Top Four Challenges for Connected Medical Practices
Connectivity is the Buzzword By Edward Keiper, President and CEO of Velocity For physicians’ practices in the 21st century, connectivity is the buzzword. Getting doctors connected…
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Why Mobile EHR Access is Healthcare’s Next Big Thing
Exercise Caution with EHRs Accessing Mobile Devices By Zach Watson Twitter: @Technology_Adv 78 percent of office-based physicians use electronic healthcare records, which means the construction…
CDS and the “Learned Intermediary”
Clinical Decision Support William A. Hyman Professor Emeritus, Biomedical Engineering Texas A&M University, w-hyman@tamu.edu Read other articles by this author Part of the discussion in…
Health Data is Still Siloed in the Institutions that Created Them
Communicating Across Institutional Barriers By Robert Rowley, MD, co-founder and Chief Medical Officer of Flow Health Twitter: @RRowleyMD In healthcare, there has been much talk…
Standardizing Secure Text Messaging
LTC Compliance Alert – Text Messages and PHI Do Not Mix! Is There a Solution? By Rod Baird Unsecure Text Messages between facility staff and…
A Call To Action for a Nationwide Interoperable Health IT Infrastructure
New ONC Paper Released By Karen B. DeSalvo, MD, MPH, MSc Today we are pleased to release Connecting Health and Care for the Nation: A…
Understanding the Meaningful Use Hardship Exception
Applying for a Meaningful Use Hardship Exception By Joy Rios, Partner at Practice Transformation Twitter: @askjoyrios What is the Meaningful Use Hardship Exception? Penalties for…
You Say You Want a Meaningful Use Revolution?
Time to Overthrow Meaningful Use? By Jim Tate, EMR Advocate Meaningful Use Audit Expert Twitter: @JimTate, eMail: audits@emradvocate.com Whether you call it evolution or revolution…
Incentives, Regulations and Consequences
Good Intentions Doesn’t Mean Good Policy By John Moore, Founder & Managing Partner Chilmark Research Twitter: @john_chilmark Good intentions do not always result, in the…