Software-as-a-service Electronic Medical Records (EMR) systems are generating more interest from healthcare providers, according to a report from KLAS. Better security for cloud-based data storage and decreasing prices were cited […]
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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) on Wednesday published the names and business addresses and phone numbers of Medicare providers who have demonstrated meaningful use of an Electronic
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The College of Healthcare Information Management (CHIME) submitted its comments on the proposed one-year delay on ICD-10 implementation, calling it an appropriate middle ground but recommending against more delays or uncertainties. The
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The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) has announced the launch of its new Health IT Dashboard this week. The dashboard, accessible at http://dashboard.healthit.gov, was created
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Both the American Medical Association (AMA) and the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) have officially submitted their comments on the proposed rules of Stage 2 of the Medicare/Medicaid
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The American Medical Association sent out a reminder this past Friday, May 4th, notifying its physicians of the June 30, 2012 deadline for reporting on at least ten electronic prescriptions in
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A study from the Commonwealth Fund has determined that more technology use and higher prices, and not increased usage of medical services, appear to be the primary forces behind higher U.S. healthcare
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make a meta description for this blog post: A collaboration among Boston’s Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Pennsylvania’s Geisinger Health System, and Seattle’s Harborview Medical Center is demonstrating and evaluating
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The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) has engendered more than 4,000 eVisits, or digital house calls, since April 2009. The health system has also worked with four payers to
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The New York State Department of Health, the New York City Investment Fund, and the New York eHealth Collaborative have jointly launched a $4.2 million program designed to promote healthcare
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