iChartsMD has been working feverishly to raise the bar in the EHR world by providing cutting-edge technology to its practices and offering unique software designed to provide better service and medical care for health care facilities and their patients. The work appears to be paying off as the company has just announced that over 33,000 [...]
It’s Medical Transcription Week – What’s the Future for the Industry?
May 22, 2012 By Leave a Comment
The week of May 20th through May 26th is Medical Transcription Week, which was established by President Ronald Regan. According to the American Transcription Association President Regan recognized the value and importance of medical transcriptionists and thus established National Medical Transcriptionist Week on May 21, 1985. President Regan realized how common it was becoming for [...]
Harris Corporation Implements Statewide Information Exchange to Help Oregon’s Healthcare Organizations and Providers
May 21, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Harris Corporation has announced the implementation of CareAccord, Oregon’s statewide Health Information Exchange. CareAccord, which is administered by the Oregon Health Authority (OHA), will enhance communications among Oregon healthcare providers, reduce duplicate orders, smooth transitions in care and support fulfillment of meaningful use requirements.“Providers will have the capacity to share vital medical history with [...]
eCareSoft Adds New Channel Partner in Mexico
May 21, 2012 By Leave a Comment
eCareSoft, Inc. has announced Alestra as its new channel partner for Mexico. Alestra will represent eCareSoft’s integrated clinical, financial and EHR technology for hospitals. This agreement enables Alestra to launch Cloud Based Health Care Clinical, Revenue Cycle & Financial Solutions in Mexico utilizing eCareSoft, Inc.’s Cirrus™ Hospital Inpatient and Nimbo™ Physician Ambulatory Platforms. Cirrus is [...]
MTBC Launches Electronic Health Record for OB/GYN Providers
May 18, 2012 By Leave a Comment
MTBC, a leading national provider of electronic health records and practice and revenue cycle management solutions, today announced the launch of its OB/GYN EHR. “Our specialized EHR templates and modules change the face of caregiving for OB/GYN providers by empowering them with an EHR that is, according to published usage statistics, among the most usable [...]
Surescripts Report: Majority Of Physicians Meeting Stage 1 Meaningful Use E-Prescribing Measure Today, Many Already Meeting Proposed Stage 2 Measure
May 17, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Surescripts has announced the release of “The National Progress Report on E-Prescribing and Interoperable Healthcare, Year 2011.” The National Progress Report features an analysis of data that tracks the status of e-prescribing adoption and use in the United States from 2008 – before the advent of federal incentives – through 2011. The report provides a measure [...]
WebChartMD Webinar Helps Medical Transcription Companies Overcome Business Losses Due to EHRs
May 17, 2012 By Leave a Comment
WebChartMD, a provider of web-based clinical documentation workflow solutions, has launched a series of free webinars designed to assist medical transcription companies adapt to market changes resulting from electronic health records, or EHRs. “The process of documenting patient visits has changed dramatically in the last eight years as a result of the introduction of EHRs, [...]
Simplee Secures $6 Million Venture Capital Funding
May 17, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Simplee, the easiest way I’ve found yet to track and manage healthcare expenses, is going big time with the announcement that they have raised $6 million in a Series A round of venture capital funding led by The Social+Capital Partnership (“s23p”). The round also includes existing seed investor Greylock Partners. According to the company the [...]
RazorInsights Adds Stewart-Webster Hospital to Growing List of ONE-EHR Clients
May 16, 2012 By Leave a Comment
RazorInsights, a provider of healthcare information technology solutions for Rural, Critical Access and Community hospitals, today announced its partnership with Stewart-Webster Hospital in Richland, Georgia. Stewart-Webster will deploy ONE-Electronic Health Record to provide cutting-edge technology and improved patient care to its rural Georgia community, while also achieving the Meaningful Use objectives outlined in the American [...]
Meadowlands Hospital Medical Center Uses OpenVista EHR to Improve Patient Care, Earn Federal Stimulus Funds
May 15, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Medsphere Systems Corporation and Meadowlands Hospital Medical Center (MHMC) today announced that MHMC has met Stage One Meaningful Use requirements using Medsphere’s OpenVista electronic health record. The Secaucus, New Jersey, hospital has received an initial reimbursement from the federal government that covers the five-year total cost of ownership for OpenVista. For MHMC, a 230-bed facility [...]
