The Centers for Medicare & Medicare Services (CMS) and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) encourage public comment on two regulations issued today that lay a foundation for improving quality, efficiency and safety through meaningful use of certified electronic health record (EHR) technology. The regulations will help implement the EHR [...]
Greenway Medical Technologies Deploys Integrated EHR, Practice Management and Interoperability Solution Within Bethesda Healthcare System
December 28, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Greenway Medical Technologies, Inc. today announced the deployment of its fully-integrated electronic health record (EHR), practice management and interoperability solution, PrimeSuite®, into Palm Beach County, Florida’s Bethesda Healthcare System (BHS) and its flagship hospital, Bethesda Memorial Hospital. BHS operates the 401-bed hospital as well as specialty practices that include family practice, internal medicine, cardiovascular surgery, [...]
IBM Financing Agreements With Electronic Healthcare Record Providers Shatter Barriers To Health IT Adoption
December 22, 2009 By 2 Comments
IBM today announced that its lending arm, IBM Global Financing, has entered into new financing agreements with four leading electronic healthcare records (EHR) providers, highlighting the growing need for private financing for health IT and the pressing challenges hospitals and medical practices face to adopt health IT solutions. Siemens Healthcare, Lavender & Wyatt Systems, Inc., [...]
Central Kentucky Radiology Partners with AMICAS for Radiology Billing and RIS Solutions
December 21, 2009 By Leave a Comment
AMICAS, Inc., a leader in image and information management solutions, today announced a new contract with Central Kentucky Radiology (Lexington, KY). This agreement will allow Central Kentucky Radiology to use AMICAS Financials(TM) to streamline their radiology billing and AMICAS RIS(TM) to gain practice management efficiencies and to further improve service delivery effectiveness. Central Kentucky Radiology, [...]
Pulse Electronic Health Record Solution is First to Receive Full CCHIT 2011 Comprehensive Certification
December 17, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Pulse Systems, Inc., an industry leading healthcare software and services organization, today announced the company’s electronic health records (EHR) product, included in Pulse Patient Relationship Management 4.1.02, is a fully CCHIT Certified® 2011 Ambulatory EHR with additional certification in Child Health. Pulse’s EHR is the first to receive full Comprehensive certification from the Certification Commission [...]
Practice Fusion Hits 25,000 EHR User Milestone
December 17, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Practice Fusion today announced that the company’s user base has grown 400% in 2009 to surpass 25,000 medical professionals. Practice Fusion continues to be the fastest growing Electronic Health Record (EHR) community in the US, serving the needs of family practice and private practice physicians across the country. Practice Fusion’s free model gathered a great [...]
HealthCare Resolution Services, Inc. Wins Contract to Support EHR for the Air Force
December 16, 2009 By Leave a Comment
HealthCare Resolution Services, Inc. (HCRS), a leading provider of program integrity support, health information technology services and professional medical and technical staffing services, announced today that it has been awarded a contract with the U.S. Air Force’s Commodities Council to support the Air Education and Training Command (AETC) with medical records coding and analysis, auditing, [...]
Greenway Medical Technologies’ PrimeSuite Wins Three Best in KLAS Awards
December 16, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Greenway Medical Technologies, Inc. today announced that its fully integrated, single-database electronic health record (EHR), practice management and interoperability solution, PrimeSuite® 2011, won three “Best in KLAS” awards in the annual 2009 Top 20 Best in KLAS Awards: Software & Professional Services report. For practices having between six and 25 physicians, PrimeSuite Chart was named [...]
Waco Orthopedic & Sports Medicine Clinic Enhances Productivity with SRS Hybrid EMR
December 15, 2009 By 2 Comments
SRS, a leader in high-performance hybrid EMRs, today announced that Waco Orthopedic & Sports Medicine Clinic has streamlined their clinical workflow with the SRS hybrid EMR. Waco Orthopedic & Sports Medicine Clinic has been providing quality orthopaedic care to central Texas for over 30 years. “We needed a solution that would not slow down our [...]
Greenway Medical Technologies’ PrimeSuite 2011 Receives CCHIT 2011 Comprehensive Certification
December 14, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Greenway Medical Technologies, Inc. today announced that its flagship integrated EHR, PrimeSuite® 2011, is a pre-market conditionally CCHIT Certified® 2011 Ambulatory EHR, additionally certified for Child Health and Cardiovascular Medicine, with optional Advanced Reporting. Greenway’s PrimeSuite 2011 achieved the higher level of two new 2011 certification designations offered by the Certification Commission for Health Information [...]
