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Nimble, a new comprehensive EMR application designed and developed specifically for the iPad, hit the market Tuesday with the aim of allowing docs to provide meaningful care - at the point of care.
For the most part, electronic health records are terrific. But they're far from perfect. And providers implementing EHRs shouldn't expect them to be problem-vanquishing panaceas, said Ann Meehan and Julia Kendrick of Nashville's Ardent Health Services.
A lot of attention is paid to the medical and technological ramifications of the EHR. But not enough is devoted to the legal ones. That was the message at an AHIMA session Monday, "The Impact of the Electronic Health Record on Litigation and in the Courtroom."
Bonnie Cassidy, vice president of HIM product management at Reston, Va.-based QuadraMed and the president-elect of the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA), sat down with Healthcare IT News at AHIMA's 82nd annual convention and exhibit to talk about the importance of the health information management profession, and her vision for the future.
Computer giant Dell is making a $15 million investment in computer equipment and services to support the launch of the University at Buffalo's new Institute for Healthcare Informatics.
The 82nd annual AHIMA convention and exhibition is in full swing today with education sessions slated on topics that include, electronic health records, ICD-10, employment opportunities in the field of healthcare informatics, and the changing role of health information management.
HIMSS has launched a State HIT Dashboard to provide healthcare professionals, policy makers and stakeholders a snapshot of major health information technology initiatives underway across the nation.
GE Healthcare's lead in the U.S. ultrasound system market in 2009 coupled with its strength in the fast-growing emerging ultrasound system segment, has positioned the company for robust growth through 2014, according to Millennium Research Group.
The Senate Appropriations Committee wants more details about how the Defense Department plans to modernize its electronic health record system, which DOD is upgrading in coordination with the Veterans Affairs Department.
Many questions relate to how to ensure providers meet meaningful use for systems they are already using.