Awareness and understanding of the benefits of a robust state-wide health information exchange took a positive step forward this week with the launch of the Delaware Health Information Network’s (DHIN’s) completely renovated website: www.dhin.org. The site is already drawing interest from the public as well as medical providers and public officials. “Our new web site has begun [...]
NoMoreClipboard Launches Enhanced Blue Button Capability
May 4, 2012 By Leave a Comment
In support of healthcare industry efforts to make consumer access to digital health data a top priority, NoMoreClipboard has announced that its users can download their personal health record information in five different file formats including ASCII, .pdf, CCD, CCR and PHR Extract. “We decided to launch a ‘Blue Button on steroids’ to give our [...]
Valley ENT of Phoenix, Arizona Selects ChartLogic EHR
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Valley ENT, Arizona’s largest Ear, Nose and Throat practice employing 25 doctors in 14 locations throughout the Phoenix and Tucson metropolitan areas, has selected ChartLogic’s EHR Suite. The medical group provides state-of-the-art ear, nose and throat care with many in-house services including CT scanners, ultrasound, allergy testing, diagnostic audiology and hearing aid products. ChartLogic is [...]
Guest Post: Healthcare IT Leading the Way in the Shift to Value-based Care
May 4, 2012 By 1 Comment
The following is a guest post by Deborah M. Gage, president and CEO, Medecision. I get asked all the time about how Medecision is “adapting“ in what is commonly referred to as a “transformational “ healthcare marketplace. Will hot button issues like the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA), The Affordable Care Act (ACA) [...]
Banner Health Awarded HIMSS Analytics Stage 7 Award
May 3, 2012 By Leave a Comment
HIMSS Analytics announced that Banner Health, headquartered in Phoenix, Ariz., has received its Stage 7 Award for 17 of its 23 hospitals, which are located in seven western states: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Nebraska, Nevada and Wyoming. The Stage 7 award represents attainment of the highest level on the Electronic Medical Records Adoption Model, which is used to track [...]
Daybreak Venture Purchases MDI Achieve’s EHR Package, Matrix, for 60+ Facilities
May 3, 2012 By Leave a Comment
MDI Achieve, which has the most utilized EHR product in the eldercare industry with MDI Achieve Matrix™, announced today that Daybreak Venture, after a comprehensive software search, purchased its Matrix EHR product. The Daybreak Venture management team including Mike Rich (CEO), Mike Wallace (CFO/CIO), and Larry Snow (Director of Clinical Services) has worked to improve [...]
Practice Fusion Releases API to Simplify Lab Integrations
May 3, 2012 By Leave a Comment
The fastest way to allow others to integrate with your technology platform is to produce application programming interfaces, or APIs. Wikipedia defines APIs as “ a specification intended to be used as an interface by software components to communicate with each other.” Sorry for the geek speak. Anyway, APIs have been widely used in the technology world [...]
EHR Project Management Software Designed for Do-It-Yourself Physicians
May 2, 2012 By Leave a Comment
The recent announcement that small and rural physician practices continue to lag behind in EHR adoption serves as a reminder that these providers still hold on to their foundation as independent thinkers and as such may be looking for tools that they can use to help themselves. “Cost of EHRs can be mitigated,” says Carolyn [...]
Mercy Health System Launches System-Wide Electronic Health Records
May 1, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Today, Mercy Health System (MHS) flipped the final switch on its system-wide electronic health record (EHR) system, encompassing its four hospitals: Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital in Darby, Mercy Philadelphia Hospital in West Philadelphia, Mercy Suburban Hospital in East Norriton and Nazareth Hospital in Northeast Philadelphia; 44 physician practices, Mercy Home Health and Mercy LIFE Centers. Focusing [...]
Perry County General Hospital Selects ONE-Electronic Health Record from RazorInsights
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RazorInsights has announced that Perry County General Hospital in Richton, Mississippi will deploy ONE-Electronic Health Record to drive patient safety and achieve the Meaningful Use objectives outlined in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. “We’re very excited to have Perry County General Hospital choose ONE-Electronic Health Record to better the overall quality of care for [...]
