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Survey says health IT professionals zeroed in on EHRs
Date: Jul 20, 2010 Health IT professionals say EHRs are their top priority, according to a survey by Embarcadero Technologies.
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Peel supports HHS' new patient privacy policy
Date: Jul 13, 2010 The most well-known patient privacy advocate voiced her support for the Dept. of Health and Human Services' new patient privacy policy.
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Aligning payment with quality
Date: Jun 28, 2010 The concept of linking payment to higher quality, more efficient healthcare may finally be turning the corner. The success of this payment model requires buy-in from payers and the application of the model across all providers.
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The Road to EMR adoption: A Q&A with Heather Haugen and Jeffrey Woodside, Part 3
Date: Jun 25, 2010 This is the third installment of the interview conducted with Heather Haugen and Jeffrey Woodside, MD, whose book, Beyond Implementation: A Prescription for Lasting EMR Adoption, was published in May.
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Highlighting hospitals that are well on the road to meaningful use
Date: Jun 22, 2010 There are quite a number of hospitals that have embarked on health IT projects years ago, and they have a big advantage over those hospitals that are just now building their roadmap for the implementation and adoption of EMRs and EHRs.
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Guest Blog: How RECs can really help
Date: Jun 11, 2010 With the looming deadlines resulting from the HITECH Act, physicians are scrambling to choose and implement technology that will meet meaningful use guidelines certified by the Dept. of Health and Human Services.
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Students should flock to healthcare IT
Date: May 10, 2010 Amid an economy still recovering from a deep recession, students participating in the University of California San Diego Extension Health Information Technology Program are very lucky.
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Mental and behavioral health providers should be included in meaningful use
Date: Apr 19, 2010 Congressman Patrick J. Kennedy (D-RI) and Congressman Tim Murphy (R-PA) introduced the Health Information Technology Extension for Behavioral Health Services Act of 2010 late last week.
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Provider perceptions of ARRA, meaningful use are improving
Date: Apr 14, 2010 Billians HealthData and Porter Research conducted two surveys providing a snapshot of provider perceptions of ARRA and meaningful use.
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Following in the footsteps of fully wired Denmark physicians
Date: Mar 23, 2010 The Commonwealth Fund released a report on the usage of EMRs in Denmark. All primary care physicians (PCPs) use EMRs and 98 percent can manage their patients electronically. Usage went from 15 percent in the early 1990s to more than 90 percent by 2000. The keys to success are a coherent national policy, financial incentives to adopt health IT and technical support for providers, according to the report.
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