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By Molly Merrill | 10:21 am | October 25, 2011
The larger a practice is -- the more physicians, exam rooms and patients it has -- the more likely it is to adopt electronic health records, according to a new report.
By Molly Merrill | 09:53 am | October 25, 2011
The Medical Group Management Association is calling on the Department of Health and Human Services to issue a HIPAA 5010 contingency plan, permitting health plans to adjudicate claims that may not have all the required data.
By Diana Manos | 12:05 pm | October 24, 2011
Healthcare Information Xchange of New York (HIXNY) announced Friday it has connected its HIE with the cloud-based electronic health record from athenahealth.
By Mike Miliard | 11:47 am | October 24, 2011
With global population set to hit 7 billion by the end of this month – promising huge challenges for healthcare worldwide – SAP AG and the United Nations Population Fund have unveiled two interactive dashboards that use business analytics to enable greater transparency and awareness around population trends.
By Eric Wicklund | 11:15 am | October 24, 2011
The Medical Group Management Association's three-day 2011 conference kicked off Sunday with an 'open mic' session that addressed the new ACO rules, ICD-10 and physician-hospital integration
By Bernie Monegain | 11:01 am | October 24, 2011
Three South Dakota health organizations are poised to put a $900,000 federal grant to work by creating a community health information network that will make it possible for them to share patient information via electronic health records.
By Molly Merrill | 10:51 am | October 24, 2011
It is recommended that doctors receive three to five days of initial training to adequately use their EHRs, but a new report indicates that this requirement is not being met.
By Gregory Goth | 11:29 am | October 23, 2011
The CDC will overhaul BioSense in November, amid a wave of new data-sharing tactics rolling in from other fields that promises to bolster surveillance methods and architectures.
By Mike Miliard | 12:13 pm | October 21, 2011
The George Washington University Medical Faculty Associates is using WebChart EHR from Medical Informatics Engineering to collect, track and manage medical information gathered from field physicals on eight U.S. military bases throughout Area Support Group Kuwait.

By Tom Sullivan | 11:57 am | October 21, 2011
George Roman of the AMGA shares his initial impressions of the final regs. While it’s too early to make any final conclusions, he says, it seems CMS has made some critical changes.