Image via Wikipedia Recent years have witnessed a sustained push for EHRs (electronic health records), but the movement enjoyed a massive surge recently, thanks to the economic stimulus package. As part of that package, the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act, or HITECH Act, will inject nearly $20 billion in incentives and [...]
Only 33% of IT decision makers say they have most of their medical records in EHR format
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Nuance Survey shows that 90% of doctors are “concerned” about usability of EHR
June 18, 2009 By 13 Comments
The healthcare industry has been awaiting a formal definition of electronic health record (EHR) meaningful use ever since the language of the HITECH Act within the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) was made public. According to the HIMSS Electronic Health Record Association, the federal government is expected to publish criteria pertaining to [...]
IVANS’ Study Shows that 56% of Home Health Care & Nursing Home Organizations Plan to Begin EMR Within Next Year
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While more than one-third of home health care and nursing home organizations said they expect the government’s economic stimulus package to increase use of healthcare information technology, another 52% said the stimulus package will have little or no impact on their businesses, according to a recent survey by IVANS, Inc. “Home health and nursing home [...]
Remote Scan Provides Scanning Software to Scan Directly into Many EMR Systems
June 18, 2009 By 4 Comments
RemoteScan Corporation today announced the release of RemoteScan Thin Scan, a software solution for using USB scanners directly with thin client devices. RemoteScan(TM) products lets end users scan directly into any hosted application, such as EMR, EHR (Electronic Medical Record and Electronic Health Record) and any document management software, from any scanner plugged into their [...]
