Bernie Monegain
Hospitals across the country are on track to meet 2011 meaningful use criteria set by the federal government, according to new data from HIMSS Analytics.
An electronic health record system plays a role in tracking patients admitted with signs of heart attack, according to a new study by the Minneapolis Health Institute. The study also points to the importance of preventive medications.
With the goal of bringing data, documents and guidelines on meeting and exceeding meaningful use into one location, HIMSS has made available a new CPOE Wiki.
Healthcare providers tend to lean toward vendors they know when looking for help with their RAC audits, according to a new report from research firm KLAS. Vendors with strong revenue cycle, health information management or case management install bases are leveraging their previous business relationships with customers to win RAC solution contracts.
A regional health information organization (RHIO), formed by four Texas hospitals, is serving as a model for electronic health record adoption in rural areas across the country.
The Certification Commission for Health Information Technology (CCHIT), one of three government designated certification entities, says it will launch a new custom EHR certification program for hospitals on Dec. 15.
After years of struggles, Siemens Soarian technology has achieved a marked increase in clinical adoption and a parallel 9 percent jump in customer satisfaction, according to a new study from research firm KLAS.
Mercy Memorial Hospital System, a 238-bed community hospital in metropolitan Detroit, selected Allscripts as its enterprise-wide health information technology provider, enabling the hospital, its 200 staff physicians, and post-acute care providers to connect and collaborate for a team approach to improving patient care.
A registry of healthcare information on patients with mild to moderate chronic kidney disease could help physicians improve care for patients, according to a new study in Clinical Journal of the American Society Nephrology (CJASN).
As they strive to meet meaningful use criteria, hospitals with fewer than 150 beds are focusing less on traditional community clinical information systems (CIS) vendors and more on the large vendors, according to a new KLAS report.