Happy Memorial Day Weekend to everyone. Today’s EHR and HIT news includes a milestone update from DoctorBase, who have surpassed 10,000 doctors on their platform as well as news from Welsh Allen Technology on connectivity between their devices and the Epic EMR System.
New HIMSS Analytics Report Finds that Canadian Hospitals are Facing Data Access and Workflow Efficiency Challenges
May 24, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Imprivata has announced the availability of a new report from HIMSS Analytics that outlines the data access and workflow efficiency challenges Canadian hospitals face as they continue to implement electronic health record systems. The study, titled “Streamlining Workflows and Access to Patient Data in Canadian Hospitals,” was commissioned by Imprivata and specifies how EHR adoption [...]
Greenway Adds Windows 8 Mobile Access to PrimeSUITE EHR
May 23, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Greenway Medical Technologies has announced that PrimeMOBILE™, the mobile access solution for their PrimeSUITE® electronic health record customers, has been Microsoft-certified and is now available for download at the Windows 8 Store. The Windows 8 version of the PrimeMOBILE app rounds out Greenway’s mobile suite that already included versions for iPad, iPhone, Android Phone, Android [...]
CMS Says More than Half of US Doctors Have Adopted Electronic Health Records
May 22, 2013 By Leave a Comment
HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has announced that more than half of all doctors and other eligible providers have received Medicare or Medicaid incentive payments for adopting or meaningfully using electronic health records, exceeding the goal they had set for themselves for the end of 2013. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention survey [...]
Patient Fusion Launches Free Tool for Consumers to Manage their Health Spending
May 22, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Patient Fusion has launched a free tool to help patients track their health spending online. Consumers who book appointments online at PatientFusion.com will also receive access to their online personal health record and can track health spending across all of their medical visits. The beta launch is available to patients covered by national insurance payers [...]
CampDoc.com Releases Electronic Medication Administration Record for Summer Camps
May 21, 2013 By 4 Comments
Did you know there was an EHR product whose market was summer camps? Well, neither did I until I saw this news from CampDoc.com earlier today. They company, who claims to be the the leading electronic health record system for camps has announced the release of an Electronic Medication Administration Record (eMAR). This technology will [...]
EHR and HIT News for May 21st
May 21, 2013 By 2 Comments
Today’s EHR and HIT news includes customer acquisition updates from M*Modal and Merge Healthcare, as well as news from DocuTrac that they’re integrating DrFirst Technology in their EMR Software.
Acquisition Alert: Net Health Acquires Integritas, EHR and PM Provider for Urgent Care and Occupational Health
May 21, 2013 By 4 Comments
Net Health has their acquisition of Integritas, Inc., a provider of integrated clinical EMR and practice management solutions for the growing urgent care, occupational health, and hospital employee health markets. “Strategically, we were drawn to the rapidly growing and underserved Urgent Care and Occupational Health segments of the healthcare delivery continuum,” said Anthony Sanzo, Net [...]
HomecareCRM Launches Integration with PointClickCare EHR
May 21, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Home healthcare and long term-care customer relationship management solutions provider, HomecareCRM has announced an integration with PointClickCare, the most widely used Electronic Health Record platform for long-term care. Through this standard integration, long-term care providers now have a complete platform that provides both efficient management across the entire resident care lifecycle and the customer relationship [...]
WebPT Launches Functional Limitation Reporting Feature
May 20, 2013 By 2 Comments
WebPT has announced the launch of its functional limitation reporting solution, which has been designed to help physical and occupational therapists comply with new functional limitation reporting requirements without compromising workflow efficiency. “While most other EMR systems make functional limitation reporting more of an accessory that appears at the end of a patient note, WebPT [...]
