Please allow me to start out by stating the obvious: EHR Products are sold by companies that hope to make a profit selling and supporting those products. Now for something less obvious – with hundreds of companies selling and supporting EHR software products it’s inevitable that some will not be successful. Some of the less [...]
What Should You Look For When Your EHR Product is Acquired by Another EHR Vendor?
January 31, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Kaiser Permanente Moanalua Medical Center Achieves Stage 7 Award
January 27, 2012 By Leave a Comment
HIMSS Analytics announced that Moanalua Medical Center, a Kaiser Permanente hospital in Honolulu, Hawaii, has received its Stage 7 Award. The award represents attainment of the highest level on the Electronic Medical Records Adoption Model (EMRAM), which is used to track EMR progress at hospitals and health systems. HIMSS Analytics developed the EMR Adoption Model [...]
SOAPware Forms Digital Image Capture Partnership With Ambir Technology
January 25, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Ambir Technology, a provider of digital image capture solutions, has announced a hardware and software partnership with SOAPware, Inc., a market leader in electronic medical record software. The two are confident the union of their product lines brings comprehensive digital document management solutions to customers in the healthcare industry. “Our customers are looking for an [...]
10,000 New York Doctors to Adopt Electronic Medical Records
January 24, 2012 By Leave a Comment
By the end of 2011, over 10,000 New York State healthcare providers had enrolled into a federally subsidized program that will help them transition from paper to electronic medical records, continuing the effort to improve the quality and coordination of care for all patients across the state. Federal and state data has long shown that [...]
Video: The stunning growth in the rate of obesity in the United States since 1985
January 23, 2012 By Leave a Comment
It’s one thing to read the news stories about obesity in the United States. But, if reading the statistics is starling, then seeing the increase in obesity rates in video format is even more alarming. Technology holds great promise as a tool in our battle to hold down the increasing cost of healthcare in this [...]
Beacon Partners Study Finds Most Healthcare Organizations Recognize Benefits of HIEs But Have Limited Resources Toward Development
January 19, 2012 By 1 Comment
According to the Health Information Exchange Study: Assessing the Interest and Value in HIE Participation, conducted by healthcare management consulting firm Beacon Partners, many healthcare executive respondents recognize the benefits of participating in an HIE, but lack an HIE budget. Nearly 70% of respondents are currently planning for an HIE, despite their perceptions of high [...]
CMS Reports that over $2.5 Billion in EHR Incentive Funds were Paid to over 176,000 providers in 2011
January 19, 2012 By Leave a Comment
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) have announced that the number of physicians and hospitals to have registered for the Medicare or Medicaid electronic health record incentive program has increased to over 176,000 through the end of 2012. Total incentive payments issued during the year exceeded $2.5 billion. According to a report available [...]
Quest Diagnostics Launches National EHR Grant Program for Physicians
January 18, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Quest Diagnostics Incorporated has announced that, beginning January 23rd and throughout 2012, it is offering to eligible physician practices discounts of 85% off the retail price of its popular Care360® Electronic Health Record solution. Through the Quest Diagnostics Grant program, physicians can receive a full, certified EHR solution, including EHR and Practice Management System licenses, [...]
Infographic: Social Media in Healthcare
January 17, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Did you know that there are over 1,200 hospitals in the United States using Social Media? Did you know that one-third of physicians report that patients have tried to “friend” them on Facebook? Those and several other interesting factoids on both hospital and physician use of social media can be found in the infographic provided [...]
Waiting Room Solutions is Chosen by AG Pain Management as Their Provider for EMR and Practice Management Software
January 13, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Waiting Room Solutions® has announced today that AG Pain Management has chosen Waiting Room Solutions as their practice management and electronic medical records solution. AG Pain Management will be using WRS to automate their successful pain management practice located in Simi Valley, California. The use of Waiting Room Solutions’ web based EMR will qualify this [...]
