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The Certification Commission for Healthcare IT (CCHIT) has selected two new, all-volunteer work group panels to develop criteria for EHRs in women’s health and in oncology, the latest domains to be added to CCHIT’s independently developed certification programs. The Chicago-based organization also announced new certification programs for Behavioral Health, Dermatology and Long-Term and Post-Acute Care.
These are exciting times for the Rhode Island Quality Institute (RIQI), a public-private partnership spurring health IT innovation in the state. The institute received a $6M grant under the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act of 2009 to establish a statewide Regional Extension Center.
The market for electronic medical record systems will exceed $5.4 billion in North America and $1.4 billion in Europe by 2015, according to a new report by Global Industry Analysts, a San Jose, Calif., market research firm.
Hewlett-Packard (HP) reported a 14 percent profit gain in the 2009 fourth quarter, despite a decline in revenue over the same period.
Written by Jeff Byers
Healthcare in the U.S. can only be reformed with standard computerization and systematic thinking, said George Halvorson, CEO of healthcare organization Kaiser Permanente, in a Web cast hosted by Palo Alto, Calif.-based HP last week.
Nuance Communications has acquired eCopy, a provider of solutions that integrates paper documents into business software applications, for approximately $54 million in Nuance common stock.
TeraMedica Healthcare Technology is partnering with Logicalis to provide image management solutions to healthcare providers that are making the move to EHRs.
Many hospitals are considering new vendor-neutral solutions for archiving and accessing medical images to avoid being locked into closed, proprietary software, according to a report from market research firm KLAS.
Cancer Treatment Centers of America, a network of U.S. hospitals providing cancer treatment, has upgraded its entire technology infrastructure to Hewlett Packard (HP) ProLiant servers.
CHICAGO—Although health IT professionals agree that the utilization of data standards can enhance business operations, allow interoperability of systems and improve patient care, their adoption can be challenging due to legacy data and a lack of consensus as to which standards should be implemented, according to Geraldine Wade, MD, principal and managing director of Atlanta-based Clinical Informatics Consulting. |
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“We’re beginning a revolution the way information is collected, managed, used and purposed for patients in the U.S. healthcare system,” said David Blumenthal, MD, chair of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT, in opening remarks at an audioconference training session on meaningful use and EHR certification last week.
In Part 1 of our closer look at the final rules for meaningful use and EHR certification standards, CMIO’s Jeff Byers spoke with David Blumenthal, MD, chair of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT. In Part 2, CMIOs weigh in with mixed reviews.
The framework for meaningful use is “something that had to be done and has been started intelligently,” John P. Glaser, PhD, vice president and CIO of Partners HealthCare System told CMIO. However, the challenges of becoming meaningful users and optimizing health information exchange will require unprecedented levels of communication within organizations and among healthcare systems, he said.
The contractual obligations in the notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) on modifications to the HIPAA privacy, security and enforcement rules under the HITECH Act for business associates and downstream entities are game changers, according to Amy S. Leopard, JD, from Walter and Haverfield, during a webinar sponsored by the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS).
Standardizing performance measures, with the help of health IT, will make it possible to collect the right data at the right time to support performance measurement, clinical decision support, clinical research and quality improvement, said Janet M. Corrigan, PhD, president and CEO of the National Quality Forum (NQF) during a webinar hosted by the forum on June 17.