Anoto, the world leader in digital pen and paper technology, has announced the results of a survey focusing on the state of paperwork in the healthcare industry. Survey results confirm that despite the growing numbers of organizations implementing electronic health records systems, many are not decreasing their reliance on paper-based processes. As an example, well over half of [...]
Anoto Survey Finds Healthcare Industry Buried in Paperwork; Problem Predicted to Increase with Implementation of National Healthcare Reform
March 20, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Kainos Evolve EMR Solution Strives to Transform Community-Based Patient Information Access in Mental Health Services
March 19, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Healthcare technology specialist Kainos has highlighted the direct relevance of its Evolve® next-generation electronic medical record solution to the mental health sector, particularly as it moves towards closer integration across its diverse services. Based on optimised electronic document capture and intelligent content linking, and supporting real-time remote and mobile data access and input, Kainos Evolve [...]
Baptist Health Is 1st Local Health System in Jacksonville to Go Entirely “Paperless” through EMR and Other Digital Tech
March 16, 2012 By Leave a Comment
On February 25, 2012, thousands of physicians, nurses, medical records professionals and other staff became part of the implementation of full electronic medical records at Baptist Medical Center Downtown and Wolfson Children’s Hospital. This helped Baptist Health meet a goal it has been committed to for more than nine years: a systemwide EMR that spans [...]
Kalorama Report Claims the EMR Market was Nearly $18 Billion Dollars in 2011
March 14, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Propelled by government incentives, a desire to improve patient outcomes and the bottom line, sales of electronic medical records grew 14.2% in 2011, stronger growth than the previous year, according to Kalorama Information. The healthcare market research publisher just completed an annual report on the market which found increasing physician and hospital acceptance, robust competition [...]
Walgreens to use Surescripts to Electronically Deliver Immunization and Patient Summary Records to Primary Care Providers
March 12, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Walgreens today announced that it will use Surescripts’ Clinical Interoperability services to electronically deliver patient data directly to primary care providers to improve the coordination of care. In the coming months, all of the 7,800 Walgreens and Duane Reade pharmacies and 350 Take Care Clinics nationwide will use the Surescripts network to deliver immunization records [...]
Alexander Orthopaedic Associates Chooses White Plume Technologies to Fill the EMR Gap
February 29, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Alexander Orthopaedic Associates (AOA) in Largo, FL, has chosen to fill the EMR Gap in their practice with White Plume Technologies between Exscribe electronic health record (EHR) and Advanced Data Systems’(ADSC) practice management system (PM system). EMRs can be powerful clinical tools but often leave gaps in the billing process unfilled. White Plume Technologies bridges [...]
HIMSS Issues Statement on Release of Meaningful Use Stage 2 NPRM
February 24, 2012 By Leave a Comment
HIMSS is pleased that the Department of Health and Human Services’ Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) have published their proposed rule for Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Record Incentive Program Stage 2 (Meaningful Use Stage 2); the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) is expected to publish the associated Standards, [...]
CareFusion Announces New Technologies To Advance Interoperability With Health Care Information Systems
February 21, 2012 By Leave a Comment
CareFusion is using HIMSS12 to announce Alaris® infusion technologies, connectivity services and analytics offerings to improve interoperability with health care information technology (HIT) systems and help health care providers increase efficiency and deliver better patient care. The new solutions from CareFusion include three applications in its Alaris Connectivity Services portfolio, part of the CareFusion Coordination [...]
Nuance Extends eCopy ShareScan to Automate the Conversion of Paper into Electronic Medical Records using HL7 CDA Standard
February 21, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Nuance Communications, announced today that Nuance eCopy ShareScan® will be a part of the Health Story Project’s Use Case at the HIMSS 2012 Interoperability Showcase. Nuance is demonstrating eCopy ShareScan’s capability to automatically convert unstructured, paper documents to HL7 Clinical Document Architecture (CDA) files that can be distributed into electronic health records. “Using HL7 CDA [...]
Over 70% of Attested EHRs are Dually Certified by CCHIT
February 13, 2012 By 1 Comment
More than two-thirds (71%) of the complete electronic health records of providers and hospitals that have successfully attested to federal meaningful use criteria and qualified for incentives through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) are dually certified under both the ONC-ATCB and the CCHIT Certified® programs of the Certification Commission for Health Information Technology. According to [...]
