Electronic Health Records (EHR, EMR)
Allscripts, makers of electronic health records for physician practices, will buy healthcare information technology company Eclipsys, which provides technology for hospitals and clinicians. The all-stock deal is valued at $1.3 billion.
For the closing keynote session at the HIMSS Virtual Conference and Expo, Stephen Ondra, senior policy advisor for health affairs in the Department of Veterans Affairs, will provide perspective on the industry's most buzzworthy and troublesome phrase.
The Department of Veterans Affairs plans to spend $10.9 million to improve HIPAA compliance for VistA, its enterprise-wide electronic health record system.
Clara Maass Medical Center, a 445-bed hospital in Belleville, N.J. will provide emergency medical services at Red Bull Arena, a new 25,000 seat soccer stadium in Harrison, N.J. The medical center will use its emergency department electronic health record on-site to ensure secure exchange of patient information from the arena's medical center to the hospital when needed.
While today's HIMSS Virtual Conference and Expo sessions mainly focus on EHR technology and usability, tomorrow's sessions are mostly concerned with... well, tomorrow.
Attendees to this week's HIMSS Virtual Conference and Expo will have no less than 23 education sessions at their fingertips. In the age of meaningful use, it's no surprise the majority of these focus on EHR adoption, innovation and usability.
EMR adoption is "Not so much about the technology as it is the culture," according to Jim Deren, healthcare IT planning specialist for CareTech Solutions. Deren will join Heidi Blizzard, EMR/CPOE project manager for Mich.-based Crittenton Hospital, in a HIMSS Virtual Conference session on hospital EMR adoption Dos and Don'ts.
MEDecision announced Monday a partnership with NaviNet that will enable payers to deliver patient clinical summaries to any provider enrolled in the NaviNet Network.
'Rapid learning' systems that use large electronic health record databases can quickly advance the delivery of cancer care and accelerate research, according to a new report from the Institute of Medicine.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has selected Companion Data Services to provide data processing and hosting operations for a National Level Repository system that will track incentive payments to heathcare providers that adopt electronic health records and upgrade their computer systems.