Molly Merrill
This past year has been the "tipping point" for e-prescribing, says Surescripts CEO and President Harry Totonis.
The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives filed its comments regarding the EHR Incentive Program with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on Friday. The comments address what the Ann Arbor, Mich.-based organization calls "critical concerns" regarding the proposed regulations that were unveiled on December 30, 2009.
Several major health insurers are part of a coalition that is promoting texting as a way to keep expectant women, new moms and their babies healthy.
As physicians embark on a “new frontier of non-visit based connectivity with patients,” they play an important role in demonstrating how technology can serve to improve care.
Urban Health Plan, a network of federally qualified community health centers based in the South Bronx and Queens, is being recognized with a 2009 HIMSS Davies Awards for the way it has leveraged its EHR to improve outcomes for its underserved patients.
Three more hospitals have been recognized for attaining Stage 7, the highest level on the HIMSS Analytics EMR Adoption Model.
Providence Holy Cross Medical Center, a 254-bed hospital serving the North San Fernando and Santa Clarita Valleys in California, is revamping its healthcare IT with a $500,000 grant from Verizon.
An online "idea campaign" has been launched to promote innovation in the pediatric medical device market, which experts say has a higher demand than supply.
After proving itself an effective way to correct problematic IT issues and foster savings, all the information technology projects for the Department of Veterans Affairs will now be managed under its program management and accountability system (PMAS), officials said.
Ten states are being awarded over $100 million in federal grant funds that will be used on healthcare IT to improve care quality and delivery systems for children enrolled in Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP).