Another day another meaningful use Guarantee from an EHR vendor. Greenway Medical Technologies, Inc., provider of the single-database electronic health record (EHR), practice management and interoperability solution PrimeSuite®, is offering customers a financial guarantee that PrimeSuite meets the reporting functionality and requirements necessary for eligible providers to achieve meaningful use and qualify for stimulus funds. [...]
Greenway Medical Technologies Announces Leading Meaningful Use Guarantee
April 14, 2010 By 1 Comment
27 Senators Request Change to Meaningful Use Requirements
April 1, 2010 By 1 Comment
A bipartisan group of 27 US Senators sent a letter to Charlene Frizzera, the Acting Administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services yesterday urging her to modify the proposed definition of requirement for hospitals to become meaningful users of technology. To quote the letter “We urge you to modify your proposed definition of [...]
HIMSS Electronic Health Record Association Responds to Proposed Meaningful Use and Certification Rules
March 16, 2010 By 2 Comments
The HIMSS Electronic Health Record Association (EHR Association) has submitted its detailed responses on two major regulations that implement healthcare IT incentive provisions of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA). One comment addressed the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) Interim Final Rule (IFR) on EHR certification criteria and [...]
Medweb Bundles Free EHR Application With virtualPACS for Digital Orthopedic Solution
March 10, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Medweb, a leader in scalable Web-based telemedicine solutions, announced today at the American Association of Orthopedic Surgeons (AAOS) that the company will provide a free EHR application with its virtualPACS gateway module. The software-only virtualPACS includes a fully-hosted backup DICOM archive, Web server and router enabling clinicians to securely access patient data from virtually any [...]
The Time Is Right for Doctors to ‘Go Digital’
March 4, 2010 By Leave a Comment
The prospect of the U.S. healthcare system moving from paper to electronic medical records (EMR) has given rise to a host of thorny questions on matters of privacy, security, logistics and more. But according to EMR attorneys at the national law firm of LeClairRyan, the time to start making the switch is now-in part because [...]
Sound Shore Health Selects Eclipsys to Build an Integrated EHR on Industry-Leading Technology Platform
February 18, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Eclipsys Corporation ® , The Outcomes Company ®, today announced that Sound Shore Health System (SSHS) will undergo an accelerated activation of Eclipsys’ Sunrise Enterpriseâ„¢ integrated suite of solutions at both its Sound Shore Medical Center of Westchester (New Rochelle, NY) and Mount Vernon Hospital (Mount Vernon, NY) facilities. The goal behind the comprehensive information [...]
Health Information Technology Regional Center Announced In Utah
February 16, 2010 By Leave a Comment
The Department of Health and Human Services and the Office of the National Coordinator have announced that HealthInsight, a private, non-profit organization dedicated to improving the healthcare systems of Nevada and Utah will serve as the health information technology Regional Extension Center for Utah. Regional Extension Centers were created out of the American Recovery and [...]
Recovery Act ‘Meaningful Use’ Definition Governing EHR Endorsed by Zanett
January 20, 2010 By 1 Comment
In Washington DC, on December 30th, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued a notice of proposed rulemaking that outlines provisions governing the Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Records (EHR) incentive programs, including a proposed definition for the central concept of “Meaningful Use” of EHR technology. In order for professionals and hospitals to be [...]
2010: A Tough Year Ahead for Discharge Planners, but Help Is Available
January 14, 2010 By Leave a Comment
A new regulation from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will make it harder for discharge planners to transition patients from acute-care settings to inpatient rehabilitation facilities (IRFs), according to Curaspan Health Group(TM), the industry leader in building secure electronic patient-transition networks for hospitals, post-acute providers and suppliers. At most hospitals, the traditional [...]
CVS Caremark Announces e-Prescribing Agreement with Allscripts
January 8, 2010 By Leave a Comment
CVS Caremark today announced an agreement with Allscripts that will position both companies to help accelerate adoption of e-prescribing technology. This agreement between the nation’s largest pharmacy health care provider and the largest provider of e-prescribing and Electronic Health Record (EHR) solutions will enhance the ability of CVS Caremark to support its payer and employer [...]
