Recent Blogs

E-prescribing continues rapid growth
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While there are at least two sides to every story, one of the more one-sided stories in health IT is the degree to which e-prescribing has taken hold across the healthcare sector.   Read »

NFL makes switch to EHRs
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It being Friday, many minds are beginning to consider the weekend sports schedule.   Read »

Feds criticized again for MU incentive program
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The HITECH incentive program has been under pressure recently from Congressional critics.  But now more fuel has been added to the fire, and it’s coming from within HHS itself.   Read »

Study suggests HIT increases system use
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Health IT, the conventional wisdom goes, will lower healthcare costs in part by enabling patients to get access to their providers without actually going in to see them.   Read »

Vendor says "Hello" to new financial support
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One of the persistent sub-themes in the healthcare economy, these days, is the number of independent providers who are closing up shop and going to work for larger organizations.   Read »

Survey finds mixed results in HIT transition
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A survey recently sponsored by the Commonwealth Fund found HIT use increasing throughout many industrialized nations, including the US.   Read »

Collaborative releases patient engagement framework
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It seems everyone’s talking about patient engagement, these days, but providers might be forgiven if they’re not quite sure how to ensure they’re doing it correctly.   Read »

Medical educator teams up with EHR provider
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What do you get when you combine a medical education company with an EHR vendor?   Read »

What lies just beyond that . . . portal?
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We’ve been looking pretty frequently at the issue of “patient engagement”, of late, because, well, the feds have dropped it squarely on the table with MU Stage 2.   Read »

Survey points to HIT trends and transformations
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A recent survey by Greenway Medical offers much about which HIT advocates should be encouraged.   Read »