Medsphere Systems Corporation and Cooper Green Mercy Hospital have announced that Cooper Green has gone live on Medsphere’s OpenVista open source electronic health record. With OpenVista now up and running, and enhancing the patient care provided by Cooper Green clinicians and staff, the hospital can devote full attention to meeting Stage One Meaningful Use requirements [...]
Cooper Green Mercy Hospital Implements OpenVista Electronic Health Record
May 22, 2012 By Leave a Comment
New KLAS Report Shows that Software as a Service EMR Model Garners Greater Appeal
May 18, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Lower initial pricing combined with hands-off maintenance and increasing confidence in cloud data storage has many healthcare providers looking seriously at Software as a Service EMR systems As providers continue to seek ways to do more with fewer resources, the limited hardware expenses, ease of use, and growing confidence in cloud storage continue to make [...]
Merge Healthcare Propels Meaningful Use Adoption
May 14, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Merge Healthcare Inc. has announced the addition of twelve practices to its growing list of clients who have selected its complete and fully-certified EHR solution to achieve Meaningful Use (MU). More than 89 clients, representing more than 850 physicians, now utilize Merge MU solutions. “Meaningful Use is the basis for health information exchange in the U.S. and [...]
CCHIT Provides Comments for Proposed Rule for Stage 2 Meaningful Use
May 8, 2012 By Leave a Comment
The Certification Commission for Health Information Technology has submitted its comments on the Notice of Proposed Rule Making, Health Information Technology: Standards, Implementation Specifications, and Certification Criteria for Electronic Health Record Technology, 2014 Edition. “We appreciate the emphasis that the 2014 Edition places on interoperability, patient engagement and flexibility with respect to product composition,” said Karen M. Bell, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
BCS and HIMSS Analytics Europe to collaborate on EMR Adoption Model project
May 2, 2012 By Leave a Comment
BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT and HIMSS have signed a memorandum of understanding that will see them collaborating on a project to introduce HIMSS Analytics Electronic Medical Records Adoption Model (EMRAM)SM to the UK. The announcement was made today by Matthew Swindells, Chair of BCS Health, during the opening plenary at HC2012, the annual [...]
Allscripts Quarterly Financial Results – OUCH
April 27, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Allscripts (MDRX) announced their quarterly earnings last night and they were a disaster. Forecast numbers are down across the board and expected earnings have been reduced by over 35%. The company also announced that both the Chief Financial Officer and the Chairman of the board are resigning. The stock closed yesterday, before the announcement, at [...]
People in the News: MEDecision Names Ellen Donahue-Dalton Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer
April 25, 2012 By Leave a Comment
MEDecision Inc., the leading provider in collaborative health management solutions, today announced that business and marketing veteran Ellen Donahue-Dalton will take on a permanent role with the company as Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer. In this capacity, she will be responsible for solution development and strategic marketing initiatives, including product marketing, industry marketing, [...]
New Report Shows Fastest EHR Sales Growth Opportunity in Targeting Physicians With Web-Based Products
April 25, 2012 By Leave a Comment
The fastest sales growth and heaviest competition in the EMR market is in products sold to physicians, particularly solutions sold over the internet, according to healthcare market research publisher Kalorama Information. Sales of electronic medical record systems to physicians grew at an estimate 22% in 2011 versus 2010, higher than the growth of EMR sales [...]
