Image via Wikipedia Patient privacy rights are at the heart of research by a University of Virginia professor. The Federal Stimulus Package is pumping $20 billion into the healthcare system to move it completely to electronic records, but state privacy laws may slow that down in Virginia and across America. Electronic Medical Records (or EMRs) [...]
University of Virginia professor’s research highlights privacy concerns with EMR
June 4, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Stony Brook University Medical Center uses rolling EMR terminals
June 3, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Image via Wikipedia Because of a new electronic patient record system, Paul Grover, RN, family educator in the child psychiatric unit at Stony Brook (N.Y.) University Medical Center, is well prepared to answer questions about test results, medications, and plans for care with the click of a mouse. After entering his password, Grover can access [...]
Athenahealth achieves conditional CCHIT certification for athenaClinicalsSM
June 3, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Athenahealth, Inc. a leading provider of internet-based business services for physician practices, today announced the Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology (CCHIT) has approved the software component of athenahealth’s service-based electronic health record (EHR), athenaClinicalsSM Version 9.15.1, as a conditionally CCHIT Certified 08 Ambulatory EHR pending advanced electronic prescribing verification, additionally certified for Child Health. [...]
Could NYC’s EHR Project be a model for regional IT extension centers?
June 3, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Image by Jose P Isern Comas via Flickr Now that the Office of the National Coordinator has published a description of its plan to set up a system of regional health IT extension centers to help providers install and use electronic health records, a New York City technical assistance project already in operation could offer [...]
Weighing the upfront costs of EHR vs the back end payout
June 2, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Michigan health care providers are abuzz with anticipation over how much of the $36 billion in set-aside federal stimulus money the state will receive for implementing electronic health records. The stimulus package passed earlier this year also includes $1.25 billion for Michigan providers to cover services like prescription drug funding and health care for indigent [...]
Panel discussion on open source solutions for health care IT scheduled for Fort Lauderdale in June
June 2, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Image by nenortas photography via Flickr The Collaborative Communications Summit announces that Misys Open Source Solutions and other healthcare leaders will present a panel on how open source technology is gaining traction as an effective and viable health IT solution for care providers at the upcoming Spring CCS Health IT Summit taking place this June [...]
EMR in Bronx Clinic helps to “Get the records straight”
June 1, 2009 By Leave a Comment
The patients had the same name, lived in the same city and were born only one day apart. But the girl in front of Dr. Shamiza Ally was not the one in the photo on her medical record. It turns out the front office staff had inadvertently checked in the wrong patient, and Ally had [...]
Concise Guide to CCHIT Certification Criteria available
June 1, 2009 By Leave a Comment
You can download a PDF version of the nine page Concise Guide to CCHIT Certification Criteria fromt the CCHIT website here.
EMR in the world of Medical Tourism
June 1, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Image via Wikipedia Global healthcare (also called medical tourism) is a rapidly growing practice of traveling across international borders to obtain quality medical treatment, often at significant savings, even after accounting for airfare and a short vacation. To date more than 50 countries have identified medical tourism as a national industry. While reliable statistics are [...]
Medflow EMR 7.1 Receives 08 Pre-market Conditional CCHIT Certification
June 1, 2009 By 1 Comment
The Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology (CCHIT®) today announced that Medflow’s product Medflow EMR 7.1 is a pre-market, conditionally CCHIT Certified® 08 Ambulatory EHR and meets the Certification Commission’s electronic health record (EHR) criteria for office-based use. Ambulatory EHRs are designed for physician offices and clinics where most Americans get their healthcare. The Commission [...]
