HIMSS EHR Association News
Working Together to Accelerate Health IT The EHR Association is an independent trade group within the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS). From its…
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Health IT Issues that Deserve a Second Read – April
Top Guest Posts of the Month One of the ways that HITECH Answers is different from other media sites is the sense of community. The…
EHR vs EMR…Again
Actual Electronic Information Exchange Needs to Become Routine Dr. William A. Hyman Professor Emeritus, Biomedical Engineering Texas A&M University, w-hyman@tamu.edu Read other articles by this…
CHPL Undergoes Changes
ONC Certified Health IT Product List Enhancements – Capability Tag By Scott Purnell-Saunders, Program Analyst at HHS The ONC Certified Health IT Product List (CHPL)…
Surviving the ICD-10 Delay
Five Unknowns to Consider By Rex A. Stanley, RN, CPC, CMM, PCS, CHBC, CRS, CPCO, President of Alpha II, LLC Twitter: @Alpha_II How the ICD-10…
Meaningful Use for Hospital Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi in the MU Three Stages By Jeff Reedy, President and Chief Executive Officer of 7Signal Twitter: @7signal Twitter: @ReedyJeff Every time I talk to one…
ICD-10 is Delayed: What Should You Do?
Positive and Negative Impacts Amy Morrow, Senior Consultant, Santa Rosa Consulting Vanessa Raffio, Senior Consultant, Santa Rosa Consulting Twitter: @SantaRosaHealth You’re driving to the airport on a…
Quality Improvement in Healthcare
7 Tips for Physician Engagement By Dr. Kevin Croston At North Memorial Health Care, the 512-bed two-hospital health system in Minneapolis where I am Chief Medical…
Implement E-Signatures Before EHRs
Implementing Electronic Signatures By Patrick McTosh LinkedIn: Profile There are tons of articles about the benefits of electronic records from both the perspectives of physicians…