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May 22, 2012

CHIME Survey Finds Continued Optimism among Healthcare CIOs Regarding EHR Incentive Funding, but Majority Won’t Qualify Early

Over 90% of respondents to a quarterly survey of healthcare chief information officers say they expect their organizations will qualify for stimulus funding within the first three years of a federal program for implementing electronic health records. The vast majority of CIOs responding to the survey, conducted in mid-March by the College of Health Information [...]

Accenture Health CIO Survey Showcases both the Challenges and Successes of EMR Implementation

As hospitals and health systems across America grapple with achieving meaningful use of electronic medical records (EMRs), Accenture has released a survey of chief information officers (CIOs) from health systems with advanced use of EMRs that suggests hospitals must think and act differently to drive successful EMR implementation and clinical transformation. Change management is as [...]

MedQuist Launches EHR Integration for Dictations Associated with Template-based Clinical Documentation

MedQuist Inc. (Nasdaq: MEDQ), a leading provider of technology-enabled clinical documentation services, is integrating with Epic Systems Corporation within its Hyperspace environment to offer a solution that integrates “partial dictations” with the template-based clinical documentation process, enabling physicians to complete the Electronic Health Record (EHR) without changing their documentation workflow. Partial dictation combines structured and [...]