Electronic Health Records (EHR, EMR)
Stanford Hospital & Clinics is embarking on a seven-year connected health technology initiative to improve patient care and operational efficiency. The goal is to continue to advance Stanford's patient care platform, which connects the hospital and outpatient clinics to create a near-paperless electronic medical record.
Mount Kisco Medical Group in New York, with 230 physicians representing 40 specialties and serving 250,000 patients a year, is about to give its digital ways a makeover.
Even as the Office of the National Coordinator named Cincinnati and Detroit as its final two of 17 Beacon Communities on Sept. 2, it was already at work on measures designed to share what IT approaches work best for the Beacons with clinics and medical practices across the country.
With the health IT programs under the stimulus bill hitting the ground running - the regional extension centers, statewide health information exchanges, workforce training and Beacon Communities - Dr. David Blumenthal, head of ONC, aptly said, "It's just the beginning of the beginning." Indeed.
As healthcare providers examine the final "meaningful use" regulations, perhaps too much focus is centered on IT system requirements and gap analysis.
Meaningful use incentives make quality - and quality reporting - an integral component of electronic health records. To help providers and vendors better understand the details behind those imperatives, HIMSS has introduced Quality 101, a new online primer on quality measurement.
The government will distribute nearly $17 million for patient-centered outcomes research that is supported by health information technology and data systems, Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced Wednesday.
Allscripts CEO Glen Tullman celebrated the launch of the newly-combined company today by presiding over the NASDAQ opening bell.
Weno Healthcare Inc. has applied to become a temporary electronic health record certification body and, if accepted, plans to shake up the competition.
CSC, a Falls Church, Va.-based provider of technology-enabled solutions, has received EuroRec certification for its Clinical Suite.