Quest Diagnostics’ healthcare information (IT) technology subsidiary MedPlus and the American Medical Association (AMA), the nation’s largest physician organization, today announced they are partnering to expand the adoption of health information technology by offering Care360(TM) EHR, a web-based electronic health record, on the AMA’s new online platform for physicians. AMA’s platform is currently being beta-tested [...]
Care360 EHR Offers Physicians Affordable Health Information Technology to Meet Clinical and Practice Needs and Help Demonstrate Meaningful Use
October 16, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Ulrich Medical Concepts and ICA Align to Encourage EHR Adoption and Data Sharing Network to Meet Meaningful Use Requirements
October 12, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Informatics Corporation of America (ICA) and Ulrich Medical Concepts (UMC) today announced the roll-out of a program to encourage the adoption of electronic health records and the exchange of health care data in Paducah, Kentucky. This collaboration will enable physicians within the Paducah area to actively participate in the creation and exchange of health care [...]
MMR Global’s Stimulus Program Offers Physicians Financial Advances During Transition to Achieving Meaningful Use
October 6, 2010 By Leave a Comment
MMRGlobal, Inc. (MMR) announced today that its MMR Stimulus Program will be expanded to include the MMRPro Insurance Advance Program. This program is an expansion of the existing MMRPro Stimulus Program launched in the first quarter of 2010 which rewards MMRPro users when their patients upgrade to the MyMedicalRecords Personal Health Record. The Insurance Advance [...]
Health Systems Use Fulcrum Methods Electronic Methodology to Maximize ARRA Meaningful Use Economic Incentives
September 11, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Fulcrum Methods, the leading developer of methodologies to assist health care providers with systems lifecycle project management, announced today the formal release of a meaningful use methodology. Hospitals and eligible provider clients use the methodology to ensure proper electronic health record assessment, remediation and project governance throughout the meaningful use reporting period, with the goal [...]
Healthland Provides Tools, Services to Help Community Hospitals Meet Meaningful Use Requirements
August 25, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Healthland, America’s market leader of healthcare information solutions for rural community and critical access hospitals, today announced it will host a live webcast as part of its ongoing commitment to provide community hospitals and affiliated clinics with tools and services to help them meet meaningful use requirements under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of [...]
CHIME Releases CIO-Specific Guidebook on EHR Implementation
August 20, 2010 By Leave a Comment
The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) released today a detailed guide intended to support healthcare CIOs in the implementation of electronic health records to meet the meaningful use requirements issued by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. The publication, entitled “The CIO’s Guide to Implementing EHRs in the HITECH Era”, tackles the [...]
CMS Provides Guidance to States on How to Obtain Federal Health IT Funds
August 18, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Image via Wikipedia Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) sent a letter on Tuesday to State Medicaid directors letting them know how States can receive the federal matching funds for incentive payments distributed to Medicaid providers who successfully implement EHR systems meeting the meaningful use criteria. According to the letter: “A State must, at [...]
New Report: The Hidden Requirements of Meaningful Use from CSC
August 13, 2010 By 1 Comment
CSC is offering a new report to help US hospitals better understand the quality reporting requirements that will need to be met to demonstrate meaningful use of EHR technology. The new report, titled Hospital Quality Reporting: The Hidden Requirements of Meaningful Use, can be downloaded here. CSC’s approach was to deconstruct the 15 required quality [...]
MDdatacor’s Clinical Quality System Helps Hospitals and Physicians Achieve Meaningful Use
August 6, 2010 By Leave a Comment
MDdatacor, Inc., a leader in health care quality management solutions for insurers and health care providers, today announced that its MDinsight® clinical quality system will help hospitals and physicians achieve many of the meaningful use requirements as outlined in the recently announced final rules of the HITECH Act. “The MDinsight® system was designed specifically to [...]
Hudson Valley Physician Leader Underscores Quality Agenda in Panel Focused on Adoption and Meaningful Use of EHR
August 2, 2010 By Leave a Comment
With billions of dollars in Medicare and Medicaid incentive payments on the table, the new rule to ensure physicians and hospitals can demonstrate meaningful use of electronic health records is designed to accelerate their adoption. But how can health care organizations ensure that the quality imperative behind the drive for meaningful use is kept top [...]
