The ONC has released a 47 page Guide to Privacy and Security of Health Information. The guide is a collaboration effort between the ONC’s Office of the Chief Privacy Officer and the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) Foundation. The Guide includes sections on Meaningful Use, security risk analysis, working with health IT vendors and [...]
ONC Releases New Guide to Privacy and Security of Health Information
May 10, 2012 By Leave a Comment
ClearDATA EMR Cloud Hosting Service Saves Advanced Arthritis Care Practice Over $30k in Server & Support Costs
May 10, 2012 By Leave a Comment
ClearDATA Networks, Inc. has announced that Advanced Arthritis Care and Research (AACR), a Medical Group Practice located in Scottsdale, AZ is hosting its EMR software on the ClearDATA Private Cloud at the company’s datacenter. AACR needed to upgrade its EMR software to be compatible with a new billing system, but the upgrade would have taken [...]
ChartLogic Signs Six New Orthopedic Medical Group Customers for EHR Suite
May 9, 2012 By Leave a Comment
ChartLogic Inc. has announced that six orthopedic medical groups located in California, Texas, Louisiana and Arizona have chosen ChartLogic EHR Suite for their practices. The ChartLogic EHR Suite includes the ChartLogic EMR, ChartLogic Document Management, ChartLogic ePrescribe, ChartLogic Patient Portal and ChartLogic Practice Management. The EHR is fully certified and designed for specialty practice workflows, [...]
CalHIPSO Enrolls Over 7,700 Providers in EHR Implementation Program, Hits Other Key Milestones After First Two Years
May 8, 2012 By Leave a Comment
In a little more than two years, the California Health Information Partnership and Services Organization (CalHIPSO) has successfully developed the infrastructure needed to help thousands of providers throughout California implement Electronic Health Records, considered vital for improving the quality and efficient delivery of healthcare. This and other key milestones are highlighted in CalHIPSO’s biennial report, [...]
Stilwell Memorial Hospital Goes Open Source for their Electronic Health Records with OpenVista
May 8, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Medsphere Systems Corporation has announced that Oklahoma’s Stilwell Memorial Hospital has selected the OpenVista EHR system for implementation. The community medical center will utilize OpenVista’s flexibility and comprehensive clinical support, as well as Medsphere’s implementation process and clinical transformation services, to affordably improve care and secure the maximum federal stimulus reimbursement. “For community hospitals like [...]
M*Modal Signs Interface License Agreement with 3M Health Information Systems
May 8, 2012 By Leave a Comment
M*Modal , a provider of clinical documentation services, Speech Understanding™ and computer assisted coding technologies, has announced it has entered into a software interface license agreement with 3M Health Information Systems. The agreement licenses the interfacing of M*Modal’s computer assisted coding solution to the 3M Coding and Reimbursement System. “We are pleased to announce this [...]
State of Texas Department of Information Resources awards Health Information Exchange contract
May 7, 2012 By Leave a Comment
All State of Texas agencies, including state, county and local government offices, public education and other public entities in Texas can now purchase EHR Doctors’ MediBridge.Net solutions, a Certified HIE solution, at discounted pricing through DIR’s Information and Communication Technology Cooperative Contracts Program. The DIR Program leverages Texas’s purchasing power to negotiate competitive discounts with [...]
ICNet Achieves ONC Meaningful Use EHR Certification from ICSA Labs
May 7, 2012 By Leave a Comment
ICNet has achieved 2011/2012 COMPLETE EHR ONC-ATCB Certification, which designates that the software is capable of supporting providers with Stage 1 Meaningful Use measures required to qualify for funding under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. ICNet was certified on May 1st, 2012 ICSA Labs’ ONC-ATCB Electronic Health Record program and is compliant in accordance [...]
Harris Corporation Awarded Contract to Help Department of Veterans Affairs Speed Health Benefits Decision Making
May 7, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Harris Corporation has been awarded a one-year, $1.2 million contract to help the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Health Eligibility Center a system to automate business rules to reduce costs and errors and streamline the cycle of health benefits decision making for veterans.“The ILOG rules engine promises to make the rule base more transparent to [...]
Electronic Health Records Association Responds to ONC and CMS NPRMs on Meaningful Use Stage 2
May 7, 2012 By 1 Comment
The Electronic Health Records (EHR) Association today submitted its detailed comments on the two Notices of Proposed Rule-Making (NPRMs) on Meaningful Use Stage 2 – one from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for healthcare providers laying out revised Meaningful Use objectives and measures for use of certified electronic health records (EHRs); and [...]
