A new survey from Medscape shows that 82 percent of physicians are using an Electronic Health Records system currently or in the process of implementing one. More than 21,000 healthcare
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The Certification Commission for Health Information Technology (CCHIT) has been authorized to certify Electronic Health Records software through the permanent certification program. The Office of the National Coordinator for Health
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The American Health Care Association has announced its plan to implement technology to add a hospitalization metric into its National Quality Initiative. OnPoint-30, the Web-based interactive metric from data analytics
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The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced a one-year delay to the compliance date for the transition from ICD-9 to ICD-10. The new code sets, used to classify
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A former employee at Florida Hospital Celebration Health has been arrested by the FBI and charged with accessing over 760,000 patient records and selling some for profit. After a ten-month
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The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center announced last week that a medical student lost a flash drive on an employee shuttle bus in July. This marks the second
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IBM announced last week a collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Public Health Data Standards Consortium aimed at standardizing the reporting and electronic exchange of
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A recent survey found that almost one-third of Americans have either experienced a medical error themselves or had a friend or relative experience one. The survey by global healthcare information
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Allscripts announced this week its new collaboration with telehealth provider American Well to facilitate remote patient care with Electronic Health Records system integration. The new solution, expected to be available
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A recent study based on an Alliance for Clinical Education survey suggests that medical schools aren’t giving students enough hands-on training in Electronic Medical Records systems. The study, published in
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