Do Physicians Spend Too Much Time With Computers?
William Hersh, MD, Professor and Chair, OHSU Blog: Informatics Professor A recent study of work hours of medical interns in the new era of duty…
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Our Week of Patient Engagement
Recapping our Week of Patient Engagement While we will continue to bring you news and resources on stage 2 meaningful use and patient engagement, here…
ONC Releases Updated Progress Report on Health IT Adoption
ONC Assesses Achievements to date on Five Year Health IT Plan Last week the ONC released a report detailing progress to date on the five…
CMS Releases Updated Data on EHR Adoption
Yesterday the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released new data that demonstrate that doctors and hospitals are using electronic health records (EHRs) to provide more…
What are Your EHR Plans for the Next 12 Months?
By Ron Sterling Sterling Solutions The next twelve months present serious EHR scheduling challenges to medical practices. You need to manage and consider the critical…
Hospitals, Physicians Make Major Strides in Electronic Health Record Adoption
Federal financial support for HIT drives system change; proportion of hospitals with EHRs triples since 2010. Driven by major federal investments in health information technology…
ONC Issues Report to Congress on Health IT Adoption and Health Information Exchange
Progress Made in Health IT Adoption The ONC Â has released it most recent report to Congress on federal initiatives to advance the process of health…
OSEHRA Announces 2nd Annual Open Source EHR Summit and Workshop
Conference Accepting Abstracts to Discuss Future of EHR Development The Open Source Electronic Health Records Agent (OSEHRA), a nonprofit organization dedicated to accelerating innovation in…
HIT Policy Committee Gives Update on EHR Incentive Program Progess
Latest EHR Incentive Program Data Released At last week’s HIT Policy Committee meeting Robert Anthony, deputy director of the Health IT Initiative Group at CMS’ Office…