Security issues loom as transition continues

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This blog is largely focused on the nuts and bolts of the health IT transition. Read »

Rural healthcare providers get guidance

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When it comes to transitioning to new health IT, rural healthcare providers, we noted recently, often have greater challenges to overcome than their suburban and urban counterparts. Read »

New challenge targets patient engagement

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We recently noted a challenge designed to address patient transitions from hospital to home. Read »

VA selects vendor to help put ER in order

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For all the benefits health IT brings in the form of increased and faster access to patient health information, for some providers an equally strong selling point may be the impact new IT can have on a practice’s work flow. Read »

Speech recording provider strikes alliances

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One of the ongoing hurdles for providers moving to EHRs is the convenience, or lack thereof, of inputting data during patient visits. Read »

Challenge seeks solutions for patient transitions

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“Necessity,” the old aphorism has it, “is the mother of invention.” Read »

New product connects heart patients to EHRs

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There’s more news coming out of the recent IHE Connectathon in Chicago. Read »

More rural providers attest to Stage 1 MU

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We’ve long believed that many policy dilemmas are most effectively solved when policymakers set the parameters, but then let the market figure out the best way to get the job done. Read »

Vendor completes successful testing of patient index

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It is, of course, the primary goal of health IT policymakers to get the nation’s healthcare providers to switch to EHRs. Read »

Beacon community plugs in CDS tool

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Among the myriad uses for new health IT systems, arguably one of the most important is the ability to access newly accessible patient information for timely clinical decision-making. Read »