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athenahealth Cloud-Based EHR Service Earns Top National Ranking in 2011 KLAS Report - December 18, 2011
athenahealth, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATHN), a leading provider of cloud-based practice management, electronic health record (EHR), and care coordination services to medical groups, today announced that it has received the top ranking for its cloud-based EHR, athenaClinicals®, in the annual 2011 Best in KLAS Awards: Software & Services report for ambulatory EMR (11-75 Physicians)....

Costco begins selling EMRs - December 18, 2011
Costco has partnered with Etransmedia Technology to sell Allscripts MyWay EHR and practice management systems at Costco stores nationally. The store hopes physicians looking to collect incentive money for meaningful use of electronic medical records will take advantage of the deal....

Use of mobile devices by physicians influences EMR purchases - December 14, 2011
More than half of physicians are using smartphones for professional purposes, and more than a quarter are using tablet computers. Their enthusiasm for mobile devices is affecting their choices regarding electronic medical records, according to an information technology trade group....

Early EMR adopters get a break; tougher criteria delayed to 2014 - December 12, 2011
Physicians meeting criteria in 2011 to earn federal electronic medical record incentives will have more time before the Dept. of Health and Human Services requires them to satisfy tougher standards for attaining additional bonuses....

InHealthCDS Announces Partnership with MD-IT to Release Innovative EMR for Reluctant Users - October 26, 2011
InHealthCDS partners with MD-IT to release a practical use EMR designed to provide physicians with the convenience of dictation combined with all the benefits of electronic medical records. ...

Electronic Health Records (EHR) Adoption Reaches 75% for Larger Physician Offices - October 24, 2011
SK&A, A Cegedim Company, a leading provider of healthcare information solutions and research, recently released its updated "Physician Office Usage of Electronic Health Records Software" report, which identified the correlation between office size, number of exam rooms and average daily patient volume with the likelihood of EHR adoption. ...

Phreesia and SOAPware Integrate to Improve Clinical Data and Streamline Workflow at Medical Practices - October 24, 2011
The automated interface between the two systems electronically populates clinical and demographic data collected by Phreesia into the physician's note in SOAPware, eliminating the need for office staff to do so manually and freeing up more time for patient care. ...

Are Scribes the Missing Link Between Physicians and EHRs? - October 19, 2011
Hospitals across the country are implementing electronic health records as they work towards meeting meaningful use requirements and receiving incentive payments. Physicians and other healthcare providers may need to alter their workflow as they transition from paper to electronic records. Physicians in the emergency department, however, may have more difficulty fitting EHRs in their workday due to the fast-paced environment. ...

WellCentive Chosen by CMS as Qualified Registry for 2011 PQRS Program - October 19, 2011
WellCentive, a provider of cost-effective clinical and business intelligence solutions, has been chosen by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) as a qualified Registry provider for the 2011 Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) program....

Electronic Medical Records Resource EMRApproved Launches Online Tech Savvy Doc Directory - October 19, 2011
Patients can now search by location and specialty to find a local family practitioner or pediatrician who uses advanced electronic communication. Patients reap the benefits of these tools by having online access to test results, appointment scheduling, physician messaging, personal health records, patient education and more. The bottom line is increased communication between patients and all of their doctors....

Doctor Reveals Massive Cost Savings Hidden In Electronic Medical Records - October 13, 2011
Several recent studies have shown the vast majority of doctors in the U.S. have not adopted the standardized use of Electronic Health Records (EHR). Dr. Angel Garcia, CEO of EHR solutions provider Global Medical Consultants, believes it's one of the driving forces behind rising healthcare costs. He addresses this problem in his book "Do No Harm: Saving Our Health Care System" (www.DoNoHarmDrs.com)....

56 Million U.S. Consumers Access Medical Information from Electronic Health Records - October 13, 2011
56 million U.S. consumers have accessed their medical information on an electronic health record (EHR) system maintained by their physician, and an additional 41 million are interested in doing so. These findings come from pharmaceutical and healthcare market research company Manhattan Research's new Cybercitizen Health(R) U.S. 2011 study of consumer digital health trends, which surveyed 8,745 U.S. adults (age 18 and over) online and on the phone in Q3 2011....

iPatientCare Selected by Numerous Regional Extension Centers and Hospitals as a Preferred Vendor and Meaningful Use Partner - October 10, 2011
iPatientCare - Medical Communication Systems, Inc. (MCS) announced today that it has been selected by numerous Regional Extension Centers (REC), hospitals/health systems and academies as a Meaningful Use partner and preferred vendor of a unified Electronic Health Records (EHR) - Practice Management System (PMS) solution. ...

Safety-net providers get $12M IT boost - October 10, 2011
Rural health networks across the nation will receive more than $11.9 million to support the adoption of electronic health records and other health information technology....

Leaders in Healthcare Leverage Nuance Speech Innovation: Accelerate EHR Adoption, Capture the Complete Patient Story, Reduce Costs - October 6, 2011
From AHIMA, Nuance Communications, Inc. announces the latest version of its Best-in-KLAS eScription platform, along with preeminent new customers and expanded deployments of its industry-leading medical speech solutions....

Will Your EHR Land You In Court? - October 3, 2011
If you've lived through the transition from paper to electronic health records, odds are you see EHRs as a mixed blessing. They offer faster access to critical clinical information but also create complexities never dreamt of in the paper world. Add legal liability to that long list of complexities. Some legal experts are concerned that hospitals and private practices haven't fully prepared themselves for EHR-related lawsuits. ...

CollaborateMD Announces Partnership with Praxis: the Template-Free EMR - September 30, 2011
CollaborateMD, a leading provider of cloud-based medical practice management and medical billing software for medical practices and billing services, announces Praxis: The Template-Free EMR as one of its preferred EMR/ EHR partners. ...

HealthUnity Positions e-Health Network of Long Island Ahead of Nation's Meaningful Use Curve - September 28, 2011
This solution was successfully deployed at e-Health Network of Long Island within 90 days to support the high quality of care standards and network expansion goals of its long-standing partner. The improved software platform promotes enhanced functionality such as improved provider portal access, EHR integration, multi-facility consent management, and e-referral among various other features. ...

How EHRs Feed The Clinical Research Pipeline - September 28, 2011
As healthcare moves gradually from a fee-for-service to a pay-for performance model, it will be judged on how closely clinicians adhere to evidence-based guidelines. The best evidence comes from controlled clinical trials, but since so few treatment protocols are supported by these trials, the movers and shakers in clinical medicine are looking to fill the void by recruiting large groups of subjects willing to enroll in them. Not an easy task....

Practice Fusion is Now the Largest Meaningful Use Physician Community in US - September 25, 2011
Practice Fusion now represents the largest community of US doctors working towards Meaningful Use attestation in 2011. With the release of certified features to the Electronic Health Record (EHR) system on Monday night, every user on Practice Fusion's free web-based EHR today has the tools needed to immediately begin Meaningful Use and earn up to $18,000 in 2011. ...

The American Hospital Association Exclusively Endorses Executive Health Resources' Clinical Denials Management and Medical Necessity Compliance Soluti - September 25, 2011
Following a comprehensive market assessment and an extensive re-evaluation of EHR's clinical compliance accountability solutions, the AHA is proud to re-endorse EHR's Clinical Denials Management and Medical Necessity Compliance Solutions Services. ...

New Software Helps Docs Identify, Contact At-Risk Patients - September 22, 2011
Phytel is unveiling a hosted, next-generation suite of care management tools that integrate with electronic medical record (EMR) data to help doctors and case managers more proactively identify and contact patients at risk for health complications. ...

OmniMD Entered Value Added Partnership with Medical Dictate - September 18, 2011
OmniMD™, a leading provider of Electronic Health Record & Practice Management Systems, announced today an agreement with Medical Dictate, a company comprised of users of Dragon Medical software, and who provide unprecedented integration, training, and support services....

Legal implications of EHR use still difficult to define - September 12, 2011
As electronic health record (EHR) use climbs, and even more health care information is stored in electronic systems, the legal implications of how that data is accessed and used continue to grow -- and provider organizations increasingly wonder how their liability is affected....

Intuit Health Patient Portal Streamlines Patient Flow Through Forms Integration with NextGen EMR - September 12, 2011
Patients can do many things in the waiting rooms at the 37 offices of ENT and Allergy Associates (R), LLP. But filling out paperwork and long waits to see their doctor may no longer be part of their visit. ...

EMR text search tool promising for adverse events detection - September 10, 2011
Free-text searches of electronic medical records could be better at identifying patients' postoperative complications than the currently used billing codes, finds a new study. ...

TransTech Medical Solutions Announces Release of TransTechEHR Platform - September 10, 2011
TransTech Medical Solutions announced today the release of TransTechEHR, a modular ASP platform for clinical documentation, offering seamless workflow integration for the Health Information Management departments of major hospitals, hospital systems and large scale private practices....

Will Speech Recognition Program Ease EHR Pain? - September 6, 2011
As small medical practices begin implementing electronic health records, several are turning to Nuance Communications, Inc. to make the transition less painful. Last week, the vendor unveiled its Dragon Medical Practice Edition, which it says will help physicians at small practices dictate medical notes directly into any electronic health record (EHR) with increased accuracy. ...

Doctors Using gloEMR From gloStream Begin Receiving Federal EHR Incentive Payments - September 6, 2011
gloStream, maker of gloEMR, gloPM and gloSuite – the only electronic medical record (EMR) and practice management software with Microsoft Office built right in – today announced that its doctor clients have begun receiving federal EHR incentive payments from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)....

How Do You Get Small Medical Practices Online? - August 23, 2011
Highmark, the largest health insurer in western Pennsylvania, is partnering with West Penn Allegheny Health System, consulting firm Accenture, and Allscripts, a leading EHR vendor, to try to induce more small practices to embrace electronic health records....

Physicians' Perception of EHR Is Often Defined by Previous Usage, Sage Survey Shows - August 23, 2011
Sage Healthcare Division, developer of electronic health records (EHR) for medical practices across North America, today released the results of a survey conducted among physicians nationwide in an effort to examine perceptions and determine attitudes toward these systems. The sample included both physicians using EHR and those in the market for this technology....

Chronic Care, Chronic I.T. Problems - August 12, 2011
Friesen's story underscores two key facts about chronic disease management. First, the rise in chronic diseases-one reflected in the rapidly rising incidence of obesity-represents a major clinical and financial challenge to the health care industry....

Digital Assent Announces Integration between PatientPad and PatientNOW Electronic Medical Records System - August 8, 2011
Digital Assent, provider of the award-winning PatientPad® self-service patient check-in and patient education solution, has partnered with PatientNOW, a leading provider of electronic medical records (EMR) solutions for aesthetic-focused practices, to automatically transfer patient check-in information entered via the PatientPad to the physician's PatientNOW system....

Report Suggests Surge in EHR Buys - August 8, 2011
Half of more than 1,300 physician group practices recently surveyed expect to buy an electronic health records system during the next 24 months, according to CapSite, a Burlington, Vt.-based research and advisory firm. And 70 percent of those not purchasing say they already have an EHR that will be certified for meaningful use....

Practice Fusion Identifies Top Five Worst Electronic Medical Record (EMR) Myths - August 1, 2011
With Washington in the midst of a big push for Electronic Medical Record (EMR) adoption in the US, rumors are flying about exactly what the switch from paper charts to EMR will mean. Practice Fusion has identified the top 5 worst EMR myths and investigated the real story behind the rumor....

EMR Consulting Resource EMRapproved.com Introduces New Healthcare IT Certification Program - July 31, 2011
EMR consulting and technology resource EMRapproved.com is partnering with healthcare IT industry leaders HITECH Answers and Hielix to present HIT University – a comprehensive practical education initiative designed to help IT firms gain a better understanding of healthcare technology and provide better services to medical offices with EMR-related needs. ...

Medsoft Delivers Groundbreaking Hospital Rounding Solution for Barrow Neurological Institute - July 31, 2011
Medsoft, an Arizona-based distributor of medical software, recently partnered with Barrow Neurological Institute's Department of Neurology Residency Program to create a customized version of HybridChart to manage residents, their patients and complex schedules....

Give Patients Complete Access To Their Data - July 30, 2011
If there's one thing that's going to revolutionize healthcare, whether it's IT, ACOs, or any aspect of health reform, what you're going to see is patients taking back healthcare from their providers." That's the prediction Neil Calman, MD, the CEO and co-founder of the Institute for Family Health, made at InformationWeek Healthcare's IT Leadership Forum in New York City earlier this month....

EHR Incentive Program: Hurt By Poor Checks, Balances? - July 27, 2011
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) office of the inspector general has found that state Medicaid agencies are limited in their ability to verify self-reported eligibility information prior to issuing payments under the Medicaid electronic health record (EHR) incentive program, and that this lack of reporting could harm the integrity of states' EHR incentive payments. ...

CHIME Weighs in on Proposed HIPAA Disclosure Rules - July 27, 2011
Proposed federal rules requiring providers and payers to let patients know when anyone accesses their electronic medical records would be difficult to meet and should be scaled back, says a comment letter filed by the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives....

CCHIT: Don't buy a new EHR just yet - July 27, 2011
Healthcare systems running on legacy software, customized commercial products or homegrown EHR systems that would cost hundreds of millions to replace can breath a sigh of relief, according to CCHIT....

Alameda Services Unveils Electronic Health Record (EHR) eLearning Series to Meet Increasing Demand for Healthcare IT (HIT) Training - July 24, 2011
To help healthcare providers of all specialties, their staff and the public to master the intricacies of EHR Alameda Services, a dynamic Health Information Technology (HIT) organization specializes in workforce development and intense Electronic Health Record (EHR) training, today announced the launch and availability of its first e-learning segment that will serve as a powerful Web-based EHR training tool....

Several iPatientCare EHR Users Enter Final Stages for Achieving Meaningful Use Incentives - July 24, 2011
iPatientCare-Medical Communication Systems Inc. (MCS) announced today that several of its customers are in the final stages of obtaining ARRA HITECH Stimulus incentive dollars by demonstrating meaningful electronic health record (EHR) use through the company's iPatientCare EHR solution. ...

e-MDs Receives 2010 Surescripts White Coat of Quality Accolade - July 23, 2011
e-MDs, the provider of the nation's most highly rated electronic health record (EHR), is pleased to announce they have been awarded a 2010 Surescripts White Coat of Quality for upholding the highest quality of standards in e-prescribing. The Surescripts White Coat of Quality is a critical part of Surescripts' overall quality program, designed to ensure the safety benefits of EHRs and e-prescribing are fully realized....

U.S. News Ranks 5 Michigan Hospitals as "Most Connected" in U.S. -- and All 5 Are DMC - July 22, 2011
On the heels of Detroit Medical Center's (DMC) superior rankings by U.S. News Media & World Report's "Best Hospitals," that same publication has listed five DMC hospitals as the only hospitals in Michigan that are among the nation's "most connected." ...

Patients Need Assurance That Electronic Health Records Are Secure, Xerox Survey Says - July 22, 2011
More needs to be done to assure patients that their personal medical information will be safe and secure following the nationwide switch to Electronic Health Records (EHRs), according to results of a recent online survey conducted among 2,720 U.S. adults for Xerox Corporation by Harris Interactive....

LodgeNet Interactive Creates Healthcare Subsidiary to Foster Continued Growth of Healthcare Business - July 21, 2011
LodgeNet Interactive Corporation (NASDAQ: LNET), the leading provider of media and connectivity solutions to the hospitality and healthcare industries, today announced that it has reorganized its LodgeNet Healthcare group as an independent, but wholly-owned subsidiary to better maximize the potential success of its healthcare business...

Premier Medical Clinic to Implement ADS' MedicsDocAssistant EHR - July 20, 2011
PMC's 7 Providers specializing in Internal Medicine and Adult / Pediatric Primary Care will utilize the MedicsDocAssistant EHR to manage their patients' medical and clinical information throughout their facility, which has 15 exam rooms, two separate areas for adults and children, an in-house lab, and in-house Radiology services such as Nuclear Stress, Bone Density, Echo, CT Scan, Open MRI, Ultrasound and X Ray. ...

DrChrono.com Now Offering First Medical Speech-to-Text Functionality on iPad Via M*Modal Speech Understanding - July 20, 2011
M*Modal, the industry leader in advanced Speech Understanding™ technology, today announced that DrChrono.com, the premier publisher of dynamic point-of-care and practice management software, is offering M*Modal's unique Speech Understanding technology as part of Dr.Chrono's innovative iPad EHR app....

NaviNet Announces NaviNet Doc Xchange for Secure, Efficient and Cost-Effective Medical Document Sharing - July 19, 2011
NaviNet, America's largest real-time healthcare communications network, today announced NaviNet Doc Xchange, a new solution to enable electronic document exchange among healthcare providers, insurers and other recipients. NaviNet Doc Xchange offers secure, efficient and cost effective electronic medical document exchange, eliminating mail- and fax-based submission to streamline common healthcare processes....

AAFP EHR User Satisfaction Survey Ranks Praxis EMR #1 Again - July 15, 2011
Praxis: The Template-Free EMR received first place rankings in the American Academy of Family Physicians' (AAFP) 2011 EHR User Satisfaction Survey. As in past AAFP surveys, Praxis EMR ranked towards the top in all categories, with number one rankings in the areas of Health Maintenance and Training and Support. ...

Practice Fusion Passes 100,000 EMR Users, Adding Over 500 New Medical Professionals Every Day - July 14, 2011
Practice Fusion, the free Electronic Medical Records (EMR) company, announced today that it now has over 100,000 medical professional users serving 16 million patients. The company started the year with 55,000 users (82% increase) and 6 million patients (166% increase)....

PatientClick Rolls-out Revolutionary Voice Recognition Interface - July 14, 2011
With the pressure on for medical providers to make the switch cost-effectively and with as little disruption as possible, PatientClick uniquely bridges the gap in providing a service that stands-out from the pack by allowing physicians to leverage voice recognition technology to effectively use EHR in their daily routine....

GE unveils Centricity Practice Solution 10 - July 13, 2011
In an evolution one executive says will help physicians face an "onslaught of uncertainties and challenges," GE Healthcare has launched the latest version of its integrated EMR and PM system for physician practices, Centricity Practice Solution 10....

Your Health Information Isn't Secure But Don't Blame EHRs - July 12, 2011
There's a lot of talk about the risks of storing health information in electronic medical records (EMRs). But, EMRs aren't the problem. Those consent forms you sign at the doctor's office… yeah, you should pay attention to the fine print....

Speech Recognition as the Accelerator of Electronic Health Information - July 12, 2011
Needless to say, there is always interest in discussing narrative documentation including how to produce it cost-effectively and efficiently, and how it can be used to generate the discrete data needed for the interoperable exchange of information, to provide data for reporting and analysis, to drive clinical decision support and other automated care protocols, and in general, to realize the benefits that we all expect as we make use of electronic health information. ...

US e-health Market Analysis - July 11, 2011
The US represents one of the most developed healthcare markets globally. The annual healthcare spending of the country reached around US$ 2.6 Trillion in 2010, which is expected to soar to US$ 3.4 Trillion by 2015. This growth was attributed to the increasing usage of patent drugs, high administrative costs, and expensive hospital care....

Delays Force Feds To Propose EHR Reporting Changes - July 11, 2011
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) said it plans to allow eligible professionals to attest in 2012 that they have used their electronic health records to collect data on clinical quality measures as part of the CMS criteria for "Meaningful Use" of EHRs. ...

2011 Top Surgical Specialties Electronic Medical Records (EMR) Software Systems Announced by Black Book Rankings - July 11, 2011
As thousands of physician practices still scramble to select and implement EMR systems, early adopters identify the firms that delivered on implementation success, productivity, outcomes and crucial stimulus fund requirements. Six surgical specialties were evaluated by over thirteen hundred surgical practices. ...

The American College of Clinical Information Managers (ACCIM) to Set Certification Criteria and Advocacy for Medical Scribes - July 11, 2011
The medical industry's growing emphasis on comprehensive medical documentation as a requisite to verifying quality and compensable patient care are obligating medical providers to devote an escalating amount of time to documenting the physician-patient encounter. These heightened documentation requirements coupled with the national expansion of the electronic medical record (EMR) have burdened medical providers with non-clinical clerical duties resulting in significant decreases in productivity. ...

Personal Health Records to Thrive Despite the Demise of Google Health: Report - July 8, 2011
Research firm Frost & Sullivan reports that even with Google Health leaving the market, personal health records could succeed when embedded in physician-managed EHRs....

Humana, Allscripts Target EHR Costs - July 4, 2011
A recent partnership between Humana and Allscripts Health Care Solutions to provide eligible physician practices with incentives for implementing Allscripts' EHR technology will help remove barriers for physicians who are looking to implement such a system. ...

Dell Recognized by Epic as "Community Connect Certified" for Turnkey EMR Services to Healthcare Providers - June 10, 2011
Dell is the first company to be named by Epic as a "Community Connect Certified" consulting services firm for Electronic Medical Record (EMR) and Electronic Practice Management (EPM) services....

Sogeti Develops New Solutions to Help Healthcare Providers Migrate Electronic Medical Record Systems - June 10, 2011
Sogeti, a leading international provider of professional IT services, announced today that it has released new solutions designed to help healthcare providers migrate to the latest electronic medical records (EMR) systems....

Helping Physicians Receive Medicare and Medicaid Incentive Payments; e-MDs Supporting Efforts of Texas Regional Extension Centers and their Partners - June 8, 2011
e-MDs, a physician-led industry leading provider of electronic health records (EHRs), announced that a significant number of their Texas providers who use the e-MDs Chart EHR have qualified to receive incentive payments under the ARRA/HITECH program. Many of these have benefited from the services provided by the 4 Texas Health Information Technology Regional Extension Centers (RECs) and their affiliates....

Medicare June 30 e-Prescribing Deadline is Less Than Four Weeks Away - June 8, 2011
e Interactive Universe, LLC (eIU), a complete e-Prescribing solutions provider, is offering a no-risk solution created from its Web-based, standalone, full service e InteractiveRx™ application that will allow physicians to comply with the June 30 deadline that requires them to send at least 10 prescriptions electronically or be subject to a one percent negative payment adjustment to their 2012 Medicare Part B Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) reimbursements....

VA Physicians Continue To Look For EHR Workarounds - June 4, 2011
Physicians are still using paper-based and electronic "workarounds" with even the most advanced electronic health records, but that is not necessarily a bad thing, research from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs suggests. Developers of electronic health records would do well to pay attention to these workarounds as they look to improve their products....

MD Solutions Sponsors ERUG Spring Conference for Users of Allscripts Enterprise EHR - June 4, 2011
MD Solutions, Inc., a leading provider of consulting, interim management, revenue cycle turnaround, EMR/PM implementation and remediation services, will be the premier sponsor of the upcoming Eastern Region Users Group Spring Conference, June 8-10 at the Omni Hotel at CNN Center in Atlanta, Georgia. ...

Nightingale Announces Joint Venture Agreement With ExpeData To Launch Innovative EMR-Integrated Digital Pen Technology - May 31, 2011
Nightingale Informatix Corporation today announced it has partnered with ExpeData, LLC ("ExpeData"), an innovative software company and global leader in digital writing, to launch "Clinipen", a potentially game-changing technology within the North American EMR market. Clinipen will enable EMR software providers to deliver an integrated digital writing solution with which healthcare providers can input structured data into a patient's EMR directly from paper....

CMS releases early incentive stats; proposes IT flexibility - May 31, 2011
A total of $158.3 million has been awarded in 2011 under the Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs, according to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). More than 300 eligible professionals (EPs) and eligible hospitals have received payments during the first weeks of the Medicare EHR Incentive Program, totaling $75 million....

athenahealth Begins Collecting EHR "Meaningful Use" Dollars for Physicians - May 29, 2011
Cloud-based model enables real-time tracking and performance coaching on Meaningful Use criteria; start of payments reflects athenahealth's commitment to, and fulfillment of, the Company's Guarantee Program....

Key Compliance Considerations When Implementing EMRs - May 29, 2011
Electronic medical records will soon replace paper files of patients' information, which will allow for easier access for providers, reduced errors and less redundancy. In addition to the benefits inherent in a digitized system of patient records, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is offering financial incentives for providers who establish meaningful use of EMRs....

FormFast and Prime Healthcare Services Continue Partnership for Improved Care - May 29, 2011
Prime Healthcare Services expands the rollout of FormFast document management technology to its most recently acquired facility, Alvarado Hospital, to increase efficiency, lower costs and improve quality and patient safety....

Audit finds hospital EMRs vulnerable to data breaches - May 29, 2011
An audit uncovered 151 vulnerabilities in health information technology systems at seven hospitals between October 2008 and March 2010. This left patient information exposed to anyone who might have gained unauthorized access to internal networks, according to a May report....

Excluded groups want in on health information technology funding - May 26, 2011
All over Washington, special interests are scrambling to improve their position by attempting to renegotiate portions of President Barack Obama's health care reform -- in new regulations, interpretations and proposed legislation....

Jefferson Regional Medical Center to Receive Medicare Payment for CMS Electronic Health Record Incentive Program - May 26, 2011
Jefferson Regional Medical Center (JRMC), a 471-bed acute care hospital in Pine Bluff, Ark., announced today that it is one of the first hospitals in the nation to be notified it will receive government incentive funding for successfully demonstrating "meaningful use" of its Electronic Health Record (EHR). ...

Panel shares EHR lessons learned - May 21, 2011
eRosa made his remarks during a panel discussion, titled "EHR Lessons Learned," at the Rhode Island Quality Institute's Second Annual Health IT Expo on May 18....

ATLAS and New York-Based OmniMD Partner in Nationwide Network Solution - May 21, 2011
Atlas Development Corporation today announced that OmniMD™, a leading New York-based EHR (Electronic Health Record) vendor, has joined the iOn™ network to improve connectivity between hospitals, commercial laboratories and physician EMR/EHR customers. ...

Hundreds of Florida Medical Providers are Enrolling in The Center for the Advancement of Health IT for Education and Technical Assistance - May 21, 2011
Over 700 Florida medical providers have recently enrolled in The Center for the Advancement of Health IT (AHIT), a regional extension center program, to receive education and technical assistance for implementing Electronic Health Record (EHR) systems and attaining "Meaningful Use" of those systems. ...

Hielix Partners with Leading Online EMR Resource, EMRapproved.com, to Offer its EHR Vendor Evaluation and Selection Tool to Physicians - May 13, 2011
Through this partnership, physicians now have access to the most comprehensive tool available for researching and evaluating EMR/EHR solutions and helping to make sustainable technology choices that meet the unique needs of their individual practices....

Practice Fusion's Free EMR Software Saves Doctors $57 Million - May 12, 2011
Practice Fusion, the fastest growing EMR and healthcare community, has saved doctors an estimated $57 million to date with its free Electronic Medical Record (EMR) system....

E-Prescribing Not Meeting Expectations - May 10, 2011
Physicians say systems are often too difficult to use and don't provide useful data, diminishing potential safety and cost-savings benefits....

Should Patients Trust Their Doctors' EMR Systems? - May 5, 2011
Are doctors and hospitals placing financial incentives ahead of patient privacy? Medical identity theft is becoming an increasingly serious problem and adds a whole new dimension to privacy concerns....

Grant Money to Help Rural Physicians with Electronic Health Records - May 4, 2011
A total of $12 million in grant money is now available to help rural health-care providers establish "meaningful use" of electronic health record (EHR) systems....

Complexity of EMRs discourages new users, doctors tell HHS panel - April 30, 2011
The American Medical Association advocates that the technology's usability be a factor when developing meaningful use standards....

Electronic health record 'meaningful use' reporting period begins - April 22, 2011
Hospitals and private physician practices can today begin submitting to the federal government data collected on electronic health records systems in order to receive tens of thousands or even millions of dollars in reimbursement funds. ...

Electronic medical records systems create need for scribes to input data - April 21, 2011
The new record-keeping systems, which are touted as a way to improve efficiency and quality, slow down emergency medicine physicians so much that the doctors are hiring young people like Fera to input data for them. They call this growing group of employees "medical scribes."...

California Regional Extension Center Selects e-MDs as an EHR Vendor Partner - April 20, 2011
e-MDs, a leading provider of electronic health records (EHRs), announced they have been selected as an EHR vendor partner by the California Health Information Partnership and Services Organization (CalHIPSO). As a vendor partner, e-MDs will help providers manage efficient implementation and achievement of meaningful use in a cost effective manner. ...

Healthcare Providers Frustrated By Excessive EHR Alerts - April 20, 2011
The flood of notifications coming from electronic health records distracts medical personnel from addressing urgent messages about patients' abnormal test results. ...

Netsmart Technologies' Insight Public Health Software Passes ARRA Certification Tests - April 19, 2011
Netsmart Technologies, Inc., a leading provider of software and services for health and human services organizations, today announced that its Insight 7.0 public health electronic health record (EHR) software successfully completed ARRA ONC-ATCB certification testing for the 21 ARRA certification tests for which it was submitted, earning a Certificate of EHR Compliance for 19 General and Ambulatory criteria. ...

Electronic records a pain - April 17, 2011
Despite federal incentives to encourage doctors to computerize their patient records - and penalties that kick in for failing to do so - an astounding number of doctors are questioning the government's orders....

To Maintain the Efficiency Promised in its Name, Express Care Selects the 2011 Waiting Room Solutions Web Based Family Practice Electronic Health Reco - April 17, 2011
Express Care has chosen to implement the 2011 Waiting Room Solutions Web Based Family Practice Electronic Health Record and Practice Management V4.0 software. This Family Practice EHR and PM will aid the practice in efficiently maintaining its "Sick Today? Seen Today!" mantra. ...

2,000 Practices Using eClinicalWorks Are Ready for Meaningful Use - April 16, 2011
eClinicalWorks®, a market leader in ambulatory clinical systems, today announced that 2,000 practices have successfully upgraded to Version 9, the company's meaningful use (MU) version, which, with electronic prescribing and the eClinicalWorks Patient Portal, has received 2011/2012 ONC-ATCB Complete EHR certification by the Certification Commission for Health Information Technology (CCHIT ®)....

CHIME: Optimism about early EHR incentives wanes - April 16, 2011
A third of hospital chief information officers expect to qualify for financial incentives tied to successfully demonstrating meaningful use of electronic health records, but optimism about doing so early in the program is declining, a new survey finds. ...

MD-IT Merges with Innovative Medical Documentation Company MDnetwork - April 12, 2011
MDnetwork, which will continue as a division of MD IT, specializes in optimizing electronic medical record (EMR) systems to increase physician adoption through a combination of integrated technology and dictation services....

CDC Sees EHRs As Public Health 'Game Changer' - April 10, 2011
Health information exchanges and electronic health records will advance the ability of doctors, hospitals, and federal health officials to identify, monitor, and communicate disease outbreaks, says the agency's IT chief. ...

Reducing EMR training to save money exacts high toll - April 8, 2011
The problem was not with the staff, but that the practice cut training short to save time and money. "Training was not placed high on the priority list, and we paid the price for it," Faella said....

Waiting Until 2012 To Apply for Meaningful Use May Not Be the Best Option for All Providers - April 3, 2011
Achieving meaningful use requires, for most organizations, a profound number of cultural and workflow changes. Rushing to meet meaningful use might result in a lack of firm cultural foundations and poor adoption of new workflows....

Southeast Texas Medical Associates Building Strong Post Treatment Care Programs With IBM Business Analytics Software - March 31, 2011
IBM recently announced that Southeast Texas Medical Associates (SETMA), a primary healthcare group based in Beaumont, Texas., is utilizing IBM business analytics software to gain greater insight into hospital re-admissions and review trend data that will help identify causes and design interventions to prevent patients from having to return to the hospital soon after their discharge....

Big data will transform healthcare, says ONC - March 31, 2011
Big data will revolutionize healthcare, says a new five-year strategic plan from the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology....

Sage Healthcare Division Partners With Medical Society of Virginia in 'Health Information Technology Select' Program - March 29, 2011
Sage Healthcare Division, a unit of Sage North America and a major provider of electronic health records (EHR) and practice management software and services, announced today that it is collaborating with the Medical Society of Virginia to participate in a new program called Health Information Technology Select. ...

Mission Surgical Clinic of Riverside, California Selects ChartLogic EHR - March 29, 2011
ChartLogic, a leading provider of EHR solutions to surgical specialists, announced today that Mission Surgical Clinic, Inc. has selected the ChartLogic EHR Suite....

Upgrades an important factor in purchasing decision - March 27, 2011
Like any other IT product, an electronic medical records software that's good today can be outdated tomorrow. Customers evaluate not just price, security, quality and functionality, but also how frequently upgrades are made - and better yet - at no extra cost to users. ...

EMR Resource EMRapproved.com Launches New Online Research Tools and Directories - March 23, 2011
Comprehensive EMR research, consulting and vending website EMRapproved.com launches new online tools, resources and directories amid increased demand for EMR consulting services....

Small Providers Benefit from EHRs, Survey Shows - March 22, 2011
Health information technology (IT) has benefited even small physician practices, according to a new report that contradicts other recent findings claiming that electronic health records (EHRs) and other health IT do not yield the benefits most providers expect....

Methodist Hospital of Southern California Selects FairWarning® Privacy Breach Detection Solution to Protect Patient Privacy - March 22, 2011
FairWarning, Inc., a leading global supplier of solutions which monitor and protect patient privacy in Electronic Health Records, today announced that Methodist Hospital of Southern California has selected FairWarning® to enhance their patients' privacy....

EHR Doctors Joins CMS esMD Program - March 21, 2011
EHR Doctors, an industry leader in the HIPAA-compliant transfer of protected health information, today announced its involvement as the latest health information exchange approved to participate in the test phase of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' (CMS) electronic submission of medical documentation (esMD) program....

No Clear Leader in EMR, but a Pack of Competitors Emerges - March 20, 2011
Despite the presence of corporate giants and a significant merger, there is still no one company that dominates the market for electronic medical records (EMR)....

Medical records go online at MidMichigan Health - March 20, 2011
The days of nurses coming to your bedside and flipping open your handwritten medical chart and doctors writing illegible prescriptions for tests and drugs are coming to an end at MidMichigan Medical Center Midland, and across the health system....

Do Incentives for Electronic Medical Records Outweigh the Costs? - March 18, 2011
Currently only 13-17% all physicians report using some form of EMR, only 4% use the type of advanced system that fully meets the governments new standards for "meaningful use." That standard qualifies practitioners for the full suite of financial incentives, described below....

Prominent Healthcare Organizations Select Professional Data Systems for EMR/EHR Implementations, Hardware and Network Support - March 17, 2011
The emerging trend of physicians and hospitals consolidating into larger medical and surgery centers, as well as the federal push for EMR/EHR adoption, is driving the medical community to secure solid relationships with reliable and reputable IT support providers with extensive healthcare experience. ...

Despite incentives, doctors are wary about switching to electronic health records - March 15, 2011
More than 500,000 doctors, dentists and nurse practitioners could qualify for the federal incentives, which are part of the 2009 economic stimulus program. But at least two deficit-reduction bills have been introduced in the House that target the payments as part of unspent stimulus funds. ...

Medistar Home Health Introduces StarPHISH to Mitigate Financial Pressures of Affordable Care Act - March 14, 2011
StarPHISH is Medistar Home Health's electronic medical records system that -helps physicians improve profitability amid pressures of Affordable Care Act regulations. ...

Electronic Health Records Raise Security Risks - March 11, 2011
Consumer concerns about medical information privacy may be warranted, as many healthcare providers aren't doing enough to protect their data, finds CDW survey. ...

10 Healthcare Reform Market Changes Affecting Physicians - March 10, 2011
The pace of change will depend on specific market dynamics, private payer initiatives, and the degree of physician organization and physician-hospital integration, not to mention government action. ...

Experts Identify that Majority of Office-Based Physicians Could Qualify for Federal Incentives for Use of Electronic Health Records - March 10, 2011
Researchers at The George Washington University Department of Health Policy have found through analysis of federal survey data that more than four in five office-based physicians could qualify for new, federal Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Programs under the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) portion of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)....

Personal Health Records In Action: Google Health and Microsoft HealthVault - March 9, 2011
While there are many to choose from, tech giants Google and Microsoft each have PHR offerings, and the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association recently published a study that trialed both these systems. The authors pull 4 main learning points from their experience....

Review Of Recent Studies Shows Predominantly Positive Results For Health Information Technology - March 9, 2011
A study completed by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) and published in the journal Health Affairs finds growing evidence of the benefits of health information technology (HIT)....

Implementing Electronic Health Records: Six Best Practices - March 8, 2011
Accenture recently published a report entitled Secrets of Success on the EMR Journey to Meaningful Use, which is based on interviews conducted with CIOs of health systems with advanced use of electronic medical records (EMRs). ...

Hospitals Must Seek Patient Input on EHRs to Achieve 'Meaningful Use': PwC - March 7, 2011
In a new PriceWaterhouseCoopers report on hospitals' implementation of electronic health records, the consulting firm found that providers need patient feedback on EHRs for meaningful use steps to be successful....

Black Book 30,000 Physcian Survey Ranks CureMD as Top EMR - March 6, 2011
A poll conducted by Black Book Rankings, a division of the market research firm Brown-Wilson Group, ranked four electronic medical record vendors as the top EMRs based on physician satisfaction. ...

EMR Market Grew in 2010, Despite Confusion Over Meaningful Use - March 2, 2011
Despite some slower than expected growth in EMR system sales due to confusion over vendor qualifications and federal guidelines, the EMR market grew in 2010 and it should see its best years ahead....

2011 Top Internal Medicine Electronic Medical Records (EMR) Software Systems Announced by Black Book Rankings - February 27, 2011
As thousands of physician practices still scramble to select and implement EMR systems, early adopters identify the firms that delivered on implementation success, productivity, outcomes and crucial stimulus fund requirements. ...

EMR Productivity Effects Vary By Primary Care Specialty - December 22, 2010
Healthcare systems should choose electronic medical records systems that reflect physician workflow demands to minimize decreases in efficiency, finds study. ...

SRSsoft to Attain Government Certification for EMR Delivering Productivity-Focused Meaningful Use - December 6, 2010
SRS, the leader in productivity-enhancing EMR technology and services for high-performance specialty practices, today announced that it will seek certification of its EMR by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA)....

EMR Implementation: How Do You Stack Up Against Your Peers? - December 6, 2010
I think by now, we're past the point of arguing whether introducing complex technology into the healthcare continuum is a good idea. ...

Allscripts Enterprise™ Electronic Health Record Receives ONC-ATCB 2011/2012 Certification as 'Complete EHR' - December 2, 2010
Allscripts Enterprise EHR Version 11.2 Modular is 2011/2012 compliant and was certified as an EHR Module on November 24, 2010, in accordance with the eligible provider certification criteria adopted by the Secretary of HHS....

N.J. doctors are slow to digitize patient records, as required by federal health care reform - November 24, 2010
Under federal health care reform, doctors must convert to an electronic system capable of chronicling each patient visit, tracking their care and sharing that information with hospitals and other doctors by 2015 - or the federal government will withhold some of the money it reimburses them for treating Medicare and Medicaid patients....

Many practices, hospitals don't monitor data security - November 22, 2010
A quarter of those who responded to a recent survey would not qualify for that aspect of the meaningful use EMR requirements....

AMA meeting: Physician input welcomed on meaningful use, CMS official says - November 22, 2010
A CMS regional chief medical officer says past medical association suggestions have improved rules governing bonus pay for EMR use....

Kutenda Announces November 23rd Free Webinar 'Expand Your MSP by Building a Thriving Healthcare IT Practice' - November 21, 2010
Kutenda, an Internet marketing company, has partnered with gloStream to deliver a free IT & Managed Service Provider - specific webinar: 'Expand Your MSP by Building a Thriving Healthcare IT Practice.'...

Nuance Launches Enhanced, Speech-Enabled Medical Transcription Services Offering - November 20, 2010
Fully Integrated, Outsourced Medical Transcription Solution Empowers Healthcare Organizations to Lower Costs and Prioritize Core Business Activities and Patient Care Initiatives....

meridianEMR's 'Doc Fix' an Unprecedented Offer During Uncertain Times - November 14, 2010
In order to provide physicians with relief from Medicare fix uncertainty, meridianEMR is offering a special "meridianEMR Doc Fix."...

NextGen Healthcare Unveils Certified Ambulatory and Inpatient Suite at 2010 Users Group Meeting - November 12, 2010
NextGen Healthcare Information Systems, Inc., a subsidiary of Quality Systems, Inc., and provider of healthcare information systems and connectivity solutions, announced it is holding its annual Users Group Meeting (UGM) this week in Orlando, Fla., bringing together more than 3,200 physicians, practice administrators and hospital members to discover the "Keys to Success" for improving healthcare delivery. ...

Capture Billing Video Explains the HITECH Act, Electronic Health Records and Meaningful Use - November 10, 2010
Medical Billing company creates short animated video to help medical offices understand the HITECH Act, certified EHRs and the financial incentives associated with Meaningful Use. ...

HealthPoint Medical Group Selects McKesson for EHR Solution - November 10, 2010
McKesson announced today that HealthPoint Medical Group has chosen Practice Partner® electronic health record (EHR) solution for its employed and affiliated physicians. HealthPoint, a member of the BayCare Health System in Tampa, Fla., selected Practice Partner as a tool to better coordinate patient care and enhance communication....

Practice Fusion Announces 5 Million Patient Milestone at User Conference - November 10, 2010
Free, web-based Electronic Medical Record system now serves 50,000 medical professionals and 5 million patients across the US; adds more than half a million patients monthly....

Health IT Group Tackles Data Exchange - November 10, 2010
Healthcare provider directories that could facilitate the exchange of patient data were discussed at the federal government's Health IT Policy Committee information exchange workgroup meeting this week....

Community Memorial Health System Purchases PatientKeeper CPOE and Other Physician Automation Software Tools - November 10, 2010
California-Based Hospital Cites PatientKeeper's Ease of Use in Selecting Clinical and Documentation Applications to Streamline Physician Workflow....

Taming The Paper Dragon In Healthcare - September 18, 2010
Last month, I moderated a panel discussion at AIIM Expo 2010 (a leading information management trade show) on the value of electronic document management in the healthcare industry. Document imaging and management technologies are relatively mature, but many healthcare facilities are still largely paper-based....

Health information technology degree to fill growing need - September 15, 2010
With the federal government mandating all Americans' medical records to be stored electronically by 2014, Albany Technical College officials believe they will supply a valued associate's degree by offering a health information technology program....

Future Health announces free EHR/practice management software - September 8, 2010
Future Health, Inc., the nation's number one provider of chiropractic EHR/practice management software -- today unveiled its newest product for doctors of chiropractic, Future HealthTM eConnect, adding that the base software is being made available free to DCs....

A Template For EHR Meaningful Use? - September 8, 2010
Siemens Healthcare has introduced a set of relatively standard HIS (health information system) deployment procedures with its Soarian® AIM (Agile Implementation Methodology). In this HTO exclusive, editor Ken Congdon takes a closer look at this templatized approach to determine its viability in accelerating EHR adoption and meaningful use....

New Regulations Outline Content, Transmission Standards for Every Americans' Electronic Health Records - September 8, 2010
New regulations issued by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on Tuesday outline federal standards for the electronic health records that every American must have by 2014....

Healthcare South Selects Allscripts Electronic Health Record and Practice Management for Primary Care Group - September 5, 2010
Allscripts (Nasdaq: MDRX) announced today that Healthcare South has selected the Allscripts Electronic Health Record (EHR) and Practice Management solution to enhance the quality of patient care, improve physician and patient communications, and better manage the cost of care delivery in its nine pediatric and family practice offices across the Boston area....

The Big Business of Electronic Health Records, Part 3 - September 3, 2010
The high demand for IT products and services, as well as the federal requirements for acceptable EHR programs, will likely set off a scramble for market share within a vendor community that is broadly based, unsettled, and still experiencing growing pains. "We found the market to be a mile wide but an inch deep," said Jason Hess, general manager, clinical research, at KLAS Research....

EHRs Lack Standards, Best Practices - September 2, 2010
Vendors support an independent body to develop best practices and usability standards for electronic health record products. ...

EHR accreditation body proposes strengthening draft certification rules - September 2, 2010
The Electronic Healthcare Network Accreditation Commission (EHNAC), a non-profit standards development organization and accrediting body, recently submitted detailed comments to the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) regarding the proposed establishment of certification programs for health information technology by the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) for Health Information Technology, Department of Health and Human Services....

MxSecure's Electronic Medical Record (EMR) Software, MxChart™, Now iPad Compatible - September 2, 2010
MxSecure's electronic medical record (EMR) software, MxChart™ is now iPad compatible. Healthcare providers can now easily access critical patient information in MxChart EMR software wherever they are, via Apple iPad....

EMR adoptions: What role will regional extension centers have? - September 2, 2010
About $640 million has been made available, courtesy of the government's stimulus package, to establish regional extension centers intended to help small practices adopt and become meaningful users of health information technology....

Baptist to Monitor EHR Performance - September 2, 2010
The Secretary of Health and Human Services should consider creating information technology certification programs beyond those being adopted for complete electronic health records systems and EHR modules, according to the Electronic Health Network Accreditation Commission....

Some Hospitals Share Electronic Health Data To Earn or Save Money - September 2, 2010
Electronic health records are expected to help improve care coordination and increase efficiency, but some hospitals are facing scrutiny over sharing patient data, the Dallas Morning News reports....

HHS Seeks Patient Feedback About HIT - September 2, 2010
The Department of Health and Human Services is preparing two surveys that aim to gather information about patients' preferences and satisfaction with electronic health records and personal health records in order to improve nationwide HIT adoption efforts....

Performance Monitoring Aims To Improve EHR Satisfaction - September 1, 2010
By monitoring system performance on the backend, an Alabama health system hopes to make its e-health record rollout go smoother for users. ...

Issues with Electronic Medical Records - September 1, 2010
In 2011, doctors and hospitals will be able to tap $1.5 billion in financial incentives from the federal government to share records electronically. The purpose of this ARRA funding is to speed the computerization of medical records, permitting doctors near instant access to all the medical records, test results and drug prescriptions for their patients....

Tech Data adds gloStream to its healthcare portfolio - September 1, 2010
Tech Data Corporation has announced a distribution agreement with gloStream, a leading developer of electronic medical records (EMR) and practice-management (PM) software applications. ...

Keys to EMR/EHR Success: Selecting and Implementing an Electronic Medical Record, New 2nd Edition, by Ronald Sterling - September 1, 2010
Greenbranch Publishing announces the Second Edition of the breakthrough book for practices eager to minimize the costs, confusion and outright risks of choosing and implementing an Electronic Medical Record system....

KLAS Report: Healthcare IT Consultants in High Demand as Providers Reach for Meaningful Use - September 1, 2010
As the healthcare industry marches headlong toward meaningful use, demand for skilled consultants is high, according to a new report from KLAS....

Maryland's Adventist HealthCare Selects eClinicalWorks - September 1, 2010
eClinicalWorks®, a market leader in ambulatory clinical systems, today announced that Rockville, Maryland's Adventist HealthCare has chosen eClinicalWorks unified electronic medical records (EMR) and practice management (PM) system as an option for its employed and affiliated physicians in Maryland and New Jersey....

ZodiacHealth.com to Offer EMR Transcription Services for Medical Professionals - September 1, 2010
The company has recently teamed up with a well-known, third-party EMR company to achieve and be successful with this endeavor. The goal: To cut down on doctor note-taking and documentation time, while still preserving the confidentiality of patients' records, as well as to offer concise, clinical documentation for all medical professionals....

How to get EMR help from regional extension centers - September 1, 2010
The purpose of these centers, funded by the 2009 stimulus package, is to help physicians adopt EMRs and qualify for meaningful use incentives, which give doctors Medicare and Medicaid bonuses for their approved use of information technology....

EHR Efficacy Varies Among Healthcare Organizations, Studies Find - September 1, 2010
Medical News Today recently published a round-up of studies related to the efficacy of health information technology....

Emdat Launches DaRT Solution That Allows Physicians to Use EMRs with No Changes to Daily Workload - September 1, 2010
Emdat announces the launch of DaRT, or Discrete accurate Reportable Transcription, a solution that enables more efficient utilization of electronic medical records by seamlessly integrating with Emdat's online medical transcription platform....

Coastal Orthopaedic Associates, P.A., Selects the Physician-Focused SRS Hybrid EMR for Its 14 Providers - September 1, 2010
SRS, the leader in high-performance hybrid EMRs, today announced that Coastal Orthopaedic Associates, P.A., has selected the SRS hybrid EMR for its 14 musculoskeletal provider specialists. ...

SCI Solutions Releases EMR-Enabled Order Facilitator - September 1, 2010
SCI Solutions, the premier Access Management solution provider for healthcare, today announced it has released an EMR-enabled version (v6) of its Order Facilitator® online order communications tool....

5 key barriers to adopting electronic medical records today - August 31, 2010
Electronic medical records, long-touted as a key to improving patient care and reducing medical errors, are getting a boost through federal stimulus money that, along with federal and state legislation, can reshape the health care industry. ...

Electronic medical records powered by billions in stimulus dollars - August 31, 2010
Billions of federal stimulus dollars are beginning to flow to organizations that are getting hospitals and doctors' offices ready to adopt electronic medical record technologies....

Evidence-Based Medicine: Visual Analytics Tool Aids Quest to Improve Patient Care - August 31, 2010
That's the foundation of a RENCI project to build an easy-to-use data analysis and visual dashboard to help doctors quickly determine the best treatment options for their patients....

Some Hospitals, Clinics at Risk of Not Qualifying for Federal EHR Funds - August 31, 2010
Most clinics and some hospitals are behind in their efforts to switch to electronic health record systems to qualify for payments under the 2009 federal economic stimulus package, according to a new report from HIMSS Analytics, the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society's research unit, Modern Healthcare reports....

Caregivers Enhance Patient Care in Hospitals, Physician Offices with McKesson Solutions - August 31, 2010
McKesson today announced that three more community hospitals have chosen the company's Practice Partner® Patient Records electronic health record (EHR) and practice management solution for their employed/affiliated physicians....

Electronic Health Records May Not Be Good Cost-Cutter - August 31, 2010
A report by the National Center for Policy Analysis, Health Information Technology: Benefits and Problems, questions the feasibility and purported advantages of a national electronic health record (EHR) system....

Maryland To Receive Federal Matching Funds For Electronic Health Record Incentives Program - August 31, 2010
Maryland will receive approximately $1.37 million in federal matching funds. ...

New Jersey To Receive Federal Matching Funds For Electronic Health Record Incentives Program - August 31, 2010
New Jersey will receive approximately $4.93 million in federal matching funds. ...

Feds Will Help Fund NY Electronic Health Records - August 31, 2010
Federal grants totaling $48.2 million will help primary care providers in New York adopt electronic health records, as part of a larger federal program establishing 32 regional extension centers to assist providers countrywide in setting up efficient EHR systems....

CMS Awards $24 Million For IT Services - August 30, 2010
Companion Data Services received a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services contract to host the National Level Repository, which will track healthcare providers' meaningful use of technology....

Report: CIOs worried about meeting meaningful use requirements - August 30, 2010
Eighty percent of chief information officers surveyed by PricewaterhouseCoopers say they're worried their hospitals won't be able to meet whatever meaningful use criteria the government sets for electronic medical records systems....

Top 10 'Don'ts' for Your EHR Project - August 29, 2010
You've probably read scores of rules on how to go about the task -- some of them in this column. But today I want to share with you some important things you SHOULDN'T do....

NaviNet Intros SaaS EMR, Practice Management - August 29, 2010
The multi-payer web portal will integrate administrative, clinical, and financial applications in a Software-as-a-Service-based electronic medical record for small medical practices. ...

Microsoft Aims To Alleviate Health IT Cloud Concerns - August 29, 2010
Healthcare providers still have many reservations about the security of cloud computing for electronic medical records and mission-critical apps. ...

Why Arguments Against EMR Ring Hollow to Me - August 29, 2010
OK, I am an EMR fan-boy, I will admit it. I seem real "rah rah" in my approach to computers in the exam room, and to many I seem to have my head in the clouds; I seem to be out of touch with reality. In response to posts I have written on the subject, comments have been thus:...

CMS Awards $107 Million In Health IT Contracts - August 29, 2010
Northrop Grumann and CGI Federal will improve the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' e-medical record system and beneficiary Web sites. ...

MedcomSoft Joins Medical Societies EMR Coalition - August 29, 2010
NiMedcomSoft has joined the electronic medical record (EMR) coalition that was recently formed by the Medical Society of Virginia (MSV) this spring to assist in the education and awareness campaign for the state's physicians to assist in the proliferation of their understanding and use of EMR's over the next few years....

Eclipsys' Sunrise Enterprise 5.5 Electronic Health Records Receive 2011 Premarket, Conditional CCHIT Certification - August 29, 2010
Inpatient, Ambulatory and Emergency Care Electronic Health Records On Track to Achieve the MostComprehensive Level of CCHIT Certification; Company's Inpatient and Ambulatory Electronic Health Records Also Gain Preliminary ARRA Certification Status ...

UBMD Selects Allscripts Electronic Health Record - August 29, 2010
Allscripts (Nasdaq: MDRX) announced today that UBMD has selected the Allscripts Electronic Health Record (EHR) solution to help its 450 physicians enhance the quality of patient care, improve patient communications, and better manage the cost of care delivery. ...

Medical Association Objects To EHR Rules - August 29, 2010
The Medical Group Management Association has raised concerns that new Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act disclosure requirements for electronic health records are burdensome, costly, unnecessary, and will impede the adoption of EHRs. ...

ATMP and Secure-24 Offer Physicians Leadership and Guidance for Electronic Medical Records - August 29, 2010
Secure-24 and ATMP offered leadership and guidance about the transition from paper to electronic medical records for attendees of the Michigan Osteopathic Association's (MOA) 111th Annual Convention and Scientific Seminar that was held in mid-May....

St. Luke's of Minnesota Selects eClinicalWorks Comprehensive EHR Solution - August 29, 2010
eClinicalWorks®, a market leader in ambulatory clinical systems, today announced that Duluth, Minn.-based St. Luke's, a health care system with hospitals and clinics, has chosen eClinicalWorks comprehensive electronic health record (EHR) solution for its approximately 200 employed physicians and two affiliated practices....

New Book Reveals Barriers to Electronic Medical Records Adoption - August 29, 2010
A new book available today reveals barriers to the adoption of electronic medical records, reasons for poor and failed adoption, and a new approach to achieve successful adoption and long-term sustainment of EMR....

FDA oversight may extend throughout health IT - August 29, 2010
The technology you adopt for your practice, including electronic medical record systems and smartphones, could become subject to Food and Drug Administration scrutiny. Experts are trying to discern what that level of examination might look like, and what specific technology would be affected....

Sevocity(R) Announces Free Electronic Health Records (EHR) System for Educators and Regional Extension Centers (REC) - August 29, 2010
Sevocity, a division of Conceptual MindWorks, Inc. (CMI), today announced Sevocity U, its Internet-based Ambulatory Electronic Health Records (EHR) program for Regional Extension Centers (RECs), Local Extension Centers (LECs), Management Service Organizations (MSOs), Technical Colleges, Universities, Medical Schools, and other organizations needing a turn-key EHR for training....

EHR Software Market Share Analysis - August 27, 2010
Calculating market share for the electronic health record (EHR) market is no easy task. There are over 300 software vendors, many market segments (consider: size of practice served, specialties services, inpatient/outpatient) and very "fuzzy" sources of data....

New Electronic Medical Record (EMR) Software, MxChart™, Launched by Medical Transcription Service Provider, MxSecure - August 27, 2010
New Electronic Medical Record (EMR) Software, MxChart™, Launched by Medical Transcription Service Provider, MxSecure - Physician-friendly EMR, MxChart, boasts improved productivity with easy 3-Step Adoption Process. ...

Anchorage Fracture & Orthopedic Clinic Selects the SRS Hybrid EMR for Its 24 Providers - August 27, 2010
SRS, the leader in high-performance hybrid EMRs, today announced that Anchorage Fracture & Orthopedic Clinic (AFOC) has selected the SRS hybrid EMR for their 12 orthopedic specialists, 8 physical therapists, and 4 mid-level providers....

ACOM expands outreach to chiropractic community - August 27, 2010
ACOM Health has expanded its outreach to the chiropractic community with the sponsorship of a Documentation and EMR Software Resource Center on the ChiroEco.com website, it was announced today by ACOM Marketing Services Manager Karl Kleinbach. ...

Hunterdon Healthcare Connects Medical Center With Physician Practices Using InterSystems Ensemble - August 27, 2010
InterSystems Corporation, the global leader in software for connected healthcare, today announced that the Hunterdon Healthcare System is using the InterSystems Ensemble® rapid integration and development platform as the foundation for a visionary strategy to provide continuity of care....

Resisting the push to digitize - August 27, 2010
Electronic health records are often discussed as a panacea in health policy, with the potential to streamline record keeping, reduce costs and improve quality of care in one fell swoop. ...

CMS offers education for chiropractors on EHR incentive program - August 27, 2010
In early August, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will hold teleconference educational sessions on the Medicare Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Program. The programs will include the following information: ...

CMS Meaningful Use Rules Are Final: Now What? - August 27, 2010
Leaders from healthcare organizations and associations, lawyers, consultants, IT vendors, and a host of other experts are slogging their way through all 800-plus pages of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services final rule for the meaningful use of electronic health records....

Feds publish final eHealth 'meaningful use' rules - August 27, 2010
The Department of Health and Human Services today issued long-awaited rules to guide doctors and hospitals as they deploy electronic medical records and seek government reimbursements for their rollouts....

More Than Just Electronic Medical Records: ClinicTools(R) - August 27, 2010
The new and improved ClinicTools® is deployed. Physicians can send error-free prescriptions, including test orders, electronically. Pharmacies, labs and diagnostic centers can now register for free to increase their respective business....

Provisions of the EHR Certification Rule - August 27, 2010
The new final rule establishing a temporary government-run program for certifying electronic health records becomes effective on June 24, the date of publication in the Federal Register. ...

Sunrise Services Wins the Gold in Medisoft Clinical Sales Contest - August 27, 2010
Sunrise Services, a One MeKesson Plantinum Valued Added Reseller, wins the Gold for high sales volume for Medisoft Clinical Electronic Health Records. Sunrise has been recognized by McKesson, (MCK) for its outstanding sales achivement in 1st quarter of 2010....

AHIMA Summit Highlights Future of HIT - August 27, 2010
During the American Health Information Management Association's (AHIMA) Long-Term and Post-Acute Care (LTPAC) Health Information Technology (HIT) Summit, held June 7-8 in Baltimore, MD, industry leaders and representatives from a variety of organizations met to discuss the future of HIT in LTPAC settings....

EMR Ratings: How Relevant Is CCHIT Certification In the HITECH Era? - August 27, 2010
Since being named a recognized certifying body by Health and Human Services (HHS) in 2006, CCHIT has awarded certifications to nearly 200 EHR software products based on CCHIT's standards of functionality, interoperability, usability and security....

Centegra Health System Launches New Physician Network - August 27, 2010
The program also provides local physicians with access to cutting-edge Electronic Health Records (EHR) and Electronic Practice Management (EPM) systems that will improve quality and healthcare delivery....

EHR and Market Growth - August 27, 2010
n a world of skyrocketing health costs and dwindling employer-based insurance members, the individual market is one of the few areas of growth opportunity for health insurers. And while the market is rife with politics and uncertainties, experts say insurers have an opportunity with individual markets to largely expand their programs....

EMR use in hospitals can increase costs - August 27, 2010
A study of California hospitals in various stages of implementation found increased care costs and higher staffing needs. Patient outcomes were mixed....

The benefits and limitations of electronic medical records - August 27, 2010
Electronic medical records (EMRs) have tremendous potential to transform our medical system. However, health care consumers and pundits hold some misconceptions about the current status of EMRs in the United States....

Medical records heading to e-world - August 27, 2010
As the health care debate raged last year, one element on which almost everyone agreed was the benefits of electronic medical records. By moving those cumbersome paper files online, doctors could reduce administrative costs and patient information would be more readily available....

Implementing an EHR: Top 10 Lessons Learned - August 25, 2010
While every physician practice is unique, there are common themes that run through almost all EHR implementations. These lessons learned are based on those themes and represent the successes and scars of many practices working through their EHR implementations....

The Jackson Clinic Selects Allscripts Electronic Health Record for 130 Providers - August 25, 2010
Allscripts (Nasdaq: MDRX) announced today that The Jackson Clinic has selected the Allscripts Electronic Health Record (EHR) solution for its 120 physicians and 10 mid-level providers who serve patients throughout West Tennessee....

Biden Touts Computerized Health Records, But Critics Have Privacy Concerns - August 25, 2010
Vice President Joe Biden, touting the importance of electronic health records, on Tuesday announced $220 million in grants for 15 communities to pave the way for wide-scale use of health information technology. But some Americans fear that so much personal information being shared via computer networks could violate privacy....

51 Healthcare Groups Call for Changes Of Federal EHR Adoption Proposal - August 25, 2010
Healthcare providers need additional time and greater flexibility to meet criteria of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' proposed electronic health record rule published earlier this year, a coalition of 51 groups told Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius in a May 3 letter....

CareData Introduces Online Electronic Health Record Training Course for Allied Health Paraprofessionals - August 25, 2010
CareData Solutions Corporation has launched a new online Electronic Health Record training course that combines web-delivered didactic content with access to fully functional EHR software....

Physicians Using the Ingenix CareTracker Electronic Health Record System Now Have Access to Krames Patient Education Resources - August 25, 2010
Ingenix is making patient education easier by integrating a comprehensive library of consumer-friendly medical reference materials from Krames into its Ingenix CareTracker electronic health record (EHR) system. Beginning in May, doctors using CareTracker can access and print information about medical conditions, treatment options and procedure recovery instructions for their patients (see also Electronic Medical Records)....

HRS: Facilities shouldn't fear EMR implementation, but should shop around - August 24, 2010
To meet looming meaningful use deadlines, practices must shop for the right EMR and not let the outlying fears of technology and possible challenges outweigh the benefits....

MGMA Tells HHS New EMR Disclosure Requirements 'Onerous' - August 24, 2010
The Medical Group Management Association told HHS this week that new HIPAA disclosure requirements for electronic medical records are burdensome, unnecessary, costly, and may discourage physicians from adopting the new technology....

FairWarning Foils EMR Privacy Breaches - August 24, 2010
FairWarning has developed data definition guides that the company says will help detect and prevent breaches of patient information in healthcare settings, a growing concern as the adoption of electronic medical records accelerates. ...

EMR Adoption Increases Hospital Costs - August 23, 2010
Expenses typically rise and patient care doesn't always improve when electronic medical records are implemented. ...

EMRs Top Priority For 58% Of Hospital CIOs - August 23, 2010
CIOs rank electronic medical records projects higher than IT managers and directors, who are focused on PC refreshes. ...

A case for SaaS as a public health transformer - August 23, 2010
With funding from the American Recovery Reinvestment Act (ARRA), the federal government is poised to distribute over $21 billion in incentive payments to hospitals and providers to spur the use of electronic medical records (EMRs) and health information exchanges (HIEs)....

Global Hospital Information Systems Market Analysis, Opportunity Assessment and Forecasts to 2016 - August 23, 2010
The global Hospital Information Systems (HIS) market was valued at $7.8 billion in 2009 and is forecast to reach $18 billion in 2016 after growing at Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 13% from 2009. The growth in the market is primarily driven by government initiatives, hospitals trying to increase workflow efficiency and reimbursements provided by governments....

Health IT to-do list: Timetable for maintenance and security tasks - August 23, 2010
Regular schedules for upkeep and updates can help practices get the most from a technology investment....

End-to-End Use of MedInformatix EMR Helps Gulf Coast Orthopedics Exceed MGMA Best Practices - August 23, 2010
Integrated Electronic Medical Record Platform Lowers A/R by Nearly 60%, Increases Efficiency of Billing Staff by Equivalent of 4 FTEs at Large Florida Practice...

Maryland's Peninsula Regional Medical Center Selects eClinicalWorks - August 23, 2010
eClinicalWorks®, a market leader in ambulatory clinical systems, today announced that Salisbury, Maryland's Peninsula Regional Medical Center has chosen eClinicalWorks electronic medical records (EMR) solution for the employed physicians of the Peninsula Regional Medical Group comprised of family medicine and specialty practices in Maryland, Delaware and Virginia, and will promote its adoption by affiliated community physicians within the region....

When electronic medical records just don't compute - August 23, 2010
How helpful will our electronic medical records be in supporting clinical care if doctors, rather than administrators and hospital information technology geniuses, cannot access and utilize clinically relevant data?...

Can electronic medical records fulfill the promises? - August 23, 2010
For more than a decade, the potential of electronic medical records has been more talked about than fully realized. The promise of reducing medical errors and increased efficiency and quality has collided with the reality of substantial infrastructure costs, paper-bound traditions, lack of standards, security concerns and fast-developing software advances that can render last year's installation antiquated....

Can EMRs Lead to a Failure to Communicate? - August 23, 2010
The application of electronic medical records (EMRs) for inpatient and outpatient use holds a lot of promise. With taps on a keyboard, data on a patient's allergies, prescription use, previous hospitalizations, or clinical tests are instantly available. But could surrounding oneself with this data build a barrier toward effective real-time, face-to-face communications between patients and providers and between providers?...

Electronic Health Records Open Brand-New Cans of Compliance Worms for Hospitals - August 23, 2010
With the HITECH Act breathing down their necks, hospitals are picking up the pace of electronic health record (EHR) implementation. They face a host of familiar and emerging compliance challenges, from documentation and authentication abuses to scaling the rocky mountain of EHR "meaningful use" for purposes of collecting Medicare incentive payments and avoiding penalties....

Electronic Medical Records: Costly, But May Save Lives - August 22, 2010
Two new studies of electronic medical records (EMRs) have come to different conclusions: one found that they don't save money or staffing time, but the other suggested that at least one part of EMR -- electronic prescribing -- does save lives....

An Unforeseen Complication of Electronic Medical Records - August 11, 2010
In the years since that clown car moment, I have developed a more fluid, albeit still not hugely efficient, style of interacting with patients while using EMR (I memorize and jot down quick notes when necessary, then leave the room to type everything into the computer). But I have met other doctors, our family pediatrician for example, who do manage to use the system well and efficiently, turning the omnipresent laptop or desktop into the white noise of an office visit. ...

Interboro RHIO and MDLand to Provide Financial Assistance For Implementation and Adoption of Electronic Medical Record (EMR) for Qualifying Physicians - August 11, 2010
The Interboro Regional Health Information Organization (Interboro RHIO) and MDLand International (MDLand) are working together to promote the implementation and adoption of Electronic Medical Records (EMR) to physicians in Queens and Northern Brooklyn. This program provides financial assistance for qualifying providers implementing MDLand's Preliminary ARRA certified EMR product, as well as opportunities to connect to the Interboro RHIO's clinical data exchange network. The program is open to both primary care physicians and specialists....

Data breaches, patient identity thefts still a threat despite new laws - July 25, 2010
Despite new regulations in the HITECH Act, data breaches and medical identity theft remains at critical levels throughout hospitals in the U.S., where 83.6 percent of providers have data breaches every year, according to a report from identity theft prevention contractor Identity Force....

McKesson Introduces Electronic Health Records Solution for Chiropractors - July 20, 2010
To meet the needs of this growing market, McKesson today announced the launch of chiropractic template sets for its Practice Partner® Patient Records, Medisoft® Clinical and Lytec® MD systems – McKesson's electronic health record (EHR) solutions for independent physician practices. ...

Medical and Practice Management by LSS Data Systems Helps Ephraim McDowell Health Connect Physician Practices and Hospitals - July 20, 2010
Ephraim McDowell Health (Danville, KY) recently launched an integrated ambulatory Electronic Health Record from LSS Data Systems (Minneapolis, MN) that connects Ephraim McDowell Health clinics with their hospitals (Ephraim McDowell Regional Medical Center and Ephraim McDowell Fort Logan Hospital)....

Sinai Medical Group Aims to Demonstrate Meaningful Use with NextGen Technology - July 20, 2010
Chicago-Based Group Cites Partnership, Experience in Meeting Complex Service Needs and Proven Data Exchange Capabilities as Reasons for Selecting NextGen Technology ...

Free EMRs: Too Good to be True? - July 19, 2010
When Allison Blazek, MD, left M. D. Anderson Cancer Center to open her private practice in June 2008, she figured EMRs, rather than paper, made the most sense. After talking with vendors and pricing EMRs, however, Blazek began thinking paper records might be the wiser option after all....

Providers Seek Options In EMR Vendors - July 19, 2010
Though three established vendors continue to dominate mindshare, a larger pool of companies is being considered by hospitals and physician practices looking to purchase ambulatory electronic medical records, according to a new report by Orem, Utah-based KLAS. ...

Encore Begins EMR Implementation in South Texas - July 18, 2010
Houston-based Encore Health Resources has been selected to provide project management, consulting and advisory services for Doctors Hospital at Renaissance (DHR) for their implementation of Cerner's Millennium EMR clinical solution....

How To Succeed At Electronic Medical Records - July 18, 2010
Implementing electronic medical record systems often requires changes to a healthcare provider's management culture, according to a recent survey of hospitals that are far along in their EMR efforts....

ELLKAY Launches Electronic Medical Records (EMR) Conversion Division to Healthcare Industry - July 18, 2010
Leveraging more than 20 years of accumulated medical records knowledge to offer a full Electronic Medical Records (EMR) data conversion service to software companies, vendors, and healthcare providers....

Microsoft EMR: It's Not Just a Matter of When, It's a Matter of Who - July 17, 2010
You would think Microsoft would be in such a promising industry, but you won't find a Microsoft EHR available. The primary reason why is that EHRs are highly specialized, and Microsoft's main products (Dynamics, CRM, and SharePoint) don't come anywhere near the needs of physician practices....

Many Health Professionals Buying iPad, But its Effect on Healthcare Still in Question - July 17, 2010
By random and unscientific measure, about one in 10 people in line to buy an iPad at a San Diego Apple Store Saturday were health providers hoping to use it for patient care. A key is how the iPad handles EMR or EHR software applications available from Epic, Allscripts or other vendors, many of the physicians said....

EMR meaningful use standards need flexibility - July 17, 2010
Physicians are eager to embrace electronic medical records, but the implementation schedule demanded by proposed federal incentive requirements is too aggressive....

Meaningful Use of Health Information Technology, Part 2 - July 17, 2010
We are at the start of five critical years of electronic health record (EHR) adoption and health information technology (HIT) expansion. $44,000 of federal stimulus money is on the line for qualifying providers with certified EHR systems. ...

Can Technology Cure Health Care? - July 14, 2010
Digital medical records come with some big promises. Those are the promises, anyway. The question is, how can we make sure the technology actually delivers? How can we make sure the digitization of medical records does everything its advocates believe is possible?...

NaviNet Survey Shows Healthcare Information Technology Adoption Increases Among Small Physician Practices - July 13, 2010
In early March 2010, NaviNet conducted a survey of IT and electronic medical record (EMR) adoption trends in small practices and compared results to a similar survey the company issued to small practices in August 2009....

EMR Data Theft Booming - July 13, 2010
Fraud resulting from exposure of electronic medical records has risen from 3% in 2008 to 7% in 2009, a 112% increase, researcher says. ...

Medicalsoftware.com Offers Free CCHIT Certified EMR Software With Medical Billing Services - July 13, 2010
Medicalsoftware.com, the nation's premier Medical Billing outsourcing company, now offers free CCHIT certified EMR software from MedAppz.com with medical billing services. MedAppz EMR software is one of the best CCHIT certified EHR software available today....

Speech recognition helps Fallon Clinic realize transcription savings from EMR - July 13, 2010
Fallon Clinic in Worcester, Mass., has had EMRs in one form or another since 1992. Most recently, the multispecialty group practice replaced its home-grown system with an Epic Systems EMR, a project completed in late 2007....

Accenture Exec: EMR Targets Unlikely To Be Met - July 13, 2010
Today, only six percent of U.S. office-based physicians use a fully functioning electronic medical record system. ...

Unifi-Med Web Based EMR Version 5.2 With New User Friendly Interface and Intuitive Screen Design - July 13, 2010
Unifi Technologies announces Unifi-Med Web Based EMR Version 5.2 with a new user friendly interface and intuitive screen design....

The Trend Toward a Paperless Hospital - July 13, 2010
Many medical centers and doctor's offices across the U.S. are moving toward a paperless system to collect patient health information and standardize care. Electronic medical records (EMRs) can track patient data and recommend best practices, helping doctors make evidence-based treatment decisions....

MacPractice Aims to Become First ARRA Certified Mac-Based EHR/EMR - July 13, 2010
Built Exclusively for the Apple Platform, MacPractice Continues Development to Help Physicians to Comply With Forthcoming EHR/EMR Standard for "Meaningful Use"...

Amazing Charts Releases Version 5.0 - July 13, 2010
AmazingCharts.com, Inc., a leading developer of Electronic Health Record (EHR/EMR) systems, recently announced the general availability of Amazing Charts V5, a CCHIT Certified 2008 Ambulatory EHR additionally certified for Child Health....

EMR meaningful use rules need to be more flexible, doctor groups say - July 12, 2010
Smaller rural practices are particularly vulnerable to losing out on federal electronic records subsidies, states a letter from the AMA and other physician organizations....

EMR meaningful use rules warrant gradual approach - July 12, 2010
CMS should let physicians take incremental steps and still qualify for Medicare and Medicaid financial incentives, says a trade group of hospital CIOs....

Report: Wave of US doctors to adopt EMRs - July 12, 2010
Fifty-eight percent of U.S. physicians who don't use electronic medical records (EMRs) intend to purchase an EMR system within the next two years, according to a new report from Accenture....

Feds Add $162 Million To EMR Funding - July 12, 2010
On the eve of sweeping health care reform legislation which promises, if passed, to add more than 30 million individuals to the health insurance rolls, Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary of Health and Human Services, said the federal government will pump an additional $162 million to states to pay for technology to support electronic medical records. ...

Commercial Electronic Medical Records (EMR) Both Help and Hinder Physician Communication with Patients and Other Clinicians - July 12, 2010
Commercial electronic medical records (EMRs) both help and hinder physician interpersonal communication-real-time, face-to-face or phone conversations-with patients and other clinicians, according to a new Center for Studying Health System Change (HSC) study released Thursday. ...

VitalHealth Software to Develop Next-Generation Primary Care Record - July 11, 2010
VitalHealth Software (www.vitalhealthsoftware.com) has entered into collaboration with Mayo Clinic to develop a next-generation Electronic Medical Record (EMR) designed to support the workflow of primary care physicians....

Meaningful Use of Health Information Technology, Part 1 - July 4, 2010
The next decade brings us enormous changes in the adoption of health information technologies, like electronic health records (EHRs). Remember, $44,000 in EHR stimulus incentive payments (per provider) from the government is on the line, starting next year. ...

EMR certification proposal outlines path to "meaningful use" - June 21, 2010
The federal government has unveiled a two-phase process for certifying the electronic medical records systems physicians must adopt if they hope to collect Medicare and Medicaid EMR incentives....

MedInformatix EPM and EMR Standardizes Care, Raises Efficiency for Affiliates of Non-Profit Physicians Network - June 13, 2010
Columbus, Indiana-Based Physician's Practice Organization, Inc. Finds MedInformatix Solutions Beneficial for Practices Ranging from Family Medicine to Cardiothoracic Surgery...

Three Security Firms Create Consortium To Automate Meaningful Use Requirements And Qualify Clients For $Billions In Stimulus Funds - June 13, 2010
Hospitals and physicians can receive $19 billion in subsidies over five years for making "meaningful use" of certified Electronic Medical Record (EMR) systems under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA)....

Hospitals as Software Service Providers - June 10, 2010
Health systems are stepping into a new role, offering software as a service to realize value from EMRs. ...

Avoiding EMR stimulus guarantees - May 16, 2010
Amid widespread speculation over proposed incentives for the adoption of electronic medical records (EMR/EHR) systems, physicians and medical practice managers should be wary of vendors promising guaranteed receipt of stimulus funds by their customers....

The Time Is Right for Doctors to 'Go Digital' - May 16, 2010
The prospect of the U.S. healthcare system moving from paper to electronic medical records (EMR) has given rise to a host of thorny questions on matters of privacy, security, logistics and more. The time to start making the switch is now–in part because the federal government will soon finalize important new guidelines on what healthcare providers need to do in order to "go digital."...

E-Medical Records: 10 Steps To Take Now - May 16, 2010
Don't wait for the government to finalize meaningful use requirements. Here's how to jump-start your health IT efforts. ...

MedeAnalytics Launches Unique Combination of Analytics and Consulting Services to Meet Meaningful Use Requirements and Optimize EMR Use - May 16, 2010
MedeAnalytics, a leading provider of healthcare performance management solutions, introduced at HIMSS10 in Atlanta, Ga. two solutions to enable hospitals to meet meaningful use requirements and optimize the use of EMRs-the Clinical Performance Manager analytics solution and Performance Management Consulting Services. ...

New AMA Platform Will Include One-Stop Shop for EMR and Information Exchange for Physicians Nationwide - May 16, 2010
The American Medical Association (AMA) and Dell announced today that they are collaborating to help physicians adopt useful health information technology such as electronic medical records (EMR), ePrescribing, and laboratory services through the AMA's new health information solutions platform for physicians, which will launch nationally later this year. ...

Deadline for e-health rollout may do more harm than help - April 26, 2010
Hospitals and physicians in the U.S. have until 2015 to deploy comprehensive electronic health records (EHR) and the accompanying technology to meet federal guidelines and qualify for billions of dollars in reimbursements. But some health care experts are concerned that the quality of e-health systems might be at risk because of unrealistic deadlines and confusion about what to do first....

athenahealth and Falcon Launch Integrated Web-Based Electronic Health Record and Practice Management Platform for Nephrology - April 26, 2010
athenahealth, Inc. and DaVita Inc. announced a partnership to deliver an integrated, web-based electronic health record (EHR) and revenue cycle management service to nephrologists across the country....

InfoLogix Announces Partnership With CareTrends Systems to Increase Nursing Efficiency and Speed the Adoption of EMR - April 15, 2010
InfoLogix, Inc. (Nasdaq: IFLG), a leading technology provider of enterprise mobility solutions for the healthcare and commercial industries, and CareTrends Systems, a leading vital sign integration and intelligence software company, today announced a strategic partnership to help deliver advanced patient care and decrease costs for hospitals across North America. ...

Large Dallas Urgent Care Network Seeks Efficiency, Gains Revenue as Well Via MedInformatix EPM and EMR - April 15, 2010
Integrated Enterprise Practice Management and Electronic Medical Records Solutions Provide Host of New Automation, Analytics and Reporting Capabilities for PrimaCare Medical Centers...

Stimulus advice to DCs - April 10, 2010
Chiropractors, if you're interested in qualifying for EHR stimulus dollars, I have a very quick piece of advice for you -- submit your comments to the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) as soon as possible....

Study Finds Gap Exists Between Technology Expectations, Reality - March 29, 2010
A recent study released by the Center for Studying Health System Change, or HSC, reveals a gap between what the federal government hopes health information technology, or health IT, can achieve in terms of patient care coordination and how well the technology actually assists physicians in practice....

No Clear Leader in Physician EMR Market, Says Report - March 17, 2010
Despite the presence of well-known companies such as IBM, 3M, Dell and Wal-Mart, no single company dominates the market for electronic medical records (EMR), according to a report from healthcare market research publisher Kalorama Information....

Healthland Exhibits Electronic Medical Records Solution to Rural and Small Community Healthcare Providers at HIMSS 2010 - March 17, 2010
Healthland, America's market leader of healthcare information solutions for small community and critical access hospitals, today announced it will exhibit at the 2010 Annual HIMSS Conference and Exhibit, March 1- 4, 2010, in Atlanta at the Georgia World Congress Center....

Electronic Medical Record Systems Market in North America to Exceed $5.4 Billion by 2015, According to New Report by Global Industry Analysts - March 17, 2010
GIA announces the release of a comprehensive report on the North American and European Electronic Medical Record (EMR) Systems markets. The market for Electronic Medical Record Systems in North America and Europe to exceed US$5.4 billion and US$1.4 billion, respectively by 2015. ...

Dallas Nephrology Associates Selects Allscripts Electronic Health Record and Practice Management for 70 Physicians - March 17, 2010
Dallas Nephrology Associates (DNA) has selected the Allscripts Electronic Health Record (EHR) and Practice Management solution to enhance the quality of patient care, improve patient communications, and better manage the cost of care delivery in its locations across the Dallas Metropolitan area. ...

One Step Closer: HITECH Meaningful Use and ARRA Stimulus Funds with Lunarline's Solution - March 17, 2010
With billions of dollars on the proverbial American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) table, hospitals and clinics are left with the challenge of satisfying complex Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH) meaningful use requirements....

How Patients Are Taking Charge of Their Own Health Records - March 10, 2010
Ever have one of your patients enter your office with a binder of medical paperwork? They have old X-rays, MRIs, and reports, articles downloaded from the Internet, and copies of correspondence between their GP and four different specialists....

YRMC going 'paperless' for $73 million - March 3, 2010
Hospital officials announced Wednesday a move that will cost Yuma Regional Medical Center $73.3 million over the next five years to create an Electronic Medical Record (EMR) initiative....

New Rural RHIO Aims to Achieve Meaningful Use With Prognosis ChartAccess Comprehensive EMR - March 3, 2010
Four community hospitals in Texas have taken the bull by the horns to form a regional health information organization (RHIO) that will enable them to experience the clinical and financial benefits commonly associated with electronic medical records (EMRs)....

Electronic Medical Records (EMR) Software from SuiteMed Gets Top AC Group Ranking - March 3, 2010
SuiteMed™ (www.SuiteMed.com), provider of electronic medical records, billing and practice management software, has just received an independent five-star ranking. ...

Concord Hospital Selects Orion Health to Streamline Data Integration for New EMR - March 3, 2010
Regional Medical Center, Concord Hospital, has selected the Rhapsody® Integration Engine to supplement and eventually replace their current solution, Sun Microsystems eGate....

Imprivata Provides Wayne Memorial Hospital a Head Start in the Race for Electronic Medical Records - March 3, 2010
With OneSign Single Sign-On, Wayne Memorial Hospital Improves Patient Care, Increases Data Security and Closes in on Federal Incentive Dollars at the Finish Line....

The coming switch to digital - March 2, 2010
The majority of chiropractors know the switch to electronic health records (EHR) and digital clinic management is approaching rapidly. Still, many have only adopted the most basic components of available practice technology, like electronic billing, and not much more. But why?...

Doing away with paper, Metro Health's new electronic medical record system also gives patients access - February 27, 2010
The "My Chart" program, however, is just part of an integrated electronic medical record system, or EMR, that provides a database of patients' history -- linking records from doctors, the emergency room or hospital, neighborhood outpatient centers and laboratories....

New EMR Software Incentives Guide from MediPro - February 27, 2010
MediPro, a medical billing software company, is pleased to announce the release of it's EMR Software Incentives Guide to help decipher government initiatives put in place to make EMR systems more affordable. ...

National Health Services, Inc. Achieves 100% Provider Adoption of HealthPort's® Electronic Medical Record Solution Across Twelve Locations - February 25, 2010
HealthPort, a top-25 company in the healthcare information technology industry, today announced that National Health Services, Inc. (NHSI), a 12-site Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) with locations throughout Kern County, California, has achieved 100% provider adoption of HealthPort's Electronic Medical Record (EMR) technology....

Appalachian Regional Healthcare System Live on Lawson Enterprise Software Solution in Less Than Six Months - February 17, 2010
Appalachian Regional Healthcare System in Boone, North Carolina, recently completed an organization-wide deployment of Lawson QuickStep Healthcare, a pre-configured enterprise software package that will help the hospital system enhance its human resources capabilities and improve integration between its financial and supply chain processes....

Wayne Health Physicians Selects Docs Billing Solutions - February 17, 2010
As part of its continuing efforts to support and invest in the Goldsboro, NC community, Wayne Health Corporation has established Wayne Health Physicians. This will be a multi-specialty physician group practice that will help ensure that the community has sufficient qualified physicians to meet the healthcare needs of the Goldsboro citizens....

RevenueMed Launches RevAbstract(TM) Services for Enhancing EMR/EHR Deployments - February 5, 2010
The new service will leverage RevenueMed's extensive experience in medical records coding and data extraction to help deploying organizations get the most from their EMR/EHR investment by ensuring that critical historical data is present as the system goes live....

OmniMD Introduces Elite Referral Partner (ERP) Program To Enhance EMR Adoption - February 5, 2010
OmniMD Elite Referral Partner members will have full access to a wide array of excellent products, services and benefits such as marketing materials and ongoing sales and technical support....

Greenway Medical Technologies' National Enterprise Initiative Selected for More Than 30 Preferred Partnerships in 2009 - February 3, 2010
Greenway Medical Technologies, Inc., provider of the fully-integrated electronic health record (EHR), practice management and interoperability solution, PrimeSuite®, is furthering the advancement of EHR-based health information networks through preferred solution partnerships in the enterprise market segment....

Rush Memorial Hospital Improves Community Healthcare with Healthland Electronic Medical Records Solution - February 3, 2010
Healthland, America's market leader of healthcare information solutions for small community and critical access hospitals, announced today that Indiana-based, Rush Memorial Hospital has completed implementation of the Healthland Electronic Medical Records (EMR) solution....

Certify Data Systems Provides Its Innovative Interoperability Solution to MultiCare Health System - February 3, 2010
Since its initial deployment in May, the Certify solution has delivered significant financial results and improved quality and coordination of care for both MultiCare and its affiliated physicians. ...

EMR Vendor Busy Hiring, Not Worrying - February 3, 2010
While physicians in small practices often buy their office gear and supplies directly from Sam's Clubs, for the most part, physicians end up "working with an eClinicalWorks rep" to get the SaaS package up and running, says an eClinicalWorks spokeswoman. The closing of some Sam's Club stores won't make much of an impact on that, she says....

Amazing Charts Receives Highest Ratings In Two Independent EHR User Surveys - February 3, 2010
AmazingCharts.com, Inc., a leading developer of electronic health record (EHR/EMR) systems received the highest user satisfaction ratings in user surveys released independently by the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) and Medscape, a unit of the WebMD Health Professional Network. ...

More EMRs are in physician offices, but use still lags - February 2, 2010
Physicians increasingly are adopting electronic medical records systems, even before government economic incentives for doing so have kicked in. But a survey by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention also found those doctors weren't yet doing a whole lot with the technology....

National Billing's EMR Systems a Financial Incentive to Doctors - January 24, 2010
National Billing is now offering electronic medical records systems incorporated into their billings services which, under President Obama's stimulus plan, can benefit doctors financially - and the sooner they implement it, the more money they will receive....

Scantronix and ePaperlessSolutions Form Key Partnership - January 24, 2010
New Strategic Alliance Will Bring Scantronix' Paper Medical Chart Conversions to all ePaperless Solutions' EMR System Clients on the East Coast -- Extends Service Offerings for Both Companies....

Telagen and Bell Medical Services Partner to Promote Meaningful Use of Electronic Medical Records - January 24, 2010
ITelagen, Inc. and Bell Medical Services, Inc. have formed an exclusive partnership aimed at encouraging the widespread, meaningful use of EMRs in physician practices throughout the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States....

Many Doctors Already Using E-Medical Records - January 24, 2010
While 40% of doctors had electronic medical record systems in their offices in 2008 and 2009, fewer than 7% of systems are fully functional. ...

HealthPort's® Leading ROI Partner Program Selected by Florida Hospital Across Eight Locations - January 24, 2010
HealthPort, a top-25 company in the healthcare information technology industry, today announced that Florida Hospital, a 2,188 bed hospital system with eight locations across Central Florida, has begun deployment of their release of information (ROI) technology and service solution alongside the organization's Cerner® Millennium electronic health record (EHR)....

NCH Software's Express Dictate Software Now Available as Free iPhone App - January 24, 2010
Express Dictate, called Pocket Dictate at Apple's app store, allows you to record and send dictation directly from your PC, Mac, PocketPC, Palm, SmartPhone, and now iPhone. The software is a professional dictation voice recorder that works like a traditional Dictaphone with HIPAA compliant for secure encryption. ...

EMRs missing the mark on care coordination efforts - January 21, 2010
The government's expectation that electronic medical records will dramatically improve care coordination across multiple care settings might come up short if changes are not made to both policy and EMR systems themselves, according to a recent study....

Summa Physicians, Inc. Selects eClinicalWorks EMR Solution - January 18, 2010
eClinicalWorks®, a market leader in ambulatory clinical systems, today announced that Summa Physicians, Inc., (SPI) has chosen eClinicalWorks electronic medical records (EMR) solution for its 223 physicians serving 33 specialties....

CMS unveils plan for how doctors, hospitals can get EMR incentives - January 18, 2010
Some organizations worry about the speed at which health professionals are expected to move in adopting EMR capabilities....

eClinicalWorks Aims To Be A Game-Changer In EMR - January 18, 2010
When he came to the U.S. from India in 1988 to study towards a master's in engineering at Boston University he wanted to "do something significant." But it was not until the mid 1990s when he was in Geneva at a conference on the use of wireless technology in health care that the idea hit him. ...

Bronx Lebanon Hospital Center Swiftly Expands Use of Eclipsys Solutions to Create Nearly 100 Percent Electronic Environment - January 17, 2010
Eclipsys Corporation® (NASDAQ:ECLP), The Outcomes Company®, announced today that Bronx Lebanon Hospital Center (Bronx Lebanon), the largest voluntary, not-for-profit healthcare system in south and central Bronx, NY, has quickly expanded its use of integrated clinical components of Eclipsys Sunrise Enterprise™ suite of solutions....

Get the facts: Practice management software - January 17, 2010
We were told that programs are better and "cutting edge" when they're "DOT NET" and that any program that doesn't use .NET is antiquated. What does this mean? Is it true? Should I care?...

IQMax and Fast Chart Partner to Provide Mobile Dictation Platform to Healthcare Community - January 16, 2010
IQMax and Fast Chart, an operating division of Applied Medical Services, LLC, are pleased to announce that they are partnering together to deliver IQMax's web-based mobile dictation platform to healthcare providers....

Hospitals criticize electronic records rule - January 12, 2010
Hospitals and doctors contend the Obama administration is moving too fast in their efforts to promote the use of electronic health records....

Meaningful Use Confidence is High but Plenty of Gaps Still Exist - January 10, 2010
Eighty-five percent of healthcare providers believe their ambulatory electronic medical record (EMR) software will enable them meet the 2011 meaningful use deadlines being considered by the federal government, according to a report from KLAS....

Current EMRs May Be More Helpful With Billing Than Care Coordination - January 10, 2010
A gap appears to exist between policymakers' expectations of commercial electronic medical records (EMRs) in supporting care coordination and the way they are actually used by providers and clinicians in the healthcare environment....

Feds issue EMR meaningful use guidelines - January 10, 2010
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services propose guidelines for determining meaningful use of electronic medical records by doctors' offices and hospitals....

Tech talk: Web-based solutions - January 10, 2010
The third option to be introduced is Web-based or Web-hosted applications, which are now a choice instead of the two options that we discussed last week....

Myrtue Medical Center Selects Design Clinicals as IT Vendor to Position for Meaningful Use Requirements, Stimulus Funds - January 10, 2010
Myrtue Medical Center has chosen Design Clinicals as its IT vendor to expand electronic medication reconciliation to a full Patient-Safety Platform with MedsTracker® Enterprise Medication Reconciliation. The move will secure Myrtue's place on the fast track to quickly demonstrate "meaningful use" and take advantage of federal recovery act incentive payments. ...

Manual of ethical best practices for healthcare documentation businesses now available - January 8, 2010
The manual will help healthcare documentation/medical transcription businesses and professionals to adopt policies and procedures for complying with HIPAA privacy and security laws and operating in a manner consistent with ethical best practices related to transcription billing, compensation, and outsourcing....

Caritas Offers Docs Athenahealth EMR Option - January 8, 2010
Caritas Christi Health Care will offer electronic medical record software from Athenahealth to its 1,700 doctors in New England. ...

Medical breakthrough: VA, Kaiser to share records - January 7, 2010
Kaiser Permanente and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs today will launch an electronic medical-data exchange program in San Diego that could become the seed for the much touted but equally elusive national health records system. ...

Will Technology Change How Doctors Treat You in 2010? - January 6, 2010
With the federal government aggressively pushing for electronic health records (EHR), 2010 could be the year telehealth technology finally allows doctors to monitor their patients' health wirelessly in real time -- no matter where the patient is....

AdvancedMD Acquires PracticeOne - January 6, 2010
AdvancedMD(R) Software, Inc., a leader in software-as-a-service (SaaS) medical practice and revenue cycle management automation solutions, announced it has acquired PracticeOne(TM), a privately-held provider of a CCHIT Certified(R) electronic health record (EHR) software....

Waiting Room Solutions is Chosen by Ohio Pain Center as Their Electronic Medical Record (EMR) and Practice Management Software - January 5, 2010
Dr Amar Goyal, owner of Ohio Pain Center, is optimizing his practice workflow with the use of an award-winnning, web-based practice management & EMR solution....

Policy makers' expectations for electronic medical records may be too high - January 4, 2010
The ability for electronic medical records to improve the coordination of patient care may be less than what policy makers are expecting, according to a study by researchers at the Center for Studying Health System Change. ...

U.S. Pushes For EMR Standards - January 4, 2010
The proposal for widespread adoption of Electronic Medical Records standards could accelerate the disbursement of $19 billion in federal stimulus funds. ...

A roadmap for EMRs: strategies and starting places for long-term care - January 4, 2010
Electronic medical record adoption has been a widely discussed topic in recent months, but that hasn't necessarily meant that long-term care operators have been eagerly hopping on the bandwagon....

Marathon of Meaningful Use, EHR Standards Just Beginning - January 4, 2010
With the release yesterday of its "meaningful use" definition and standards, government agencies have laid the foundation for an "evolutionary process in achieving and maintaining the meaningful use of certified EHR technology."...

New Enterprise Forms Management from Access Speeds Patient Registration at Rehabilitation Hospital of the Pacific - January 4, 2010
When it comes to healthcare, the last thing clinical and administrative staff have time for is processing paper forms. That's why some forward-thinking hospitals are switching to e-forms management....

Electronic medical records draw both praise, condemnation - January 4, 2010
As the health care debate grinds on, President Barack Obama's plan for expanding the use of electronic medical records has been met with some skepticism in Missouri....

EHR Pros Share Secrets - January 4, 2010
Information technology leaders gathered last fall at Health Data Management's Health IT Stimulus Summit in Boston to exchange lessons learned when implementing electronic health records. Here's a summary of some of the key presentations....

Hospital groups lobby for bigger share of stimulus funds - December 29, 2009
Health care systems want the term "hospital" defined in a way that would allow their individual facilities to qualify for federal health information technology incentives....

Greenway Medical Technologies Deploys Integrated EHR, Practice Management and Interoperability Solution Within Bethesda Healthcare System - December 29, 2009
Deployment of Greenway's PrimeSuite Enables Health Information to be Securely and Seamlessly Shared between Bethesda Memorial Hospital and Physician Practices Associated with Bethesda Healthcare System....

PhEMR Announces New Release of its EMR Software - December 29, 2009
The company states that the new features added will help to ensure compliance with the new EMR standards soon to be announced. ...

Revel Consulting To Slim the Healthcare Waistline and Improve Healthcare Quality with Launch of New Practice - December 29, 2009
Revel Consulting, a Kirkland, Washington-based business management consulting firm, today announced the launch of its Healthcare Practice to help providers, payers and life sciences organizations improve healthcare quality and safety, increase efficiencies, and maintain compliance in the face of ever-evolving regulatory requirements....

GE Healthcare and GE Capital Expand Stimulus Simplicity Program - December 29, 2009
As part of its ongoing efforts to facilitate healthcare providers' adoption of healthcare information technology, GE announced today that it is extending the purchasing options associated with its Stimulus SimplicityTM program – 0% payment terms and deferred payments until 2012* – to include new purchases of its Centricity® Business solution suite....

"Beacon communities" will be models for health information technology - December 25, 2009
Fifteen regions that have widespread EMR use and have exchanged data across geographic sectors will get federal grants to help others replicate their success....

Studies: Docs like electronic health records but privacy a concern - December 25, 2009
U.S. physicians support the use of electronic medical records, but widespread concerns exist about privacy problems, two new studies show....

Government Grapples With EMR Security, Privacy - December 25, 2009
Healthcare providers aren't stepping up to protect privacy of electronic medical records. Can the government provide adequate data security? ...

Hospitals and Vendors, Not Government, Will Drive EMR Usage -- Finds Report - December 25, 2009
Washington can encourage physicians to buy electronic medical record systems, but it is the vendors and hospitals that affiliate with physicians that will ultimately determine if they go electronic, according to a new report from healthcare market research publisher Kalorama Information....

Cerner Offers Enhanced Solution to Enable Information Sharing Between Hospitals and Physician Practices - December 25, 2009
Cerner Will Offer Certify Data Systems' HealthDock(TM) to Make Clinical Information Sharing Faster, Easier for Physician Practices...

SynaMed Is Proud to Announce a Free Physician Collaboration Portal - December 25, 2009
SynaLink is a HIPAA-compliant messaging and file transfer system for doctor-to-doctor and doctor-to-patient communication. It offers a patient portal, phone messaging system, appointment scheduler, and e-prescribing, all provided completely free of charge. ...

Waco Orthopedic & Sports Medicine Clinic Enhances Productivity With SRS Hybrid EMR - December 20, 2009
Waco Orthopedic & Sports Medicine Clinic has been providing quality orthopaedic care to central Texas for over 30 years. ...

Greatwater Software Adopts PatientPoint as New Company Name - December 20, 2009
New Name Reflects Company's Focus on Providing Patient Self-Service Applications to Improve Healthcare Delivery at the Point of Care...

Provation Medical Software Named Number One in Clinical Procedure Documentation Category, 2009 KLAS Top 20 Report - December 18, 2009
Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading global provider of information for healthcare professionals and students, announced today that ProVation MD software, from its ProVation Medical brand of products, has been designated Number One in the Clinical Procedure Documentation category of the 2009 Top 20 Best in KLAS Awards: Software & Professional Services report....

Mediware Finalizes Two Most Recent Acquisitions - December 18, 2009
Purchases of Healthcare Automation, Inc. and Advantage Reimbursement, Inc. Are Completed, Action Expands Mediware's Home Health Customer Base From 150 to 450 Customer Facilities...

LABORIE Announces Its Urodynamic Systems Integration with meridianEMR - December 18, 2009
LABORIE and meridianEMR announced today that they have successfully integrated their EMR and Urodynamic system for Urologists....

Parent Company of Two New Jersey Hospitals to Pay U.S. $7.95 Million to Settle False Claims Act Allegations - December 15, 2009
Our Lady of Lourdes Health Care Services Inc., the parent company of two New Jersey hospitals, has agreed to pay the United States $7.95 million to resolve allegations that the hospitals defrauded Medicare....

MGMA urges revisions to "meaningful use" guidelines - December 15, 2009
If accepted by the federal government, the suggested health IT requirements could negatively impact practices and impede EMR adoption, the association says....

PositiveID Corporation Enters Into Strategic Partnership with Health Network of the Palm Beaches - December 15, 2009
PositiveID Corporation announced today that it has entered into a strategic partnership with the Health Network of the Palm Beaches ("HNPB") to combine efforts on the technological development, implementation, distribution, access and use of PositiveID's Health Link personal health record ("Health Link") within the medical facilities, physician networks and related healthcare providers participating in the Southern Florida Regional Heath Information Organization (RHIO)....

MemorialCare Medical Centers Commends Accenx™ on Implementation Experience of Its Physician Outreach Platform - December 15, 2009
Accenx™, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Initiate Systems, Inc., a leader in data management solutions for information sharing and improved data quality, reports that MemorialCare Medical Centers continues to endorse its choice of Accenx solution, Accenx ExchangeTM, as the interoperability platform to support its physician outreach program; commending its relationship with Accenx so far. ...

Bone & Joint Clinic of Baton Rouge, Inc. Reports Immediate Productivity Gains With the SRS Hybrid EMR - December 15, 2009
SRS, the leader in high-performance hybrid EMRs, today announced that Bone & Joint Clinic of Baton Rouge has already begun to realize enhanced physician productivity with its newly implemented hybrid EMR....

Patient Access Solutions Enters Lucrative Electronic Medical Records (EMR) Market - December 15, 2009
Patient Access Solutions, Inc. today announced the launch of its new Electronic Medical Records (EMR) platform, which is specifically designed to allow smaller-sized healthcare practices to cost-effectively and conveniently acquire a state-of-the-art EMR solution. ...

Edifecs Testifies Before NCVHS Standards Subcommittee Regarding HIPAA 5010 and ICD-10 Testing - December 10, 2009
Edifecs, Inc., the proven leader in HIPAA 5010 and Healthcare Channel Modernization solutions, announced today that Sunny Singh, Edifecs CEO, was invited by the NCVHS (National Committee for Vital and Health Statistics) to present his perspective regarding HIPAA 5010 and ICD-10 testing....

Ascension Health Hospital Awards Streamline Health Contract to Ensure OSHA Compliance - December 10, 2009
Document Workflow Solution Will Optimize Voluntary Protection Program Compliance Process & Promote Worksite-based Safety....

The Department of Veterans Affairs Awards $24 Million Contract to QuadraMed for HIM and Revenue Cycle Management Technology - December 10, 2009
QuadraMed® Corporation, (NASDAQ:QDHC) today announced that the Department of Veterans Affairs has renewed its annual Task Order contract under its existing Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA), with a value of approximately $24 million for the current option period....

Business Intelligence Tracks Flu Cases in Upstate New York - December 9, 2009
Dashboard environment monitors flu, finance, HR, quality of care, growth and operational measures at five-hospital Kaleida Health network....

EBSCO Publishing and Zynx Health Expand Partnership for Integrated Access to Evidence-Based Content - December 9, 2009
Institutions currently using point-of-care resources from EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO) and Zynx Health will benefit from a new agreement which gives healthcare providers integrated access to their evidence-based resources, resulting in quicker retrieval of relevant and current information and improved quality care....

Can Electronic Medical Records Be Secured? - December 7, 2009
While EMRs promise massive opportunities for patient health benefits and reductions in administrative costs, the privacy and security risks are daunting. ...

New Report "EMR 2010 (Market Analysis, ARRA Incentives, Key Players, and Important Trends)" available through Aarkstore Enterprise - December 7, 2009
This report provides Eight Important Conclusions About the EMR Market that market watchers should be aware of. ...

No more messy doctor handwriting - December 6, 2009
Snoqualmie Valley Hospital began making the switch from paper to electronic charts in 2006 at its hospital, and administrators plan to incorporate the electronic charts into clinics during the 2010 calendar year....

DrFirst Congratulates Universal EMR Solutions for the Successful Completion of Their Electronic Prescribing Pilot Program - December 4, 2009
Universal EMR Solutions® certified with DrFirst® in 2008 to offer an interoperable e-prescribing function to its clients, which include general practitioners and many types of specialists....

UAB Hospital Mitigates Effects of Nursing Shortage by Using Cerner CareAware MDBus Solution - December 4, 2009
Health System Reclaimed More Than 93,000 Nursing Hours by Connecting Medical Devices to Its Electronic Medical Record....

eHealth Made EASY Version 3 Technology Is Preliminary ARRA 2011 Certified for Use by Hospitals and Eligible Providers Seeking to Earn Medicare and Med - December 4, 2009
eHealth Made EASY LLC's Version 3, an electronic medical reporting product, was acknowledged today by the recognized certifying body for Electronic Health Record systems as "Preliminary ARRA 2011 Certified for CMS Quality Reporting required to support that 2011-2012 Meaningful Use Objective for Hospitals and Eligible Providers for financial incentives to adopt Health Information Technology....

CHS Launches Optic™ – the Next Generation of its Onsite Health Technology - December 4, 2009
CHS Optic™ System Now Deployed in Eight States at Twelve HybridHealthSM Centers:|Five additional sites planned for launch in early 2010 ...

Edifecs Delivers Enhanced HIPAA 4010A1 to 5010 Migration Capabilities for Healthcare Organizations - December 4, 2009
Edifecs, Inc., the proven leader in HIPAA 5010 and Healthcare Channel Modernization solutions announced an enhanced release of Edifecs XEngine Translator that facilitates HIPAA 4010A1 to HIPAA 5010 migrations....

Picis Extends Market Leadership with New ED PulseCheck Signings - December 3, 2009
Picis, the market-leader in emergency department (ED) solutions, announced today that in the last two months several major medical centers have selected Picis ED PulseCheck®, the company's emergency department information system (EDIS), to drive results in this critical area of their hospitals....

Second Time's the Charm - December 3, 2009
A rural Maine hospital, burned by a bad experience with its first attempt at rolling out electronic health records at the 10 physician practices it owns, took a radically different approach the second time around in hopes of a better result....

Rx for Hospitals: A Big Dose of CRM - December 3, 2009
Broad adoption of CRM in hospital settings would be a win for all involved. It would help patients get better, more targeted information and services. It would help hospitals deliver better care and realize stronger bottom lines. It would help vendors expand into a relatively untouched market. Why, then, is real CRM virtually absent from hospitals?...

Cardinal Health Helps Hospitals Improve Safety, Workflow, Cost Containment at 44th ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting and Exhibition - December 3, 2009
At next week's 44th Midyear Clinical Meeting and Exhibition for the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) in Las Vegas, hospital pharmacy experts from Cardinal Health will highlight solutions, tools and resources designed to help hospital pharmacies improve safety, workflow and cost containment....

How CROWNWeb will validate and use patient data - December 3, 2009
In July 2009, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services began Phase 2 of the CROWNWeb project. In Phase 2, 180 End-Stage Renal Disease dialysis clinics began using CROWNWeb to collect patient and facility data....

What will the paperless medical revolution look like? - December 3, 2009
The medical revolution is here ... and you are invited. Spurred by President Obama's "HITECH" program, health care providers can earn a sizable subsidy by giving up paper charts and exchanging or updating medical records digitally....

Palo Pinto General Hospital Chooses Extricom to Enable Caregiver Mobility - December 3, 2009
Palo Pinto General Hospital, a 99-bed County Hospital District healthcare facility, has completed deployment of an Extricom wireless LAN system to support the Hospital's core mission of providing customer-centered, quality healthcare to the residents of Palo Pinto County....

Switch To Electronic Records Getting Mixed Reviews At Hospitals, Clinics - December 3, 2009
Huffington Post Investigative Fund and American University's Investigative Reporting Workshop....

Consumers can surf their hospital's report card - December 3, 2009
Just as a consumer might take to their computer to shop around for the right television, state health officials hope Southland residents can choose a hospital that is right for them with the click of a button....

ISCR Becomes Instant Player in the Obamacare EMR/Cost Savings Sweepstakes - December 3, 2009
Instacare Corp. (OTC Bulletin Board: ISCR) announced today that its proprietary brands of MD@Hand and Practice Probe EMR and other e-health technologies have been successfully engineered to seamlessly function on popular smart cell phones....

TeleResults Hosts Annual Users Conference 2009 - December 3, 2009
TeleResults, a market leader in the design and development of world-class electronic medical record (EMR) solutions for transplant-related care, today announced the successful completion of its User Conference 2009, which took place on October 19th and 20th at New York Presbyterian Hospital Transplant Program....

National Experts Explore Best Practices in Data De-Identification for Healthcare & EHRs in Melamedia Seminar - December 2, 2009
HITECH, Breach Notification Prompt New Attention to Anonymizing Patient Records - CDT Suggests Changes to HIPAA Rules....

DCH Regional Medical Center Finds Innovative Uses for Interbit Data's Information Distribution Software, Maximizing Its Time and Cost Savings - December 2, 2009
The Versatility of NetDelivery Offers "Limitless" Range of Applications for Hospital Departments Distributing Data and Reports to Multiple Recipients....

KLAS Examines Allscripts One Year After the Misys Merger - December 2, 2009
Company enjoys top provider mind share but declining customer satisfaction amid the industry's rising interest in electronic medical records....

California's Neighborhood Healthcare Selects eClinicalWorks - December 2, 2009
eClinicalWorks®, a market leader in ambulatory clinical systems, today announced that Neighborhood Healthcare, which serves Riverside and San Diego counties, has selected eClinicalWorks unified electronic medical records (EMR) and practice management (PM) solution along with eClinicalWorks Enterprise Business Optimizer's (eBO) enhanced reporting capabilities for its 115 providers across 11 locations. ...

EHR: More than digital documentation - December 2, 2009
Electronic Health Records (EHR) software is currently an extremely hot topic among chiropractors and nearly all other healthcare professionals....

Omaha Chiropractor Dr. Nick Crom Wins ACOM Health $50,000 Ultimate Practice Makeover; Sees Prize Helping Double his Practice within Three Years - December 2, 2009
Today, the contest winner anticipates accelerating growth under a $50,000 prize package that includes three years of ACOM Health's Billing Optimization Service, RAPID Documentation and RAPID Practice Management software, implementation and training services, and three-years of software support. ...

Milliman Care Guidelines(R) Innovations Spur Eight-Fold Growth in Hospital Client Base - December 2, 2009
The number of hospitals using the Milliman Care Guidelines® has grown eight-fold from 116 in 2002 to more than 950 in 2009 thanks to client-driven innovations and enhancements in all Care Guidelines products and software....

Gateway EDI taps growing electronic medical billing market - December 2, 2009
The national push for electronic medical claims processing is driving growth at Gateway EDI, which is expanding its office space and hiring 60 employees....

INFINITT North America Image-Enables the EMR With INFINITT Accent - December 2, 2009
INFINITT North America, a technology leader in web-based image and information management solutions, today announced the release of the INFINITTAccent, an OEM PACS offering for EMR, HIS, and Practice Management vendors....

U.S. physicians lag on EMR use - December 2, 2009
But American patients can access care more quickly than can those in many other countries, an international survey of doctors found....

Study: No Cost Savings With Electronic Medical Records - December 1, 2009
A new Harvard study finds that computerized medical records don't save money or make hospitals more efficient, despite claims that health information technology could generate huge financial returns....

Doctations Partners with Professional Claims Bureau in Providing End-to-End Practice Management and Outsource Revenue Cycle Solutions - December 1, 2009
Doctations' unique blend of electronic medical records and practice management software enables PCB to offer the most comprehensive practice management solution available....

US Health Information Director Blumenthal Addresses Electronic Medical Records in Philadelphia - November 30, 2009
Speaking at the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, Dr. David Blumenthal, National Coordinator for Health Information Technology addressed the need for information technology to improve patient care across the "complex and difficult" spectrum of the US healthcare system....

IQMax Unveils iPhone Healthcare Dictation App - November 29, 2009
IQMax, Inc. is pleased to announce the release of its healthcare dictation application for Apple's iPhone. IQSpeak® is an intuitive, yet sophisticated dictation solution that integrates a physician's patient schedule with the ability to dictate patient notes on the iPhone, allowing physicians to dictate while on the move, anytime, anywhere....

Genesis Technologies, Inc. Now Offering Dragon Medical 10.1 Speech Recognition and Dictation Software for Physicians - November 29, 2009
Genesis Technologies, Inc. is pleased to announce it now offers Dragon Medical 10.1 speech recognition and dictation software for physicians. Dragon Medical 10.1 helps reduce transcription costs and assists medical practices in making the transition to money-saving and government-mandated Electronic Medical Record (EMR) systems....

Fresenius buys Nashville EHR business - November 29, 2009
The North American subsidiary of renal care giant Fresenius Medical Care has acquired Nashville-based Health IT Services Group....

ACOM Health Releases Upgraded RAPID Documentation Software for Chiropractic - November 29, 2009
ACOM Health has introduced Version 5.4 of its RAPID Chiropractic Documentation software with enhanced user experience, integration with the new RAPID Patient Education and RAPID Home Exercise modules, and expanded medical necessity documentation support....

Electronic medical records critical to better health care - November 29, 2009
Even the federal government has gotten into the act, defining a complete EMR system as containing four basic functions: computerized orders for prescriptions, computerized orders for tests, reporting of test results and physician notes....

Health industry finally moving toward computerized records - November 29, 2009
The goal is to offer incentives for health care providers to move from paper charts to computers during the next five years, and after 2015 penalize those who don't by, for example, providing lower reimbursements for Medicare patients....

Need a practice management system? Here's what to look for - November 29, 2009
A good practice management system should be like an oracle for your office. You should be able to ask, "Which patient is coming in next?" or "Who hasn't paid their bill?" and get the right answer every time....

MedeAnalytics Patient Access Services (PAS) Solution Provides Integrated Financial Clearance and Front-end Intelligence for Hospitals - November 28, 2009
MedeAnalytics, a leading provider of healthcare performance management solutions, announced the launch of its Patient Access Services (PAS) solution at HFMA`s Fall Revenue Cycle Strategies Conference today in Chicago, Ill....

Buffalo's Catholic IPA Selects eClinicalWorks Unified EMR/PM - November 28, 2009
Catholic IPA of Western New York Using Unified EMR/PM System to Streamline Operations and Improve Quality of Care for 150 Providers, Possibility of Expansion....

Fresenius Medical Care North America Acquires Health IT Services Group, Acumen nEHR - November 27, 2009
resenius Medical Care North America, operator of the nation's leading network of dialysis facilities, today announced it has purchased Nashville-based Health IT Services Group (HITSG) and its portfolio of products including Acumen nEHR, a nephrology-specific electronic health record. ...

Premium software applications launch your practice into the space age: Part 1 - November 25, 2009
Today, the push for the healthcare industry to make the switch from paper to electronic health records (EHR), combined with the rapid evolution of medical technology, have made practice management software an extremely popular product among doctors of all stripes, especially chiropractic....

5 factors to look for when investing in EHR software: Part II of II - November 3, 2009
For DCs looking to invest in electronic health records (EHR) software to make the switch from paper to digital or simply to streamline their practice's efficiency, there are dozens of vendors to choose from....

New Study Reveals Push to Electronic Medical Records Puts Patient Privacy at Risk - November 3, 2009
70 Percent of Surveyed Hospital Security Professionals Say Senior Management Fail to Prioritize Privacy and Data Security....

Secondary use of EMR data seen reducing costs, improving quality - November 2, 2009
While few practices and hospitals currently use aggregated patient data, the number is expected to increase, and a new study touts the information's benefits....

Western Maryland Health Systems Emergency Departments Accelerate the Move to EMRs with Anoto Digital Pen and Paper Technology - November 2, 2009
Using BartCharts ED Templates and Anoto Digital Pens, Two Emergency Departments Seamlessly Adapted Their Workflows to Include Electronic Records in Just Days....

Many Hospitals Use Document Management and Imaging as a Stepping Stone to Electronic Records - November 1, 2009
As healthcare reform and meaningful use put the focus on electronic medical records (EMRs), many hospitals are looking to document management and imaging (DMI) solutions to ease the transition from paper records to electronic....

Cabinet NG and DataNet Solutions Partner to Enhance Leading EHR/EMR Software for Free and Non-Profit Medical Clinics - November 1, 2009
Cabinet NG (CNG), provider of document management and workflow software, today announced a partnership with DataNet Solutions, provider of electronic medical records for the medical clinic community. ...

Is speech recognition technology ready for prime time? - November 1, 2009
Physicians' chances to earn incentives from the federal stimulus package have forced many to look at speech recognition as a way of making electronic medical record adoption more palatable to resistant physicians....

EMR alerts can signal abnormal tests, but some doctors don't use them - November 1, 2009
Physicians fail to follow up on about 8% of warnings about imaging tests, a new study of office-based care found....

7 tips to help you protect patient privacy - November 1, 2009
Chiropractic professionals and other individuals and organizations that collect, store, and use personal data in any capacity are facing challenging times. Given stringent legal and regulatory obligations existing under HIPAA and other health-privacy legislation, you and other healthcare professionals have long recognized the importance of maintaining the privacy of health information....

Xerox holds thought leadership workshop for healthcare professionals - November 1, 2009
Healthcare companies around the country are preparing for electronic medical record reform. Xerox is prepared to help the healthcare industry navigate the digital divide....

Electronic Medical Record System and More - November 1, 2009
Implementation of electronic medical records (EMR) by healthcare providers and facilities remains at an all-time low. According to so many reports, the determining factor responsible for this type of low implementation of EMR is cost....

Microsoft Amalga and HealthVault are part of an extensive data strategy designed to improve care delivery and reduce costs - November 1, 2009
Caritas Christi Health Care, New England's largest community-based hospital network, has entered into a far-reaching agreement to use Microsoft Corp. health solutions, including Microsoft Amalga Unified Intelligence System (UIS) and Microsoft HealthVault, as the underpinning of an extensive system-wide data and patient relationship strategy designed to improve the health and quality of care for its 1 million patients while reducing overall healthcare costs....

HMS to Launch New Ambulatory EMR
System Will Provide Solution to Qualify for Recovery Act HITECH Funds - October 31, 2009
Healthcare Management Systems, Inc. ® (HMS) will launch a new, proprietary ambulatory electronic medical record and practice management solution called HMS Ambulatory EMR this month....

Unifi-Med 5.0 Complete EMR and Practice Management Solution - October 31, 2009
Unifi Technologies announces the release of Unifi-Med 5.0. Built by physicians for physicians, Unifi-Med is a web based EMR and Practice Management Solution built on cloud computing technology....

PatientOS Urges Trade Ministers to Encourage Adoption of Open Source Solutions at the Sixth Annual Consul Program for New Jersey Life Sciences - October 31, 2009
The Center for International Business & Education hosted a unique event connecting consular officials from over 20 countries with business, education and government officials for collaboration and commerce....

Opinion: Electronic medical records improve quality of care - October 23, 2009
Electronic medical records are a cornerstone of President Barack Obama's health reform effort, and as part of his effort to stimulate the economy, he has dedicated some $19 billion to make EMRs a national reality....

Personal health information is the next national security problem - October 23, 2009
Security needs have expanded. Everywhere we turn there's potential harm to us personally and has real long-term consequences. More troubling is the fact that most of it is out of our own individual control....

HDI Technologies, Inc. and Clear Medical Solutions Form Strategic Partnership to Serve Healthcare Providers - October 23, 2009
At the AHIMA 2009 Conference, HDI Technologies and Clear Medical Solutions announced their strategic partnership to better provide advanced healthcare information technology to hospitals, clinics, and other healthcare facilities. ...

Reportlinker Adds Computer Assisted Coding Of Medical Information Market Shares, Strategies, and Forecasts 2008 to 2014 - October 23, 2009
Properly designed natural language processing (NLP) solutions do not require physicians to change the way they work. They can dictate in a free-flowing fashion, consistent with the way they think, and are not limited to structured inputs that may or may not fully capture the unique circumstances of each patient encounter....

SIEM Solutions Help with Secured Electronic Medical Records Compliance - October 23, 2009
On one hand, privacy in healthcare is nothing new. Medical records are by definition highly personal in nature and that is widely understood. So why is medical data privacy emerging as an issue now?...

Optimal Use of the Electronic Medical Record in CKD - October 23, 2009
The electronic medical record (EMR) has enabled creation of a CKD registry, a database that contains demographic information, clinical parameters, and outcome measurements of more than 41,000 CKD patients who have received medical care within the Cleveland Clinic Health System since January 2005....

Federal Grant Allows Community Health Center to Adopt GE Healthcare's Electronic Medical Record - October 23, 2009
The newly signed agreement will bring the company's Centricity® Practice for Community Health Centers to Hamilton Community Health Network (HCHN), a 25-physician, six campus practice serving the Flint, Michigan area's uninsured and underinsured....

eClinicalWorks and Healthwise Collaborate to Help Physicians and Patients - October 23, 2009
eClinicalWorks and Healthwise announced today an agreement to provide two Healthwise solutions to eClinicalWorks physician clients....

Complete Medical Billing Informs Clients of Stimulus Package - October 21, 2009
Government Stimulus For Qualifying Physicians Used to Stimulate the Utilization of Electronic Medical Records....

A Meaningful Guarantee -- EHR Vendor Offers "Meaningful Use" Guarantee to Customers - October 21, 2009
ChartLogic Inc., a leader in the electronic health records industry since 1994, today announced its plans to obtain preliminary certification, and a subsequent guarantee for its providers: "I guarantee that ChartLogic EMR users will be able to meet the "meaningful use" requirements needed to receive the stimulus money," said ChartLogic CEO Zubin Emsley....

Cambridge Memorial Hospital Reduces Data Sharing Time and Costs, Removes Risk of Errors Using Interbit Data for Transferring Patient Data to Practice - October 21, 2009
Interbit Data, a leading provider of software and services for improving healthcare efficiency, reports that NetDelivery, its information distribution solution, has delivered across-the-board results for Cambridge Memorial Hospital (CMH), helping to improve its level of patient care. ...

American HealthTech and Vocollect Healthcare Systems Announce an Alliance to Deliver Unified Electronic Medical Records - October 21, 2009
Long-Term Care Communities Will Benefit From Better Quality Care, Improved Business Performance, and Financially Viable EMR....

New Ingenix CareTracker EMR E-prescribing Features Help Physicians Improve Drug Safety and Increase Cost Transparency for Patients - October 21, 2009
Surescripts Certification Enables CareTracker EMR to Deliver Patient Medication Histories, Benefits Information to Physicians at the Point of Care....

Bronx Regional Health Information Organization Selects Axolotl for Health Information Exchange in New York State - October 21, 2009
The Bronx Regional Health Information Organization (BronxRHIO) today announced that it has signed an agreement with Axolotl Corp., the nationwide leader in health information exchange (HIE) solutions and services....

How electronic medical records affect staffing - October 21, 2009
Staffing needs will change after medical practices adopt electronic record systems. Some practices may be able to cut staff. But others may hire, and some may shuffle responsibilities....

DataCore Software Partner Far West Technologies Implements Compliance, Virtualization and Business Continuity Solutions for Anaheim Memorial and San G - October 21, 2009
DataCore Software, a leading provider of storage virtualization, business continuity and disaster recovery software solutions, today highlighted the recent successes of one of its West Coast partners - Far West Technologies, a systems integrator, reseller and provider of information technology, telephony, compliance and virtualization-based solutions....

Athens Regional Medical Center Expands Healthcare Partnership with Spacelabs, Inc.; Will Now Include Main OR, L&D OR and PACU - October 20, 2009
Athens Regional Medical Center (ARMC) has enhanced its dynamic relationship with Spacelabs, Inc., by purchasing additional medical technology for new care areas....

MedicAlert Foundation International and CAP STS Collaborate to Standardize Emergency Medical Information - October 20, 2009
In an effort to advance health information interoperability, MedicAlert(R) Foundation International and SNOMED Terminology Solutions(TM) (STS) are working together to standardize the health information in the MedicAlert Emergency Medical Information Record (EMIR), making it easier for consumers to connect their emergency medical information to other health information applications currently available on the Microsoft(R) HealthVault(TM) Platform....

SonoSite Announces Workflow Solutions Delivering Billing, Credentialing, EHR and Image Archiving Capabilities Specialized for Emergency Medicine - October 17, 2009
SonoSite, Inc. announced today the introduction of SonoSite® Workflow Solutions (SWS™), a suite of specialized tools designed to streamline exam management at the departmental level by giving physicians the ability to browse, manage and store ultrasound studies and generate reports suitable for billing and credentialing....

Lack of eHealth standards, privacy concerns costing lives - October 12, 2009
Mining electronic patient data to discover health trends and automate life-saving health alerts for patients and their doctors will be the greatest benefit of electronic medical records (EMR), but a survey released today finds a lack of standards, privacy concerns by hospitals and patients and technology limitations are holding back progress....

Jewett Orthopaedic Clinic, P.A., Selects SRS Hybrid EMR for Its 32 Providers After Thorough Due Diligence - October 12, 2009
Comprehensive Research Comparing Point-and-Click EMRs and SRS Hybrid EMR Helps Practice Avoid Costly Technology Mistake....

Technology To Engage Patients in their Health Care - October 12, 2009
Personally controlled health record (PCHR) technology – an emerging patient-centric model of health information exchange – promises to transform health care for patients and physicians....

New York Health System Launches $400M EMR Program - October 12, 2009
Major hospital network plans to deploy one of the largest electronic medical record initiatives in the nation. ...

The Quantum Group Deploys New Version of PWeRTM - October 12, 2009
The Quantum Group, Inc. (NYSE Amex:QGP) announced that the third version of PWeRTM (Personal Wellness electronic RecordTM), PWeR 3.0, has deployed according to schedule....

Medical practices large and small moving toward electronic record-keeping - October 12, 2009
Every year in the United States, as many as 100,000 people die in hospitals because of medical errors. ...

Florida's Medical Business Service rethinks data backup and disaster recovery with EVault - October 12, 2009
Medical Business Service (MBS), located in the hurricane-prone Miami suburb of Coral Gables, Fla., replaced its tape data backup and tape-based offsite disaster recovery plan with Seagate Technology subsidiary i365's EVault disk-based data replication in the midst of healthcare's digital transition....

Holy Name Hospital Improves Patient Efficiencies and Saves Big with Optimum Lightpath - October 12, 2009
85-year old Healthcare Institution Leverages Smart Fiber-to-the-Business for Efficient, Reliable Patient Care....

Samaritan Hospital Selects Siemens Enterprise Communications Group for Wire-Free Patient Zone - October 11, 2009
Siemens Enterprise Communications Group (SEN Group) today announced that Samaritan Hospital, a 100-year-old acute care facility in Ashland, Ohio, has implemented SEN Group's seamless voice and data connectivity to provide secure wireless connectivity for Voice over IP (VoIP) telephony and networked medical devices, including state-of-the-art wireless patient monitors....

Memphis Hospital Shares Lifesaving Protocol with Medical Facilities Across the Country - October 11, 2009
More than 4,000 lives have potentially been saved at Methodist North Hospital (MNH) in Memphis, thanks to the hospital's electronic medical record software....

Achieving paperless health care - October 11, 2009
Shift to electronic medical records is transforming patient care by improving safety, effiency and lowering costs....

HealthTec Software, Inc. – The Leading Consigner Of The Highly Regarded Electronic Medical Records - October 9, 2009
HealthTec software, Inc. is the leading consigner of the highly regarded electronic medical records and full range of medical practice solutions software....

LibertyHealth System Launches EDIMS Electronic Health Record in Emergency Departments - October 9, 2009
New Jersey Health System Adds Nursing Documentation and Charge Capture Modules to Its EDIMS Computerized Physician Order Entry System....

Providers Weigh Two Options for Financing Electronic Medical Records Within Fraud and Abuse Exceptions - October 8, 2009
With their Medicare reimbursement to rise or fall depending on whether electronic medical record (EMR) systems are adopted, hospitals and physicians are weighing their options within the confines of fraud and abuse exceptions....

Halfpenny Technologies Announces Launch of Health Information Exchange (HIE) Portal and Release of Version 3.0 of the Integration Technology Framework - October 8, 2009
Halfpenny Technologies, Inc., a leading HIE solutions provider specializing in laboratory, pathology and physician electronic medical record (EMR) system interoperability, has introduced a Web-based portal that enables physicians to order laboratory procedures and review results in a secure, HIPAA compliant environment from the hospital or laboratory through a standard Web browser....

SuiteMed Solutions Electronic Health Record (EHR) System Customized to Receive Data From ALR Technologies Health-E-Connect Patient Monitoring System - October 8, 2009
SuiteMed Solutions, a NC Triad healthcare technology company, announces it is customizing their SuiteMed EHR to facilitate receipt of patient data from ALR Technologies' patented Health-E-Connect patient monitoring system. ...

Cloud-based EHR System Offered Free to Doctors - October 7, 2009
The U.S. government feels that EHR will help reduce the cost of medical care by allowing doctors, labs, and hospitals to share data faster and easier than they can currently....

InfoLogix Selected by Albert Einstein Healthcare Network for eLearning Modules to Support EMR Implementation - October 6, 2009
InfoLogix, Inc. announced today that it has been awarded a contract by Albert Einstein Healthcare Network for the development of web-based eLearning software to support a large-scale Electronic Medical Record (EMR) implementation....

Apollo Health Street and gloStream Announce Partnership to Support gloStream Products - October 6, 2009
Apollo Health Street, a provider of world-class information technology to the nation's healthcare organizations, and gloStream, an electronic medical record and practice management software provider, today announced a new partnership in which Apollo Health Street will make its services available to gloStream's national network of technology partners. ...

Phoenix Children's Hospital Significantly Reduces Costs with Orion Health™ Technology - October 6, 2009
Phoenix Children's Hospital of Arizona has selected Orion Health™ Rhapsody® Integration Engine to improve the performance and increase the reliability of data exchanged between clinical systems and the hospital's electronic medical record (EMR) solution....

Imprivata Helps Drive Healthland Hospital's Electronic Medical Record Adoption - October 6, 2009
OneSign Eliminates Password Problems for Clinicians Accessing Electronic Patient Information at Glacial Ridge Health System....

Integration of ClairVia® Patient Acuity System and EMR at Blessing Hospital Leverages Clinical Data to Drive Evidenced-Based, Outcomes-Driven Care - October 6, 2009
The Children`s Hospital of Denver is the Latest Healthcare Organization to Select AtStaff`s ClairVia Patient Acuity Solution. ...

Don't let EMRs cut into your doctor-patient time - October 5, 2009
Paul Roemer is in the health care technology business, but even he had a hard time dealing with what a computer screen was doing to his doctor....

Medical documents filed electronically for ease of use, quick access - October 5, 2009
Electronic medical record systems where patient information is shared among hospitals, private practices and patients are no longer science fiction....

Md. takes lead in electronic medical records - October 5, 2009
3 hospital systems, retirement community operator building network that could beat U.S. into action....

Colorado Business created by Doctor to help Long Term Care providers - October 4, 2009
Dr. Gentry Dunlop, the President and CEO of Mobile Physician Technologies, LLC (MPT), says that the lack of reliable EMR resources is nowhere more evident than in the Long Term Care/Assisted Living Facility (LTC/ALF) sector....

Medical Business Service, Inc. Chooses i365™, A Seagate® Company, to Bolster Disaster Recovery and Data Security Capabilities - October 4, 2009
MBS Deploys EVault® Plug-n-Protect Appliance to Safeguard Data, Ensure Easy Recovery in the Case of Natural Disaster or Network Failure....

Children's Hospital Boston, eClinicalWorks Team to Push Clinical Information Into Patients' Personally Controlled Health Records - October 4, 2009
Collaboration will enable patients to access, control health information from multiple sites of care...

Only Fools Rush In
EHR technology should balance usability, efficiency, and safety - October 2, 2009
As our legislators struggle to figure out ways to shoehorn 50 million more Americans into the "insured" category, stave off the growing epidemic of medical errors, and improve the general quality of care, digitizing our health records is a commonly noted panacea....

New York City's William F. Ryan Community Health Network Selects eClinicalWorks - October 1, 2009
eClinicalWorks®, a market leader in ambulatory clinical systems, today announced that New York City's William F. Ryan Community Health Network has chosen eClinicalWorks unified electronic medical records (EMR) and practice management (PM) solution along with eClinicalWorks Enterprise Business Optimizer's (eBO) enhanced reporting capabilities for its more than 250 physicians and residents in 16 locations....

SRS Restores Balance Between Physicians and Vendor at Midwest Orthopaedics, P.A. - September 30, 2009
SRS, the leader in high-performance hybrid EMR solutions, today announced that Midwest Orthopaedics, P.A., has selected the hybrid EMR after participating in the SRS No-Cost Pilot Program....

INPUT: U.S. State and Local Governments to Increase Health IT Investments - September 30, 2009
Comprehensive INPUT report analyzes state and local health care IT spending, provides roadmap to business opportunities....

New Dell Solution Helps Hospitals Open Up Benefits of EMR to More Physicians and Patients - September 30, 2009
Dell Bridges Healthcare's Digital Divide: Patient Info Locked in Paper Records, EMR That is Beyond Reach of Most Practices, Hospitals and Practices That Share Patients but Not Patient Information...

pMDsoft Announces Interfaces with Additional EMR, EHR, Practice Management, Hospital and Billing Systems - September 30, 2009
pMDsoft, Inc. today announced the completion of over a dozen more HL7 interfaces with some of the most recognized and popular software systems in the medical industry. pMDsoft's industry-leading interface engine has allowed it to integrate seamlessly with its customers' existing software infrastructure, eliminating data entry and increasing the accuracy of their claims....

Electronic Medical Records - September 30, 2009
The days of patient charts hanging at the foot of hospital beds and stacks of patient files on desks are over at Carilion Franklin Memorial Hospital....

Digital Health Records: The Hard Road Ahead - September 30, 2009
Encouraged by the billions of dollars in government funding, technology companies are making a big push to help bring computerized health records into small-office physician practices. ...

Healthcare Electronic Records Technology and Government Funding: Improving Patient Care? - September 30, 2009
Many in healthcare and government want to see the wide gap in IT capabilities closed and more providers moved to adopt electronic health records (EHR) systems in order to improve the healthcare industry's ability to transmit, share and access critical patient data when and where it is needed....

New Jersey Chiropractor Implements ACOM Health's Chiropractic Software; Billable Services Jump 20 Percent - September 28, 2009
Advanced Chiropractic and Rehab Center, P.A., a successful 22-year-old Pennsauken practice, has implemented chiropractic software for clinical notes, reporting and office management from ACOM Health, streamlining its clinical and office processes and effecting a 20 percent increase in billable services...

Is Your Health Privacy at Risk? - September 23, 2009
Healthcare organizations are losing more than just names, addresses and Social Security numbers. When their data gets stolen, patients lose the privacy of their medical conditions, treatments and medications while at the same time falling prey to identity theft, medical billing fraud and other criminal schemes....

Wisconsin Community Health Center Turns to HealthPort for Three Key Technology Solutions - September 22, 2009
HealthPort Continues to Support Community Health Centers with a Wide Range of Technology and Support Services....

The Quantum Group Submits Final Patent Filing in Support of Healthcare Technology Platform PWeR™ (Personal Wellness electronic Record™) - September 22, 2009
The Quantum Group (NYSE Amex:QGP) announces that it has submitted a final patent filing that covers unique solutions for optimizing performance and access in a cloud computing environment....

HealthTec Software Inc.'s HealthTec Fusion Shines As It Combines the Foremost Standards of EMR - September 21, 2009
HealthTec Software Inc.'s EMR integrated in Health Tec's fusion is designed to meet the increasing demand of medical and nursing practice....

Greenway Medical Technologies Closes 11th Consecutive Fiscal Year of Positive Growth - September 21, 2009
Greenway Medical Technologies Inc., a leading provider of a single-database, integrated electronic health record (EHR), practice management and interoperability solution, today announced its 11th consecutive fiscal year of positive growth....

How to determine an EHR's "usability" - September 21, 2009
When it comes to electronic health records, functionality has had its time in the spotlight. Now, the buzz term is usability....

InstallFree Rolls Out Electronic Medical Records (EMR) System at Pentucket Medical Using Application Virtualization and SaaS Delivery - September 19, 2009
InstallFree, Inc., developer of platform application virtualization solutions for enterprise desktop environments, today announced the completion of the InstallFree Bridge rollout at Pentucket Medical Associates, a leading multi-specialty medical group practice, with over 400 medical professionals and staff serving patients in five outpatient facilities in Massachusetts....

Virginia Beach Technology Company in Inc's Top 500 - Turning Paper Charts into Electronic Records Results in 550 Percent Revenue Increase - September 19, 2009
For the second year in a row DOMA Technologies has been recognized as Inc Magazine's top 500 fastest growing companies nationwide, ranking 36th among business product and service firms up from 55th in 2008....

Jewish Hospital and St. Mary's HealthCare Chooses Patient Placement Systems to Automate Discharge Referral Process - September 18, 2009
The Discharge Referral System is a Web-based application that enables JHSMH case managers to send referral inquiries to post-acute providers electronically - eliminating faxes and phone tag and significantly streamlining the placement process....

Movement toward electronic medical records will bring healthy, diverse job growth - September 18, 2009
Doctors who adopt certified electronic medical records (EMRs) for their practice will get incentive pay for five years under the $20 billion Health Information Technology Act, part of the $787 billion stimulus plan. The $40,000 to $65,000 total per physician will mean a lot of money for doctors -- and plenty of jobs for those in the EMR field....

OnePartner gets $1.3M grant for electronic medical records system - September 18, 2009
OnePartner Advanced Technology and Application Center (ATAC) can begin creating the infrastructure needed to transfer electronic medical records thanks to a grant it received Tuesday morning from the Virginia Tobacco Commission....

ICA Announces Certified Integration Program For Quick, Standardized Implementation of Community-wide EHRs - September 18, 2009
Ulrich Medical Concepts Becomes First Certified Partner, Reaps Low Price and Ability to Predict Ownership Costs....

Compuware Boosts EMR Performance and Availability for New Hanover Regional Medical Center - September 17, 2009
Compuware Corporation (Nasdaq:CPWR) today announced that Compuware Vantage, a key component of Compuware's Business Service Delivery approach, has helped New Hanover Regional Medical Center improve the performance and availability of its critical hospital systems....

Medical software company acquires Kalamazoo firm - September 17, 2009
As physician offices across the nation make the shift to electronic medical records, Colorado-based MD-IT is helping ease that complicated transition with the help of its newly attained regional office in Kalamazoo....

10 Hot Health Care Plays For VARs - September 17, 2009
Health care has long had a justified reputation as a great play for VARs in a down economy: if not quite recession-proof, it's about as recession-resistant as any vertical market out there....

EMR Or EHR: What's In A Name? - September 17, 2009
Many software and hardware vendors, clinicians, and even some analysts tend to use the terms EMR (electronic medical record) and EHR (electronic health record) interchangeably. However, according to the National Alliance for Health Information Technology (NAHIT), there is a distinct difference between the two....

Hospital CEO says health plan bad for small hospitals - September 16, 2009
Athens-Limestone Hospital Administrator and CEO Cary Payne said Tuesday that Barack Obama's health care reform plan that calls for a public option to compete with private insurers is bad for small hospitals....

The key to chiropractic's future - September 14, 2009
President Obama has made implementation of electronic health records (EHR) a priority. Although the early legislation in 2004 allowed an exemption for small practices, the stimulus package law gives its rewards and punishments regardless of the size of your practice....

eClinicalWorks Continues Leadership in Health Center Market: 37 Health Centers Sign with eClinicalWorks in Last Few Months - September 14, 2009
eClinicalWorks®, a market leader in ambulatory clinical systems, today announced that the company has secured contracts with 37 Community Health Centers (CHCs) and Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) across the country in the past few months....

Tempsys Offers WiFi Gateway for Hospital Checkpoint Wireless Temperature Monitoring Systems - September 14, 2009
Tempsys, Inc. announced that its computerized Checkpoint Wireless Temperature Monitoring System for hospitals can now use hospitals' existing WiFi wireless networks. ...

The greatest EHR myths - and the truth behind them - September 13, 2009
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009, casually known as the economic stimulus package, has generated a lot of buzz across the chiropractic profession....

RevenueXL Releases a 'Must Use' EMR Feature Guide for Physicians: Top 10 Electronic Medical Record Software Features for Every Physician - September 12, 2009
There are over 300 EMR products in the market place each with its own bells and whistles. The Top 10 EMR feature list created and published by RevenueXL is an essential reference for every Physician evaluating Electrical Medical Records a.k.a. Electronic Health Records for implementation....

Electronic Medical Records Firm Born Out Of Necessity - September 10, 2009
DoctorsPartner provides software that helps doctors maintain electronic medical records and manage their practices....

Physicians, patients benefit with online patient registration - September 10, 2009
The use of electronic medical records can benefit patients and health-care providers, but many smaller practices remain hesitant to implement complex, costly EMR systems....

Medicare's E-Prescribing Incentive
A new law offers financial incentives for implementing e-prescribing - September 10, 2009
More and more electronic medical record (EMR) programs now integrate electronic prescribing (e-prescribing). And it's a good thing they do. The Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act (MIPPA) took effect in January, and this law offers financial incentives for the implementation of e-prescribing systems....

Electronic Health Records: Facing the Issues - September 10, 2009
Over the past decade, electronic transactions have slowly supplanted paper-based systems in many industries. However, a physician jotting notes on a paper chart, which will then be stored in a large filing cabinet, remains the norm....

Social Security To Put $24 Million Into EMRs - September 9, 2009
The Social Security Administration plans to make wider use of electronic medical records to process disability applications....

Going Electronic: Step by Step - September 9, 2009
Once pulled together, everyone from HIM staff to physicians and payers have simultaneous access to the electronic record - according to the Medical Records Institute, the No. 1 reason clinicians implement an EMR, CPR or electronic health record (EHR)....

The Small VAR's Path to Health Care Economic Stimulus Funds - September 9, 2009
Even smaller resellers can get in on some of the economic stimulus package funds that are on the way to help modernize health care IT....

The Quantum Group Deploys New Version of 21st Century EMR Solution - PWeRTM 3.0 - September 9, 2009
The Quantum Group, Inc. (NYSE Amex:QGP) announced that the third version of PWeRTM (Personal Wellness electronic RecordTM), PWeR 3.0, is expected to deploy in the next 30 days...

ZyDoc Medical Transcription Completes Acquisition of Administrative Advantage - September 9, 2009
U.S.-based ZyDoc Medical Transcription, a technology leader in medical transcription and related health care informatics, announced today that it has completed acquisition of Pennsylvania-based Administrative Advantage, a full-service medical transcription organization (MTSO) in business since 1994. ...

iCRco Releases Clarity PACS, a New Approach to Managing Digital Imaging Data - September 8, 2009
iCRco releases the latest version of its affordable and fully scalable PACS solution, Clarity PACS....

The Healthcare Information Technology (HIT) Market is Poised for Growth - September 5, 2009
This research estimates the current market for hospital information systems (HISs) to be some $307 million and growing at a 20% rate, whereas the market for physician practice management is $102 million and growing at 25%....

Salesforce.com Invests In Cloud-Based EMR Provider - September 5, 2009
Salesforce (NYSE: CRM).com has made a multimillion-dollar investment in Practice Fusion, a company that provides Web-based electronic medical record applications free to physicians via a cloud computing model....

Hardware Sales Could Be Side Effect of Stimulus Bill's EMR Incentives - September 5, 2009
As the Obama Administration provides incentives to push doctors and hospitals to upgrade their healthcare IT solutions, there will be a greater need to replace antiquated computer hardware with newer, more powerful systems that can support the vast amounts of information created by EMR, wireless, RFID, electronic physician order entry (CPOE) and other advanced software that is rapidly being adopted....

Kentucky Healthcare Provider Preps State's Largest EMR Rollout - August 28, 2009
Kentucky's largest implementation of electronic medical records is underway as St. Elizabeth Healthcare starts standardizing its clinical system platforms and gets ready to roll out EMRs to its three large doctor practices....

New InfoLogix M24 Mobile Clinical Assistant Will Enable Hospitals to Access Electronic Medical Records (EMR) Directly at the Point of Care - August 28, 2009
InfoLogix, Inc., a leading technology provider of enterprise mobility solutions for the healthcare and commercial industries, announced today the introduction of a new mobility offering for healthcare providers, the InfoLogix M24 mobile clinical assistant: a powerful mobile computing solution that enables medical professionals to access critical patient information at the point-of-care....

No more pushing paper with electronic medical records - August 28, 2009
Local doctors who use electronic medical record systems - referred to as EMRs - said e-records offer more than the promise of efficiency. Going digital contributes to patient safety, said Carey Leverett, vice president of information services for Washington County Health System....

Sequel Systems Launches SequelMed Channel Partner Program - August 28, 2009
Program Delivers Unique and Exclusive Benefits for Organizations Facilitating the Transition from Practice Management Solutions to Complete Electronic Medical Records....

Health Plans Ramp Up Efforts, Employ New Technologies, to Detect and Thwart Fraud - August 28, 2009
Health insurers are stepping up efforts to detect fraud in light of expectations that a struggling economy could fuel more illegal schemes. Health plans contacted by HPW say their efforts are increasingly successful, aided by new technology and outreach efforts....

Electronic Records: EMR vs. EHR - August 25, 2009
Health IT industry news followers have probably noticed industry confusion and inconsistencies regarding terminology about what to call patient information that is collected and shared electronically....

Health information technology - August 25, 2009
There are numerous benefits to health IT but some are to prevent medical errors, reduce health care cost and decrease paperwork. And because of the health network, the public will benefit from early detection of infectious disease outbreaks around the country and tracking of chronic disease management....

How to Keep Electronic Health Records Secure - August 25, 2009
"Keeping that patient information secure is part of caring for that patient," said Lisa Gallagher, senior director of privacy and security for the Health Care Information Systems and Management Society (HIMSS)....

Briggs Introduces OASISync Mobile Data Collection for Home Care Agencies - August 19, 2009
Briggs®, a leading healthcare provider, today introduced a unique electronic mobile data collection system that will enable home health care agencies to improve the accuracy of data recorded on government-regulated OASIS forms as well as to speed up their Medicare reimbursements....

EMR, EHR, Practice Management and Soap Notes Touch Screens - August 19, 2009
Tech Global, Inc. is leading the way with their line for Medical Touch Screen Monitors for EMR, EHR, Kiosk Patient Check-In and other Healthcare applications. Providing long lasting solutions for all of your Healthcare IT needs....

Zynx Health and eClinicalWorks Enter Agreement to Offer Clinical Decision Support to EHR Software Users - August 19, 2009
Zynx Health, the leader in evidence-based healthcare, and eClinicalWorks®, a market leader in ambulatory clinical systems, today announced a partnership to provide Zynx AmbulatoryCareTM order sets to eClinicalWorks clients....

Health Story Project Offers Perspective on "Meaningful Use" Definition - August 19, 2009
With almost 20 billion dollars recently earmarked to encourage the adoption of the Electronic Health Record (EHR), The Health Story Project defined "meaningful use of the Certified (EHR)" in its testimony to the National Committee on Vital Health and Statistics' (NCVHS) public hearing in May....

Enhanced Document Management & Workflow System Announced by MediConnect Global - August 18, 2009
MediConnect Global, a leader in records retrieval and electronic document management, today announced the release of RapidReview version 2.0, a complete document management system with customized workflow developed by MediConnect....

State medical records laws complicate White House plans - August 12, 2009
The 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act included about $20 billion to encourage doctors and hospitals to install e-records systems by 2014 as part of President Obama's larger health care agenda. But the planned migration to e-records still could cost hospitals billions of dollars annually because they also must retain paper records....

'EMR Light' Something Right For Healthcare Now - August 11, 2009
"The government is giving us a carrot with the stimulus incentives. The question for us now is not what we're going to do with this technology, but what is the government going to force us to do with it?"...

Unotron Sponsors EMR Workshop at the National Medical Association's Annual Conference - August 11, 2009
UNOTRON will sponsor Insight Data Group's (IDG) series of Electronic Medical Records Workshops at the National Medical Association's 2009 Convention and Scientific Assembly, July 25-29, 2009, at the Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas....

GE Centricity Solution Expands with Medicalis' Appropriate Imaging Tool - August 5, 2009
GE Healthcare took another step forward in its role as one of the global leaders in enabling cost-effective, appropriate imaging, announcing a partnership with a leading provider of Clinical Decision Support for Diagnostic Imaging (CDS-DI), Medicalis, that seeks to help drive quality healthcare and reduce unnecessary imaging procedures and costs....

Remotely Hosted EHRs: The Pros and Cons for Clinics - July 26, 2009
Before implementing electronic health records, physician group practice administrators invariably hit a significant fork in the road. One path they can choose is the longstanding "do-it-yourself" approach of licensing and installing the application locally. The other path involves relying on a vendor to remotely host the software and provide related services....

iData Research Publishes Market Analysis Series on Electronic Medical Records and PACS - July 22, 2009
According to a new market research report series by iData Research, an international medical device, dental and pharmaceutical market research firm, the U.S. market for Electronic Medical Records (EMR) and Picture Archiving and Communication Systems (PACS) is estimated to more than quadruple in value by 2013....

Balancing patient care and EMRs - July 22, 2009
One of the first procedures that the doctor's office should put in place is having one member of the office staff spend a few minutes (before the doctor even sees the patient) in front of the computer, in the exam room, pulling up the appropriate information on the patient before the physician comes into the examination room....

Kaiser Permanente Project Proves Electronic Health Information and Care Coordination Improves Chronic Disease Management - July 21, 2009
Specialty care physicians can improve the health of high-risk patients by reviewing electronic health records and proactively providing e-consultations and treatment plan recommendations with primary care physicians, according to a Kaiser Permanente paper published online in the British Medical Journal. ...

SOAP notes help you stay clean - July 21, 2009
Subjective, objective, assessment, and plan. Any way you look at these words, they add up to something very important for you and your practice. Better known as SOAP notes, these are the records you implement when documenting patient encounters....

Spectrum Health and Medicity, Inc. Deploy Health Information Exchange Solution - July 9, 2009
Spectrum Health and Medicity, Inc. today announced that they have deployed a platform that enables secure health information exchange between hospitals and physicians for enhanced clinical decision-making, care coordination and patient safety....

AMA meeting: Doctors object to penalties for avoiding EHRs - July 7, 2009
Delegates call for eliminating Medicare penalties for failing to show "meaningful use" of electronic records by 2015. But some fear incentives could also go....

Before buying an EMR system, learn from others' mistakes - July 7, 2009
If you talk to 10 physician practices after a major technology implementation, you'll likely get 10 different stories about the lessons they learned. So what is the biggest mistake? Experts say it's not listening to those doctors and learning from their experiences....

Incentives for Using EHR Systems - July 7, 2009
The conference, sponsored by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, has historically been limited to hospital and allopathic audiences. This year's group was expanded for the first time to include other health care experts, and I was the designee from the chiropractic profession....

Mobile Clinical References Credited in Preventing Medical Errors Weekly - July 4, 2009
More than 60 percent of the 2,000 physicians surveyed reported avoiding at least one adverse drug event (ADE) per week by using Epocrates' software on an iPhone™, Blackberry®, Palm® or Windows® device. With more than a third of U.S. physicians using Epocrates, this translates to more than a hundred thousand ADEs avoided weekly, and illustrates the importance of trusted point-of-care information....

iMedicor Expands HIPAA Compliant Platform and Applications for Handheld Devices - July 4, 2009
Medicor today announced that it has entered into an agreement with myLEADERBOARD, Inc. to complete the development of a mobile application of its online communications platform, responding to the growing demand by physicians who rely heavily on their handheld devices to deliver a higher quality of care to their patients. he application will be available at no cost through the iMedicor portal....

GE Announces Loans for Electronic Medical Records - July 4, 2009
GE Healthcare today launched Stimulus Simplicity, a new financing and product-certification program that will offer zero percent interest loans to physicians' offices, hospitals, clinics, and other organizations. The concept is to help them cover investments in electronic medical records (EMRs)....

VirtualHealth and Silk Partner to Provide Physicians with Revenue Recovery Solutions - July 3, 2009
VirtualHealth Technologies, Inc. announced today that it has finalized its agreement to partner with Silk Information Systems, Inc. (SILK) to provide Web-based Electronic Health Records, Revenue Cycle Management and Billing solutions with no cost of entry to its base of 1,500 medical practice clients through VHGI's subsidiary Medical Office Software (MOS). ...

Open Source Software Projects in Health Care Offer Significant Cost Savings, Reports Black Duck Software - June 28, 2009
Open source projects created for use in health care and medical applications promise to significantly reduce costs and contribute efficiencies to health care organizations, according to Black Duck Software, the leading global provider of products and services for accelerating software development through the managed use of open source software....

Researchers to study data from VA EMR system - June 28, 2009
The initiative will allow VA-affiliated physicians to discover better ways to handle various diseases, including cancer and congestive heart failure....

Electronic Health Records and Privacy Law - June 27, 2009
President Obama has declared that electronic medical records will "reduce error rates, reduce our long-term cost of health care and create jobs." The goal of this campaign is to adopt EHR technology to replace the current paper and fragmented computer files maintained by the vast majority of hospitals and physicians....

The Real Reason Why Doctors Don't Want to Adopt EMRs and What to Do About It - June 26, 2009
Have you ever been ignored by someone who was texting or otherwise engaged in a digital conversation? Did you feel that the person was being rude and unresponsive to you? If your answer to both of these questions is "yes" then you will understand the real reason why some doctors don't want to adopt electronic medical records systems (EMRs)....

SmartDraw Helps Increase Adoption of Electronic Medical Records by Physician Practices - June 23, 2009
SmartDraw.com, maker of SmartDraw, the software that helps you work smarter by communicating concepts and processes visually, announced today that a growing number of medical/IT consultancies are using SmartDraw to help medical practices and hospitals find the right Electronic Medical Records (EMR) system for them. ...

Microsoft to Showcase Innovative Solutions for Health Plans at AHIP Institute - June 22, 2009
Microsoft demonstrates new technology for health plans aimed at increasing customer satisfaction and driving new business opportunities....

Transition to digital medical records gains steam - June 22, 2009
Back in 2004, President George W. Bush said he wanted each American to have an electronic health-care record within 10 years. Halfway to that 2014 goal, Ohio's large hospitals and medical practices are making major strides....

Government Initiatives Are a Key Driver for Electronic Medical Records Market - June 22, 2009
MarketResearch.com has announced the addition of Kalorama Information's new report "U.S. Markets for EMR (Electronic Medical Record) Technology," to their collection of Healthcare market reports....

Bizmatics, Inc. Product PrognoCIS EMR / EHR Steps into the Spotlight. Horizon Family Medical Group from New York Selects the Bizmatics Product PrognoC - June 21, 2009
Horizon Family Medical Group based in Orange County, New York selects PrognoCIS Electronic Medical Record software to deploy at all its locations in the county. ...

Health Care Reform: Ready or Not, Here it Comes - June 20, 2009
As part of its health care reform plan, the Obama administration is calling for a standards- based electronic health information system and the widespread adoption of electronic medical records....

Coordinated Health Selects Allscripts Electronic Health Record and Practice Management to Improve Coordination of Patient Care - June 20, 2009
Allscripts announced today that Coordinated Health, the premier provider of sports and musculoskeletal medicine in Pennsylvania's Lehigh Valley, has selected the Allscripts Enterprise(TM) Electronic Health Record (EHR) and Practice Management (PM) solutions to connect and automate its 50 physicians and 50 mid-level providers and physical therapists across eight locations....

With $20 Billion Up for Grabs, Everyone's an EMR Vendor - June 18, 2009
Electronic medical records (EMR) have been around in one form or another for more than 30 years, but there hasn't been widespread adoption of EMR-related technologies because of price, a perceived lack of return on investment, and patient privacy issues....

Document Management in a Hybrid World - June 13, 2009
Paper records remain the prevalent avenue of documentation in the majority of today's provider offices and hospitals. Although most providers have experienced increased use of electronic medical records (EMRs), the abundance of paper records creates a challenging "paper/electronic" hybrid world as it adds a number of risks including increasing the time to release of information and litigation requests....

For Medical Device Makers, Full Spectrum Software Releases Software Technology Report Called How to Survive in 2009 and Beyond - June 13, 2009
A Software Technology Report reviewing what small to mid-sized medical device makers can do from a software development perspective to immmediately add value to their products...

Administrative Advantage Selects ZyDoc e-Transcription Platform for Clients - June 13, 2009
ZyDoc Medical Transcription announced today that Administrative Advantage has chosen ZyDoc's award-winning web-based e-transcription platform for all medical transcription clients....

EMR adoption higher in states with fewer privacy rules - June 13, 2009
State laws in place to protect patients' confidentiality may be causing some hospitals to be more skittish about adopting electronic medical records systems, a factor that could impede the push for the industry to go paperless, a study says....

Chart Links Automates Physician Authorization of Therapy Plans of Care at Carle Foundation Hospital - June 11, 2009
Chart Links announces the implementation of its physician authorization solution in Carle Foundation Hospital's outpatient rehabilitation program based in Urbana, IL. The solution eliminates the phone calls and faxing associated with authorizations by automating the process by which physicians approve a plan of care for rehabilitative therapy. The solution also speeds continuity of care, reduces billing delays and offers real-time access to therapy plan of care updates....

Going Electronic A Customer-Centric Approach - June 9, 2009
See how this HIM department led its hospital from paper to electronic records by thinking of everyone else's needs before its own....

Chiropractic Clinics Should Emulate General Business: Drop Paper Processes, Gain Efficiency, Increase Profitability, ACOM Chief Software Engineer Advi - May 27, 2009
Corporate America and counterparts in Europe, Japan and elsewhere decades ago discovered the benefits of reducing and even eliminating paper documents, implementing electronic business environments to an ever greater degree....

OrthoNeuro Selects SRS Hybrid EMR in Lieu of CCHIT-Certified EMR for Its 41 High-Performance Providers - May 23, 2009
SRS, the leader in hybrid EMR solutions, today announced that OrthoNeuro has selected the SRS hybrid EMR for its large, multi-specialty practice based in Columbus, Ohio. OrthoNeuro has been providing superior neuro-musculoskeletal care to central Ohio for more than 60 years. ...

MacPractice and Aqua Connect Deploy MacPractice MD, EMR, DDS, DC, and 20/20 on PCs, Thin Clients, and Smartphones - May 23, 2009
MacPractice, Inc., the developer of MacPractice MD, MacPractice EMR, MacPractice DDS, MacPractice DC, and MacPractice 20/20 has collaborated with Aqua Connect to deploy and support MacPractice software on PCs, thin clients, and smartphones. ...

Medical EMR Software To Be Subdized In Pres. Obama's Economic Stimulus Plan - Lives Can Be Saved As A Result - May 22, 2009
Electronic Medical Records Software (EMR Software) will be subsidized in the recently passed Economic Stimulus plan. One of the serendipitous benefits of EHR software adoption will be increased level of patient care. This will happen as a result of decreased medication errors, timeliness of data; complete and centralized patient database, increased health maintenance care, and portability of data....

Active Ink Software Launches Software for Physical Therapists - May 15, 2009
Physical therapists looking for some ways to improve their interaction with their patient should take a look at Active Ink Software's new application Active PT....

AristaCare Using Wandering WiFi's Wireless Solutions to Set Higher Standards for Industry and Elevate Offerings for Patients, Visitors and Staff - May 8, 2009
Health Services Organization Uses Secure Private and Public Network to Provide Cost-Effective Improvements with Immediate Results...

Patient Engagement Impacts Recovery, Wellness and Profitability; EMR Solutions can Help, ACOM Chiropractic Software Designer says - May 6, 2009
It is almost axiomatic that when a patient is well engaged with his/her doctor and therapists, cooperation and compliance improve and the healing process generally proceeds more quickly and more effectively....

First Choice Physical Therapy chooses Spectramedi to provide Medical Transcription Service - April 23, 2009
First Choice Physical Therapy has selected SpectraMedi to provide U.S. based medical transcription services. SpectraMedi looks forward to providing high-quality medical transcription services....

Southeast Missouri Hospital Implements Chart Links Rehabilitation Software for Therapists - April 11, 2009
Chart Links, LLC announces the implementation of its rehabilitation software by HealthPoint Rehab which consists of two outpatient rehabilitation centers for Southeast Missouri Hospital, a 269-bed regional medical complex serving southeast Missouri and southern Illinois. The implementation includes functionality for electronically managing therapy documentation, scheduling, referrals, insurance authorizations, charges, and more....

ACOM Healthcare Business Division Inks Reseller Agreement with SunRise Systems and Solutions - March 24, 2009
SunRise Systems and Solutions, a medical billing service and practice management software provider headquartered in East Liverpool, will sell ACOM's RAPID EMR chiropractic notes and reporting software system....

Midwest Software donates clinical notes software to Palmer - March 24, 2009
Midwest Software, developer of Chiro QuickCharts has donated 10 soap notes software packages for implementation in Palmer College's business development center....

Dakota Doctor Moving RAPIDLY toward Paperless Practice - March 24, 2009
Dixon Family Chiropractic, founded in 2000 as an acute care and maintenance/wellness practice in this Sioux Falls suburb, has implemented the RAPID Complete chiropractic software suite and is close to realizing the ideal of a paperless chiropractic practice, it was announced today by owner Dr. Myles Dixon, D.C. and Gregory T. Church, vice president of the ACOM Healthcare Business Division....

eLifeCare Solutions Successfully Demonstrates Interoperability of Patient Medical Data for Healthcare Providers - March 19, 2009
eLifeCare Solutions, a developer of healthcare technologies, announced today the successful implementation of an interoperable solution to give healthcare providers access to comprehensive patient data. The Phase I pilot is being deployed in the community of Beaufort, SC, with multiple healthcare providers who are sharing patient data via eLifeCare's consolidated medical record....

HealthGrades, Fresenius team up for nephrologist-quality reports for patients - March 19, 2009
Fresenius Medical Care North America and HealthGrades.com have inked a deal that will provide patients free access to physician-quality reports....

Clopton Clinic Selects Allscripts Electronic Health Record and Practice Management Solution - March 18, 2009
Early EMR Adopter Replaces Legacy System with Allscripts 'One-Stop Shop for Everything'...

Nephros Exhibits at the XLV ERA-EDTA Congress in Stockholm, Sweden, May 10-13, 2008 - March 18, 2009
Company Management to discuss the benefits of Hemodiafiltration therapy and Quality of Life for End-Stage Renal Disease Patients NEW YORK, May 13...

RevenueXL, a Revenue Acceleration Company, Saves Physicians Thousands of Dollars in EMR Screening, Selection and Implementation - February 15, 2009
RevenueXL Saves Physicians Thousands of Dollars in Costly Time Consuming Screening Through the Complex Maze of Electronic Medical Records (EMR) and Practice Management (PM) vendor options...

NYC Offering Subsidies To Push Electronic Medical Records - February 13, 2009
If there's one thing most everyone with an interest in health care IT can agree on - be he John Q. Patient or President-Elect Barack Obama - it's that electronic medical records (EMR) are the wave of the future. But many doctor's offices, especially small ones, continue to regard EMRs as an ideal with a prohibitive price tag....

The Seven Costly Mistakes Healthcare Organizations Make When Purchasing Electronic Medical Records and Health IT - January 12, 2009
New white paper explains how purchasers of EMR and Health IT can save thousands of dollars successfully evaluating, selecting, and negotiating electronic medical records and Health IT contracts....

MDS Medical Software Releases Free Physicians Guide to Electronic Medical Records Software - December 31, 2008
MDS Medical Software's informational guide helps medical offices narrow down the substantial number of electronic medical records products in today's market....

True Hybrid EHR Solution Tackles Lackluster EHR Adoption Rates - December 28, 2008
The ChartLogic Hybrid EHR Solution allows medical providers to adopt a baseline EHR with a simple migration path to a full EHR. ...

ADS Announces EMR Solution for Every Practice and Budget - December 27, 2008
Advanced Data Systems Corporation, a leading provider of Healthcare Solutions since 1977, announced the release of their newest family of EMR (Electronic Medical Records) products today: The ADS MedicsDocAssistant ™Suite. ADS's Suite solution has a product for every practice size and budget. This is the most versatile EMR suite of products on the market today....

Chart Links Customer to Speak at 2008 ASHA Convention Regarding Speech Therapy Software - December 20, 2008
Chart Links, a provider of therapy documentation software, announces that their customer, Ann Kummer, PhD, CCC-SLP, ASHA-F, will speak at the 2008 Annual American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Convention on November 22, 2008....

Arthritis & Osteoporosis Medical Associates Select CureMD All-in-One EMR/PM System - December 5, 2008
Arthritis & Osteoporosis Medical Associates, a multi location health care organization specializing in rheumatology and physical therapy, selected the CureMD all-in-one EMR/PM system, a comprehensive Health Information Solution that will help seamlessly connect their five locations and transition to a paperless environment....

3 lessons learned about adopting EMRs - November 30, 2008
When you adopt electronic medical records (EMRs), the biggest barrier will be resistance to change, said Melodee Moncrief, BSN, RN, CASC, administrator at Big Creek Surgery Center in Middleburg Heights, OH. Moncrief spoke on EMRs at this year's meeting of the Ambulatory Surgery Center (ASC) Association....

MacPractice EMR update simplifies patient billing - November 29, 2008
MacPractice, which supplies Mac-based software for doctors, chiropractors and dentists, has updated its medical records software. MacPractice EMR now allows doctors to record patient visits with procedure codes and diagnoses, simplifying the billing process. The company says it has also improved the process of creating and sharing narrative medical reports....

Monterey Spine and Joint Deploys WebLOQ ePrivacy Solution for HIPAA Compliant Health Information Exchange - November 21, 2008
WebLOQ, Inc., the emerging leader in total privacy solutions for secure and compliant eBusiness and data-in-motion communications, today announced that Monterey Spine and Joint has deployed the WebLOQ ePrivacy solution in their state-of-the-art Monterey center. The center, along with their healthcare partner, the Monterey Peninsula Surgery Center, and other local practices, has implemented WebLOQ's hosted, on demand ePrivacy technology to establish a totally secure and private process for exchanging critical and sensitive healthcare information and related documents....

How Robots Are Aiding Stroke Rehabilitation - September 20, 2008
For the past 20 years, robots have been billed as the next big thing in stroke therapy, a way for stroke patients to get more intensive therapy and recover more function. Models work differently, but in general they involve sensing the user's intention, and then following along as if connected with springs....

CareVault Launches Verify 2.5 Health Insurance Eligibility Solution - September 20, 2008
CareVault launches Verify 2.5 health insurance eligibility solution, which permits doctors and other healthcare providers to automatically verify insurance coverage. CareVault Verify 2.5 adds several powerful and easy to use new features, including an intelligent eligibility query capability. With CareVault Verify 2.5, users can also export patient eligibility information to compatible electronic medical record systems (EMR's) and practice management systems (PMS's). Using CareVault Verify's simple and intuitive interface, users can securely connect to multiple insurance companies and IPA's and check patient insurance eligibility in seconds....

Nuance Communications, Inc. Introduces Dragon Medical 10 - September 16, 2008
Healthcare Speech Recognition Software Enables Highly-Accurate, Real-Time Clinical Documentation with Numerous Medical-Specific Advanced Features...

New Research Shows Physical Therapy as Effective as Arthroscopic Knee Surgery - September 13, 2008
A new study questioning the usefulness of arthroscopic surgery for osteoarthritis of the knee should encourage patients to consider physical therapy as an effective non-surgical option, according to the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA). The study was published in the September 11 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM)....

Documentation in Rehabilitation - September 13, 2008
In the USA, there has been growing emphasis on documentation and maintaining good health records in the field of healthcare over the past few years. As a rehabilitation professional, I used to find summarizing the activities of a one-hour session into a paragraph of words somewhat challenging. But over the years, one tends to accept medical notes as part of one's work, gradually getting more efficient at it....

Practice Fusion: 'Google Apps For Doctors' Ramps Up - August 5, 2008
Practice Fusion is a startup making waves in the health 2.0 market. The product is a free, web-based EMR (electronic medical record) system for physicians. It runs in the browser and has been marketed as a 'Google Apps for doctors', providing patient management, scheduling, secure email and more....

Chart Links introduces new version of rehabilitation software - July 28, 2008
Chart Links, a provider of enterprise therapy software, has launched Version 5 of its outpatient rehabilitation workflow management and clinical documentation product. ...

eCast Licenses Vianix MASC Technology for EMR - June 28, 2008
eCast is a medical software firm with a suite of products designed explicitly for medical practices. Based in Raleigh, NC, eCast provides a fully-integrated, affordable and flexible solution for large and small practices. Today, the eCast EMR™ system is being used by physicians from 15 different specialties across the U.S....

Wii Fit finding its way into rehab - June 12, 2008
This and other fitness-oriented video games have "great potential" for core strengthening and rehabilitation and may boost compliance with rehabilitation exercises, Sue Stanley-Green, a professor of athletic training at Florida Southern College in Lakeland, told Reuters Health....

EMR deadline does not compute: Falling short of 2014 goals - May 27, 2008
Although individual physicians have embraced electronic medical record systems, the nation is far from an interconnected, interoperable network. Costs, hassle and a lack of congressional action are among the factors slowing health IT development....

Global DataGuard Ensures HIPAA Compliance For Electronic Protected Health Information - April 27, 2008
Global DataGuard, the premier provider of Enterprise Unified Threat Management for small and medium business to large enterprise environments, today announced that it is offering a full suite of enterprise-class products and services to assist healthcare organizations in successfully implementing Security Standards outlined by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)....

EMR Experts, Inc. Publishes Second Edition of their Electronic Medical Record eBook - April 15, 2008
EMR Experts, Inc. is excited to announce the release of the Second Edition of their eBook, titled "Electronic Medical Record eBook - Second Edition". The 70 page eBook is designed to help healthcare organizations learn more about the concept of Electronic Medical Records (EMR) and educate them on how to purchase, implement and maintain an EMR solution. The eBook is a concise and practical guide that can be read in an hour or two....

PTPN Selects Patterson Medical's PTOS Documentation and Scheduling Software as Preferred Solution - April 11, 2008
CALABASAS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--PTPN, the largest network of independent physical, occupational, and speech therapists in the United States, announced today its selection of Patterson Medical's PTOS Software as the documentation, electronic medical record, and scheduling system it recommends to its members....

Practice Fusion Experiences Explosive Q1 Growth - April 3, 2008
San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) April 3, 2008 -- Practice Fusion, the leader in free, on-demand physician practice solutions, today announced its Q1 growth, including the on-boarding of 5 partners, 500 users and 100,000 patients. Practice Fusion's rapid growth stems from delivering a free, on-demand and easy-to-use electronic medical record (EMR) and practice management service with industry-leading features and functionality. In terms of both customers and subscribers, Practice Fusion is one of the fastest growing medical professional communities in the country....

The Five Biggest Mistakes of EHR Implementation - March 31, 2008
The above quote by Eleanor Roosevelt is the theme of our article and the hope these five facilities had when they opened up to ADVANCE and bravely shared their stories of EHR disasters and downfalls. One facility watched as money drained out of its practice and its patients switched doctors; another made its physicians' workday even more cumbersome than it had been in the paper world; and a third unknowingly put its patients at great risk just by updating its system. In the end, however, all shared one remarkable similarity: They never gave up on their EHRs. ...

HealthMEDX Partners With Silverchair Learning Systems - March 24, 2008
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., March 24 /PRNewswire/ -- HealthMEDX, Inc. (HMX), the leading provider of Web-based information system solutions for the extended care market, has partnered with Silverchair Learning Systems to offer Silverchair's powerful eLearning solutions to its customers....

To build a better hospital, Virginia Mason takes lessons from Toyota plants - March 15, 2008
They began looking for a better way to improve quality, safety and patient satisfaction. After two years of searching, they discovered the Toyota Production system, also known as lean manufacturing. Developed in part by Japanese businessman Taiichi Ohno, the idea is to eliminate waste and defects in production. Virginia Mason has tailored the Japanese model to fit health care....

CMH Regional Health System Reduces Costs and Improves Physician Satisfaction with Optio Healthcare Solutions - March 3, 2008
ALPHARETTA, Ga.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Optio® Healthcare (OTCBB:OPTO) today announced that CMH Regional Health System has reduced manual scanning of patient documentation by 80 percent and reduced costs annually by $5,000 to $25,000 (per ancillary system) with Optio's Imaging Integration solution....

Advantedge Healthcare Solutions (AHS) Announces Business Technology for Doctors and Health Care Organizations that Would Make their Practices Far More - March 3, 2008
Warren, NJ (PRWEB) July 13, 2007 -- Advantedge Healthcare Solutions, a medical billing and medical billing software company announces business technology for doctors and health care organizations that would make their medical practices far more efficient....

Kansas City Cancer Center Selects Pulse Systems, Inc. - March 3, 2008
Pulse Systems, Inc. the leading provider of clinical and practice management solutions that physicians use to improve healthcare, announced that Kansas City Cancer Center (KCCC), the recipient of the highest accreditation level given by the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC), has chosen the Pulse Patient Relationship Management solution to automate all functions of its practice's operations. This project, with one of the largest healthcare providers in the Kansas City medical community, solidifies Pulse's growing presence nationally and in the Kansas City marketplace....

VantageMed's Helper Product Wins 'Best in KLAS'
KLAS Product Reviews Are a Key Resource for Users of Healthcare Information Technology - March 3, 2008
RANCHO CORDOVA, Calif., June 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- VantageMed orporation (OTC Bulletin Board: VMDC.OB) -- VantageMed is pleased to announce that its Therapist Helper product has earned a "Best in KLAS" rating from KLAS Enterprises for the behavioral health market segment.(1)...

Tampa Bay Area Health Care Leaders Partner with National ePrescribing Patient Safety Initiative to Deliver Free Electronic Prescribing to Area Physici - March 2, 2008
ORLANDO, Fla., Feb. 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Direct from the 2008 HIMSS Annual Conference and Exhibition, Allscripts, the leading provider of clinical software, connectivity and information solutions that physicians use to improve health care, announced today a partnership between the National ePrescribing Patient Safety Initiative(TM) (NEPSI(TM)), and two of the Tampa Bay area's largest health care organizations to improve patient safety through electronic prescribing....

North Georgia Medical Center Chooses LYNX Medical Systems Emergency Department Outpatient Charging Solution - January 4, 2008
BELLEVUE, Wash., Aug. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- LYNX Medical Systems (LYNX), the leading provider of emergency medicine documentation and revenue management solutions, today announced that an agreement had been reached with North Georgia Medical Center (NGMC) in Georgia. Through the agreement, LYNX will implement its E/Point Online outpatient facility charging software application to better align NGMC's facility resource utilization with patient acuity in the Emergency Department (ED). Currently, LYNX serves more than 300 healthcare organizations nationwide representing more than 12 million annual encounters....

Nightingale renews agreement with Kaleida Health for Medical Records Data Distribution Services
Agreement covers three years for estimated $3.6 mi - January 4, 2008
MARKHAM, ON, Dec. 21 /CNW/ - Nightingale Informatix Corporation ("Nightingale"), (TSX-V: NGH), one of North America's fastest growing healthcare software providers, announced that Kaleida Health Systems (KHS), Buffalo New York, signed a three year contract renewal for its Medical Records Data Distribution Services at an estimated $3.6 million (US)....

VCU HEALTH SYSTEM DEPLOYS PATIENTKEEPER AS ITS PHYSICIAN INFORMATION SYSTEM - January 4, 2008
Boston, Mass. and Richmond, Va. - October 31, 2006 - PatientKeeper, Inc. and the Virginia Commonwealth University Health System (VCUHS), announced today that VCUHS has deployed PatientKeeper as its physician information system. Recognized in the past as one of the "Most Wired" healthcare institutions in the United States by Hospitals & Health Networks, VCU Health System now provides its physicians with a broad range of applications from PatientKeeper that interoperate and integrate with its existing Cerner and GE/IDX systems. The initiative was spearheaded and funded by MCV Physicians, a 600-physician, faculty group practice that is part of the VCU Health System organization....

Sentara Home Care Services Adopts Authentidate's Inscrybe(TM) Healthcare Platform - January 4, 2008
BERKELEY HEIGHTS, N.J., Oct. 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Authentidate Holding Corp. , a worldwide provider of software and web-based services that enable enterprises and individuals to exchange information securely and conduct trusted business transactions, today announced that Sentara Home Care Services, a leading home medical and nursing care organization, will deploy the Inscrybe Healthcare platform across its organization....

Tapes containing patient records stolen from U-M - January 4, 2008
More than 8,000 former and current patients of two clinics affiliated with the University of Michigan are being notified that computer tapes containing their personal information were stolen last weekend....

Callaway Community Hospital Selects LYNX Medical Systems' Emergency Department Outpatient Facility Charging System - January 4, 2008
BELLEVUE, Wash., April 18 /PRNewswire/ -- LYNX Medical Systems (LYNX), a leading provider of emergency medicine documentation and revenue management solutions, today announced that an agreement had been reached with Callaway Community Hospital (CCH) in Missouri. Through the agreement, LYNX will implement its E/Point outpatient facility charging software application at this SunLink healthcare facility....

ProVation Medical to Offer One-Click Access to Electronic Prescribing Solution - January 4, 2008
MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ProVation® Medical, part of Wolters Kluwer Health, announced today that it plans to make electronic prescribing available through its ProVation® MD software for multi-specialty procedure documentation. Starting this fall, the software will include embedded access to eRx NOW™, the free e-prescribing software created by Allscripts as part of the National ePrescribing Patient Safety InitiativeSM (NEPSISM). Access to eRx NOW will be delivered at no charge to new and current ProVation Medical clients....

Rush University Medical Center Implements Electronic Medical Record System with CDW Healthcare Customized Mobile Computing Solution - January 4, 2008
VERNON HILLS, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CDW Healthcare, part of the public sector subsidiary of CDW Corporation (NASDAQ:CDWC), and a leading provider of technology products and services to healthcare organizations, today announced that Rush University Medical Center of Chicago, Ill., has launched the initial phase of an Electronic Health Record (EHR) system enabled through hardware technology purchased, configured and deployed through CDW Healthcare. The implementation marks the first of a three-phase effort to enhance patient safety, improve patient satisfaction and transform the Medical Center into a completely paperless environment....

New York Quality of Care Grant Awarded to SigmaCare
EMR Technology Will Improve Care and Increase Efficiencies in Nursing Homes - January 4, 2008
NEW YORK, Nov. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- The Quality Care Oversight Committee (QCOC) has selected eHealth Solutions and its SigmaCare(TM) mobile electronic medical records (EMR) system to help nursing homes in New York State improve care delivery, decrease medical errors, and lower health care costs....

Nursing school data theft latest at U-M
Thousands of patients' records at risk - January 4, 2008
More than 8,000 former and current patients of two clinics affiliated with the University of Michigan are being notified that computer tapes containing their personal information were stolen last weekend....

TherapySource to be Installed in 400+ Locations
Select Medical Corporation to install TherapySource Software for Clinical Documentation Solution - December 29, 2007
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--SourceMedical, a leading provider of outpatient information management solutions, today announced that it has entered into a master service agreement to install TherapySource, its leading clinical documentation system in all of Select Medical's Rehabilitation facilities. Select has placed an initial order under the agreement committing to the installation of a minimum of 400 clinics....

PROMEDICA HEALTH SYSTEM ADOPTS PATIENTKEEPER AS ITS PHYSICAN INFORMATION SYSTEM Award-Winning Software Saves Physicians Time, Enhances Patient Safety, - December 29, 2007
Boston, Mass and Toledo, Ohio– May 23, 2006 – ProMedica Health System, the largest health care provider in northwest Ohio and southeast Michigan, today announced that it has adopted PatientKeeper® as its physician information system. Physicians use the PatientKeeper Mobile Clinical Results™ application to access their patients' medical records and the PatientKeeper Charge Capture™ application to accurately record the services they provide. ProMedica is the top ranked integrated health system in the United States, according to the 2006 edition of Verispan's annual IHN health assessment report. PatientKeeper supports ProMedica's commitment to provide high-quality, cost-effective healthcare to the communities it serves....

Northeastern Healthcare System Selects Streamline Health's Enterprise Document Workflow Solutions Integrated with Clinical Information System - December 29, 2007
Streamline Health's Integrated Document Workflow Solutions to Improve the Efficiency of Healthcare Information Delivery Processes for Healthcare Organization...

University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Selects McKesson to Optimize Organizational Efficiency While Reducing Administrative and Inventory Expense - December 29, 2007
ATLANTA, GA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 05/16/2006 -- The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC), one of the leading non-profit medical centers in the country, has selected McKesson for two simultaneous multi-million-dollar technology initiatives designed to optimize quality of care and operational efficiency across its 19-hospital system. UPMC will undertake a large-scale deployment of McKesson's market-leading document imaging solution, Horizon Patient Folder™, to create legal electronic medical records (EMRs). The move to an integrated, enterprise-wide EMR solution from stand-alone systems will aid in the streamlining of registration, medical records and billing processes....

Valley Baptist Health System Selects GE Healthcare's Centricity Enterprise Solution - December 29, 2007
GE Healthcare, a unit of General Electric Company (NYSE: GE) and a leading provider of comprehensive clinical, financial and administrative information technology solutions announced today that Valley Baptist Health System will upgrade its existing IDX "LastWord" system to the Centricity Enterprise (formerly IDX(R) Carecast(TM)) solution. Once complete, the implementation of Centricity Enterprise will provide caregivers with a complete and accurate view of a patient's medical history electronically. Without the need to search for paper records, clinicians can not only save time but also utilize comprehensive tools and data to make more informed decisions about their patient's care....

IBM Planning and Design Services for Data Center, Keep WakeMed Operations Running Smoothly - December 29, 2007
RALEIGH, NC -- (MARKET WIRE) -- December 12, 2006 -- WakeMed Health & Hospitals selected IBM (NYSE: IBM) to help plan and design the move of its data center as part of a multi-million dollar commitment to information technology to support patient care and hospital operations....

Columbus Children's Hospital Expands Use of Streamline Health's Document Workflow Solutions - December 29, 2007
CINCINNATI, Nov. 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Streamline Health Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq: STRM - News), a leading provider of integrated document management and workflow solutions, today announced that Columbus Children's Hospital will expand their document management solutions, utilizing Streamline Health's remote hosting services. Columbus Children's Hospital plans to implement Streamline Health's complete Health Information Management (HIM) Suite across their enterprise. As part of this implementation, Streamline Health's solutions will be integrated with the hospital's current Epic clinical systems for easy and secure electronic document access to complete patient information....

Cardiac Science and GEMMS Announce Co-Marketing Agreement
Successful Installation of Combined Products Completed at 27-Physician Heart Center Arka - December 29, 2007
BOTHELL, Wash., March 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Cardiac Science Corporation (Nasdaq: CSCX), a global leader in advanced cardiac monitoring and defibrillation products, announced today that it has signed a non-exclusive marketing agreement with Gateway Electronic Medical Management Systems (GEMMS), the nation's leader in installed and operational electronic medical record systems (EMR) for cardiology practices....

FirstHealth Family Care Centers Select athenahealth's Web-Based EMR Service for Improved Clinical Workflow - December 29, 2007
PINEHURST, N.C. and WATERTOWN, Mass., May 21, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- athenahealth, Inc., a leading provider of web-based services, knowledge, and software for medical practices, today announced at the TEPR 2007 Conference and Exhibition, in Dallas, TX, that FirstHealth Family Care Centers have selected athenahealth's fully-hosted, web-based EMR service, athenaClinicals(sm), to improve the clinical workflow and financial performance of their 7 care facilities throughout North Carolina....

Medical Management International Sees Boost in Profitability with FileVision - December 29, 2007
Worker's Compensation Case Management Company Handles Twice the Work, More Efficiently & Securely with Office Productivity Solution...

Raintree Systems Appoints Former HealthSouth Leader Chief Operating Officer - December 29, 2007
TEMECULA, Calif., Aug. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Raintree Systems, Inc., a national provider of integrated healthcare technology, practice management, and electronic medical records solutions, announced on Wednesday, August 1st, that Terrence D. Sims has been named Chief Operating Officer and that he will be joining the Company Board of Directors....

Novant Health Selects Allscripts Practice Management System for 800 Physicians - December 29, 2007
CHICAGO and WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. -- Allscripts (Nasdaq: MDRX), the leading provider of clinical software, connectivity and information solutions that physicians use to improve healthcare, today announced that Novant Health has selected the company's practice management solution to automate billing, scheduling and other back- office functions for their 794-member physician medical group across 232 locations in North Carolina and South Carolina. The agreement follows Novant's implementation of the Allscripts Electronic Health Record, providing one fully integrated information solution for the organization's physicians....

HealthONE(TM) Leading the Way in Electronic Medical Records
Quality Initiative Links 8 Emergency Depts., Inpatient Files - December 29, 2007
DENVER, Sept. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Physicians and nurses across the HCA- HealthONE LLC system will soon have instant access to electronic medical records of patients who have been treated in any of HealthONE's eight emergency departments....

Providers Choose Siemens and NextGen Healthcare for Cross-Continuum Access to Longitudinal Electronic Health Records - December 29, 2007
MALVERN, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 21, 2006--Addressing the specific challenges of how physician practices connect to larger healthcare organizations, Siemens Medical Solutions today announces four new partnerships with key healthcare facilities across the U.S. Alegent Health (Omaha, Neb.), Greenwood Leflore Hospital (Greenwood, Miss.), Meridian Health (Neptune, N.J.), and Saint Joseph's Hospital (Yonkers, N.Y.) have signed with Siemens to implement NextGen Healthcare's electronic medical record (NextGen(R) EMR) and/or enterprise practice management (NextGen(R) EPM) solutions, key components of Siemens' healthcare information technology (IT) portfolio....

Grasso, Stevens alumni deploy next generation information systems platform - December 29, 2007
HOBOKEN, N.J. (22-Aug-2006)--- Dr. S. Vincent Grasso, an adjunct professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology at Stevens Institute of Technology and founder of Technology Integrations for Medical Applications, Inc. (TIMA) has collaborated with Stu Patel and Sub Prabhakaran of Universal Industrial Clinic (UIC), in the deployment of an advanced healthcare information system platform for the rehabilitation clinic. The clinic, owned by Patel, is located in Newark, N.J. Patel was a member of Stevens' Class of 1993 and Prabhakaran was a member of the Class of 1995....

Physical Therapy Office Billing and Patient Relationship Management Software - December 15, 2007
Return patients generate approximately 80 percent of clinic's revenue. Patient Relationship Management (PRM, also known as CRM, for Customer Relationship Management outside of healthcare) can enhance financial performance of the clinic by helping retain current and attract new patients. Effective PRM uses integrated data using patient travel card (SOAP notes), frequency recommendations (care plan), and billing (charges, payments, and balance)....

ACOM Healthcare Business Division Introduces RAPID Complete - December 3, 2007
Enterprise Edition for Chiropractic-driven Multi-Specialty Pain Management Practices Recognizing a strong trend toward the establishment of chiropractic-centric, multi-specialty, multi-location pain management clinics, the ACOM Healthcare Business Division has introduced RAPID Complete - Enterprise Edition, as a comprehensive office management solution that supports the billing, reporting and office management requirements of all of the specialties involved....

Misys EMR(R)\'s Flexible Products Strengthen Business Performance at Tidewater Physical Therapy - November 24, 2007
Physical Therapy Clinicians Use Misys' Suite of Solutions to Spend More Time with Patients...