Acentec, a leading provider of ambulatory healthcare information systems and a full suite of complementary technology products to the medical community, recently signed on Murrieta, California-based NeuroCenter Medical Clinic as a client. NeuroCenter has contracted with Acentec to take over its IT needs, handle its HIPAA Compliant remote back-up needs, and manage the conversion of [...]
Greenway Awarded U.S. Patent for EHR Functionality and Workflow
June 30, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Greenway Medical Technologies, Inc., provider of the integrated, single-database electronic health record (EHR), practice management and interoperability solution PrimeSuite®, has been awarded a patent for its innovative template builder module used to create custom clinical templates that can be integrated with financial and administrative workflows. The United States Patent and Trademark Office recognized the unique [...]
Arizona Integrated Physicians Selects eClinicalWorks
June 29, 2010 By Leave a Comment
eClinicalWorks®, a market leader in ambulatory clinical systems, today announced that Arizona Integrated Physicians (AIP), a physician-owned organization, has chosen eClinicalWorks unified electronic medical records (EMR) and practice management (PM) system for its approximately 600 physicians. “AIP enhances the viability and sustainability of area independent physicians,” said Keith Dines, CEO of Arizona Integrated Physicians. “As [...]
Spring Medical Systems Adds NoMoreClipboard.com Patient Portal to EHR Product Offering
June 29, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Spring Medical Systems, a CCHIT? Certified? provider of software solutions for small- and medium-sized medical practices, announced a partnership with NoMoreClipboard.com to provide its clients with practice-branded patient portal solutions that incorporate a robust personal health record and secure messaging modules. The integrated EHR/portal solution is designed to help practices satisfy patient and family engagement meaningful use [...]
EMR System Launches Site to Demystify the Implementation of Electronic Medical Records
June 29, 2010 By 1 Comment
Few will argue against the benefits of an integrated Electronic Medical Records (EMR) System, which has gained popularity and momentum in recent years. White House advocates have mandated the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT to encourage physicians to deploy the technology. Despite what appears to be strong support in the community for [...]
Compuware Survey Reveals Doctors and Nurses Struggle With Performance of Clinical Information Systems
June 29, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Compuware Corporation today announced the findings of a survey of health care professionals to better understand the availability of their clinical information systems. The survey examined the length of time it takes for clinicians to log-in and how often they are required to log-in during an average work day. The study surveyed 99 health care [...]
Meaningless Adoption of Electronic Health Records Could Put Meaningful Use Goals at Risk, Says PricewaterhouseCoopers in New Report
June 29, 2010 By Leave a Comment
A year and a half after the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act allocated billions of dollars to help hospitals and doctors purchase equipment to computerize patient medical records, even the most sophisticated hospitals in the country are struggling to qualify for the payments. Eight in 10 hospital chief information officers (CIOs) surveyed by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP [...]
Quammen Healthcare Consultants Empowers Faith Regional Health to Quickly ‘Go Live’ on EHR System
June 28, 2010 By 1 Comment
With healthcare leaders across the country fretting about electronic health records (EHRs) and the rush to qualify for American Recovery and Reinvestment Act incentives, Quammen Healthcare Consultants worked with Faith Regional Health Services to prove that the goal is well within reach. After just six months, Quammen enabled the 166-bed acute care facility to “go [...]
Othello Community Hospital second in nation to achieve Stage 6 on EMR Adoption Model
June 28, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Othello Community Hospital, an Inland Northwest Health Services (INHS)-networked facility, has been recognized by the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Analytics as achieving Stage 6 on the EMR Adoption Modelsm (EMRAM). Othello is only the second critical access hospital in the nation to receive this distinction, a testament to its commitment to using [...]
HealthPartners Research Foundation team to study role of electronic health records in reducing heart disease risk
June 28, 2010 By Leave a Comment
A HealthPartners Research Foundation team has received a National Institutes of Health research grant to develop and implement an electronic health record (EHR)-based clinical decision support system to help reduce patients’ risk of heart attack or stroke. The team, led by Patrick O’Connor, MD, MPH, senior clinical investigator, HealthPartners Research Foundation, received $3.7 million to conduct the five-year study, [...]
