The health IT landscape has changed fundamentally in the first year since the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act was signed into law. American patients are seeing their doctors make the switch to Electronic Health Record (EHR) systems, according to a survey conducted by GfK Roper for Practice Fusion, the fastest growing EHR community in the [...]
Survey: Patients Report Their Doctors are Increasing Use of Electronic Health Records on the One-Year Anniversary of ARRA
February 10, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Greenway Medical Technologies’ PrimeSuite 2011 Receives CCHIT 2011 Comprehensive Certification
December 14, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Greenway Medical Technologies, Inc. today announced that its flagship integrated EHR, PrimeSuite® 2011, is a pre-market conditionally CCHIT Certified® 2011 Ambulatory EHR, additionally certified for Child Health and Cardiovascular Medicine, with optional Advanced Reporting. Greenway’s PrimeSuite 2011 achieved the higher level of two new 2011 certification designations offered by the Certification Commission for Health Information [...]
eHealth Made EASY Version 3 Technology Is Preliminary ARRA 2011 Certified for Use by Hospitals and Eligible Providers Seeking to Earn Medicare and Medicaid HITECH Act Incentives
December 1, 2009 By Leave a Comment
eHealth Made EASY LLC’s Version 3, an electronic medical reporting product, was acknowledged today by the recognized certifying body for Electronic Health Record systems as “Preliminary ARRA 2011 Certified for CMS Quality Reporting required to support that 2011-2012 Meaningful Use Objective for Hospitals and Eligible Providers under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act” (ARRA) for [...]
US Health Information Director Blumenthal Addresses Electronic Medical Records in Philadelphia
November 13, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Speaking at the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, Dr. David Blumenthal, National Coordinator for Health Information Technology addressed the need for information technology to improve patient care across the “complex and difficult” spectrum of the US healthcare system. Dr. Blumenthal’s keynote address, presented at the Health Information Exchange Summit in coordination with the Canadian Consulate [...]
HIMSS Electronic Health Record Association Supports Standards in HIT Standards Committee Testimony
November 5, 2009 By Leave a Comment
The HIMSS Electronic Health Record Association (EHR Association) provided written testimony at last week’s public hearing of the HIT Standards Committee Implementation Workgroup. This workgroup, which advises the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC), is charged with bringing forward “real-world” implementation experience, with special emphasis on strategies to accelerate the adoption of [...]
CDW Healthcare and Cerner Corporation Collaborate To Expand Electronic Health Record Adoption Among Physician Practices
October 19, 2009 By Leave a Comment
CDW Healthcare, part of the public sector subsidiary of CDW Corporation and Cerner Corporation , a global provider of healthcare solutions, today announced an agreement for CDW to offer Cerner ® physician practice solutions. The collaboration marks the first time the complete suite of Cerner ambulatory solutions for physician practices are available through a national [...]
Continuing Concerns With Louisiana’s Healthcare System Post-Katrina
September 28, 2009 By 2 Comments
Louisiana’s healthcare is described in terms of “pre-” and “post-” Katrina, even four years after the storm. Before Hurricane Katrina, Louisiana’s healthcare system was strained, with a quarter of the population living below the poverty line and an estimated 20 percent uninsured. Healthcare for this population was provided through the state-run Charity Hospital and financed [...]
Quest Diagnostics Empowers the Nation’s Physicians to Immediately Embrace ePrescribing
September 23, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Quest Diagnostics today announced plans to make it easy for every physician in the United States to quickly embrace digital healthcare technology with a six-month, risk-free trial of its Care360(TM) ePrescribing service. For physicians currently using its Care360 Labs & Meds service, the company will activate the Care360 ePrescribing service for six months, risk free, [...]
Community Health Centers Nationwide Select NextGen(R) Technology
August 20, 2009 By 1 Comment
NextGen Healthcare Information Systems, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Quality Systems, Inc. and a provider of ambulatory healthcare and connectivity solutions, today announced that during the last few months it has secured 12 new community health center contracts, validating the company’s continued leadership in the space. As part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment [...]
User Centric to Present Health IT Usability Webinar Series
August 19, 2009 By Leave a Comment
As Electronic Health Record (EHR) Solution Providers race to increase user performance ratings of their systems, User Centric, Inc, offers practical advice for evaluating and designing for the user experience of these products. A series of Webinars will highlight techniques used to measure usability as well as how to design the system that maximizes clinician [...]
