Medical records at Rush University Medical Center are now fully electronic, allowing real-time communication and coordination of patient care across departments and within the entire health care team. The two-year, multi-phased transition from paper documents to full clinical documentation using the new electronic health records system was completed in March. Fewer than 2% of hospitals [...]
Listing of Current Open Source Health Care Projects Including EMR/EHR
June 10, 2009 By Leave a Comment
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. Using a well-known cost estimation model [...]
KLAS reports that Eclipsys leads in the number of physicians using CPOE
June 10, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Underscoring its strong industry position to help healthcare organizations achieve “meaningful use,” Eclipsys Corporation(R) (ECLP), The Outcomes Company(R), today announced that KLAS has reported that the company leads the industry in the number of physicians using its computerized physician order entry (CPOE) system in acute care hospitals and the percentage of its client base deeply [...]
LSS Data Systems receives CCHIT certification for MPM Suite v 5.6
June 10, 2009 By Leave a Comment
The Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology has announced that LSS Data Systems’ product Medical and Practice Management (MPM) Suite Client/Server 5.6 is a CCHIT Certified 08 Ambulatory EHR [additionally certified for Child Health] pending completion of advanced ePrescribing requirements. As a CCHIT Certified 08 Ambulatory EHR it meets the Commission’s ambulatory electronic health record [...]
