Healthcare Management Systems, Inc. ® (HMS)will launch a new, proprietary ambulatory electronic medical record and practice management solution called HMS Ambulatory EMR this month. HMS Ambulatory EMR is a clinical documentation solution that is streamlined for easy adoption by physicians and integrates with the HMS hospital IT solution. It is HMS` intent to apply for [...]
Electronic Health Record in Canada: Running Late, Too Many Consultants
October 8, 2009 By 3 Comments
In a Special Report to be tabled today in the Legislative Assembly, Ontario Auditor General Jim McCarter describes Ontario’s almost decade-long, $1-billion initiative to create an Electronic Health Record (EHR) as “lacking in strategic direction and relying too heavily on external consultants.” McCarter concludes that “Ontario taxpayers have not received value for money for this [...]
Biden Announces Availability of Nearly $1.2 Billion in Grants
August 20, 2009 By 2 Comments
Vice President Joe Biden today announced the availability of grants worth nearly $1.2 billion to help hospitals and health care providers implement and use electronic health records. The grants will be funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) and will help health care providers qualify for new incentives that will be [...]
The Quantum Group Deploys New Version of 21st Century EMR Solution – PWeRTM 3.0
August 11, 2009 By Leave a Comment
The Quantum Group, Inc. announced that the third version of PWeRTM (Personal Wellness electronic RecordTM), PWeR 3.0, is expected to deploy in the next 30 days. New functionality and enhanced user experience features dominate the upgrades for the new version of PWeR. In anticipation and alignment with Federal healthcare mandates and Stimulus programs, PWeR is [...]
Study results of EHR in US Hospitals
May 6, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Image via Wikipedia Results of a recent study prepared by the Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA BACKGROUND: Despite a consensus that the use of health information technology should lead to more efficient, safer, and higher-quality care, there are no reliable estimates of the prevalence of adoption of electronic [...]
