ONC Releases Study on Ability of Exchanging Labs and Rxs
Majority of ambulatory physicians had capability to exchange prescription and laboratory data in 2011 Communication from Peter Ashkenaz, ONC Office of Communications A new study…
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Switching EHRs? Consider This
Ask Joy: This Week – A Wish List for those Making the Big Switch It’s estimated that 23 percent of physician practices are ready to trade…
Are You Getting Good Advice from Your Clinical Decision Support Systems?
Electronic Bad Advice COMMENTARY William A. Hyman Professor Emeritus, Biomedical Engineering Texas A&M University, w-hyman@tamu.edu Read other articles by this author Meaningful Use requires the…
Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority Examines EHR Errors Related to Default Values
Data Analysis Shows How to Avoid Certain Types of Errors When Using EHRs Over 300 events related to EHR software defaults analyzed by the Pennsylvania…
CHIC Announces Orion Health as its HIE Vendor
Orion Health HIE to power HIE-Bridge, Minnesota’s statewide Health Information Exchange DULUTH, MN – Community Health Information Collaborative (CHIC), Minnesota’s state-certified Health Information Organization, is…
What Measures Success of an EHR Implementation?
EHR Implementation Completion and Success William A. Hyman Professor Emeritus, Biomedical Engineering Texas A&M University, w-hyman@tamu.edu Read other articles by this author A recent exchange…
Retention versus Loyalty
Loyalty is about Maximizing Long Term Value COMMENTARY Chandresh Shah, Follow him @chandresh27 Visit his site: ChandreshShah.com email: chandresh@chandreshshah.com I have frequently talked about differentiators in…
UnitedHealthcare Awards Millions in Grants for EHR Implementations
UnitedHealthcare Awards $5.2 Million in Grants to California Nonprofits St. Joseph Hospital has been awarded a $710,252 grant from UnitedHealthcare to help implement St. Joseph…
Big Bang Live is DOA without Proper Implementation
Big Bang Live COMENTARY Adam Nason Consultant, Medsys Group With Meaningful Use coming at hospitals like a meteor headed straight for Earth, some hospitals are…