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Health IT company eClinicalWorks said the nonprofit NYC Regional Electronic Adoption Center for Health has selected its EMR and practice management system as options for providers in New York City.
Healthcare delivery is undergoing drastic changes, making interoperability all the more imperative—as long it’s done carefully, said George Conklin, senior vice president and CIO of Christus Health, a faith-based healthcare network based in Dallas, which has hospitals in Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Georgia, Missouri and New Mexico, as well as Mexico. Conklin recently spoke with CMIO about Christus Health’s initiatives to get beyond point-to-point interfaces.
The health information exchange (HIE) infrastructure will change dramatically over the next two years with enterprise HIEs potentially reaping the benefits, according to a report from health market researcher IDC Health Insights.
Nearly a third of providers planning an EMR purchase are replacing an existing program, according to a new report from healthcare research firm KLAS. When it comes to choosing an EMR, physician practices are considering an ever-increasing number of software vendors, KLAS found.
Advocate Physician Partners has chosen eClinicalWorks to add an EMR system to APP’s Clinical Integration program.
Diagnostic device company Midmark has completed the integration of its Midmark IQstress system with health IT company eClinicalWorks.
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.
At HIMSS10 in Atlanta last week, eClinicalWorks announced on-demand deployment of its EMR management mobile system or any other add-on products.
Despite the presence of heavy hitters such as IBM, 3M and Dell, no single company owns the EMR market, according to a report from Kalorama Information.
Ohio-based Summa Physicians has chosen EMR provider eClinicalWorks’ EMR for its 223 physicians serving 33 specialties.
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Ambulatory EMR software will enable approximately 85 percent of healthcare providers to meet the Health IT Policy Committee’s proposed 2011 meaningful use standards, according to a report issued by KLAS, a healthcare market research firm.
California’s Neighborhood Healthcare has selected eClinicalWorks’ unified EMR and practice management (PM) solution along with eClinicalWorks’ Enterprise Business Optimizer’s (eBO) reporting capabilities for its 115 providers across 11 locations.
eClinicalWorks’ EHRs and practice management software have been selected by New York’s Catholic Independent Practice Association for its ambulatory care offices and select physician offices in Buffalo, N.Y.
Although the relaxation of the Stark Law and the passage of the economic stimulus package have motivated hospitals to subsidize ambulatory EMR adoption for affiliated physician practices, it is challenging for EMR vendors in the small physician group practice space to translate their success to hospitals or large physician groups, according to a new report from health IT research firm KLAS.
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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.