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Modernizing Virginia's Public Health, DMV-Style
As healthcare companies try to bring consumer-friendly technologies to patients, some states are working to do the same with government services. Few people look forward to spending time at the DMV, but it’s getting more convenient in states like Virginia, where citizens can renew registrations and licenses online. Read More »
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Montana Hospital Sues Developer Over Electronic Health-Record Certification
A small Montana hospital may be among the first of many providers to go to court to resolve their frustrations with electronic health record systems developers that are either lagging or failing to update their software to the new, more stringent testing and certification requirements of the federal EHR incentive payment program. Read More »
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Montana Hospital Sues EHR Vendor For Contract Breach
Mountainview Medical Center (MVMC), a tiny 6-bed critical access hospital in White Sulphur Springs, Montana, is suing popular EHR vendor NextGen Healthcare Information Systems for breach of contract. According to the Helena Independent Record, MVMC claims that NextGen failed to install nearly half a million dollars’ worth of EHR equipment after missing two implementation deadlines. Read More »
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More Changes In Health Care Needed To Fulfill Promise Of Health Information Technology
Despite wide investments nationally in electronic medical records and related tools, the cost-saving promise of health information technology has not been reached because the systems deployed are neither interconnected nor easy to use, according to a new RAND Corporation analysis. Read More »
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More Work Is Needed On The Safety And Efficacy Of Healthcare Information Technology
If one were writing about the improvement of gastronomy in America, one would probably not celebrate “over 300 billion hamburgers served.” But that’s very much the type of success Dr. Ashish Jha is celebrating in last week’s piece on recent US healthcare IT sales. [...] Read More »
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Most Doctors Don’t Meet U.S. Push For Electronic Records
Fewer than 1 in 10 doctors used electronic records last year to U.S. standards, according to a survey that shows the challenge facing a multibillion-dollar effort to digitize the health system for improved patient care. Read More »
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Most Health IT Apps Display 'Muted' Growth, Others Flying High
Many health IT applications are now approaching their market saturation point, as are now installed at more than 75 percent of U.S. hospitals. A select few, however, are forging ahead in record growth mode with big market potential, according to a new HIMSS Analytics report. Read More »
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Most RECs Plan To Stay Open For Business
Federal funding for most regional extension centers is set to dry up by late this year or early next, but most of them still plan to keep their doors open, according to the 2014 HIMSS Regional Extension Center Survey...
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Mostashari Defends Vendor Fee Proposal
The U.S. National Coordinator for Health IT Farzad Mostashari, MD, outlined his ideas for a proposed vendor fee at a committee meeting Wednesday, arguing that “having an assured funding base” for the agency’s certification program “would reduce uncertainty for the industry.” Read More »
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Mostashari Experiences Blue Button In Action
Most everyone in health IT circles has heard about the Blue Button feature to download personal health information. But as Dr. Farzad Mostashari, the national health IT coordinator, found out, you’ve got to see it to appreciate it. Read More »
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Mostashari Praises iBlueButton
Almost everyone in the healthcare IT world, and beyond, has heard of Blue Button, a federal program designed for, initially, veterans, and now Medicare beneficiaries, to download their electronic health records (EHRs). But, now there's something new to add to that growing trend: the iBlueButton app. Read More »
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Mostashari Says ONC Using Every Lever To Advance Exchange
Today in the third of three hearings held by subcommittees of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, Farzad Mostashari, MD, national coordinator for health IT reassured a congressional panel that health IT interoperability will take some dramatic leaps forward within the next two years. Read More »
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Mostashari To EHR Makers: Be 'Moral And Right' Or Else
Mostashari said that some vendors go beyond the boundaries of what society views as proper, in their lack of opaque pricing. He said he gets complaints from providers on a daily basis, saying that some pricing or contract requirements are unfair to them, and asking if there could be some federally regulated norms around pricing. Read More »
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Mostashari: 'Breathtaking Progress' on EHR Front
The results of the health IT incentive program aimed at driving the adoption of electronic health records by hospitals and physicians have been "breathtaking," Farzad Mostashari, MD, asserted in his keynote address at HIMSS12 on Thursday. "We've made more progress in two years than we've made in 20," said Mostashari, national coordinator for health information technology. Read More »
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Mostashari: Obama Reelection Points To Critical Role Of Data
Farzad Mostashari, MD, the national health IT coordinator, said that data and analytics played a critical role in the campaign and re-election of President Barack Obama – mirroring the growing importance of data in healthcare. Read More »
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