Vendors follow consumers toward greater mobility
Date: Mar 12, 2012 It’s hard to argue with the marketplace.
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New app to provide secure texting option
Date: Mar 01, 2012 Everyone texts, right?
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Ringing in the New Year with Meaningful Use
Date: Dec 30, 2011 For many providers, the year ahead will be a continuation of efforts to select and implement an EHR system.
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Hospital achieves MU with VA spinoff
Date: Dec 27, 2011 Using a commercial spinoff of the U.S Department of Veterans Affairs’ VistA EHR, the Hoboken University Medical Center (HUMC) recently achieved Stage One Meaningful Use.
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Rural healthcare provider attests to MU Stage 1
Date: Nov 30, 2011 Since the passage of the HITECH Act in 2009, many providers have made transitioning to system-wide EHRs a top priority for their organizations.
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Two Texas hospitals earn Medicare EHR Incentive Program checks
Date: Nov 02, 2011 Eastland Memorial Hospital and Hamlin Memorial Hospital are the latest facilities that have leveraged the Prognosis Health Information Systems EHR solution to qualify for their share of the government's EHR incentive fund. So far, 14 rural and community hospitals have used the Prognosis HIS solution to meet the federal government's meaningful use requirements, the company reported on Nov. 1.
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Anthelio and MedQuist partner to improve clinical documentation, revenue cycle management and IT efficiency
Date: Oct 03, 2011 Healthcare IT and business process solutions provider Anthelio and integrated clinical documentation firm MedQuist Holdings announced on Oct. 3 a strategic partnership aimed at improving clinical documentation initiatives, revenue cycle management and IT efficiency. With 11 Anthelio facilities currently under contract, MedQuist will provide clinical documentation services to an additional 13 Anthelio facilities as part of the new relationship.
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Texas hospitals successfully attest to meaningful use of certified EHR
Date: Sep 20, 2011 Three critical access hospitals in Texas -- Parkview Hospital, Stonewall Memorial Hospital and Throckmorton County Memorial Hospital -- have qualified to receive EHR meaningful use incentive funds from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). The hospitals are using a certified comprehensive EHR, ChartAccess, from Houston-based Prognosis Health Information Systems (PHIS).
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Meaningful use education program continues this week in Seattle
Date: Aug 29, 2011 On Aug. 31 in Seattle, CDW Healthcare and HIMSS will conduct the latest in their series of educational programs designed to help physician practice professionals striving for Stage One meaningful use incentives. The program will also emphasize the need for practices to understand the business value of EHRs beyond the reimbursement activity.
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HIPAA vs. the Cloud
Date: Jul 29, 2011 Guest commentary
Since you are involved in healthcare IT, you know all about HIPAA and the responsibility it puts on the organization to protect patient information. In the early days of HIPAA regulations, there were only general guidelines and required outcomes to help direct IT departments in reaching compliance. The fact that most organizations maintained a “closed” system -- meaning they had their own data center with very little data being exposed outside of the organization -- made compliance relatively simple. Our biggest worry was the tape media being rotated out to our favorite offsite storage facility.
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