   Read »

Study points to growing gap in rates of EHR adoption
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A study recently published in Health Affairs indicates that many hospitals are steadily toward the comprehensive use of EHRs.   Read »

Study points to useful EHR improvements
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From improving population health to making our healthcare system more efficient, a lot is expected from the system-wide implementation of EHRs.   Read »

Training counts in more ways than one
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Think you’ve got enough time and money budgeted for your staff to learn to use your new EHR?  You may want to think again.   Read »

Collaborative pushes access to patient info
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Does technology drive ideas, or do ideas drive technology?   Read »