While Royal Philips Electronics reported a net income of €217 million ($281 million U.S.) higher than the second quarter of 2009, its Philips Healthcare unit also experienced a 4 percent sales increase in the 2010 second quarter compared with year-over-year quarter.
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.
Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford in Calif., has appointed Christopher Longhurst, MD, as CMIO.
ATLANTA--At HIMSS10 this week, Philips unveiled IntelliSphere, a new identity for its portfolio of healthcare informatics products.
Written by Mary Tierney
ATLANTA--GE Healthcare this week at the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) 2010 Annual Conference & Exhibition rolled out a new clinical knowledge platform and announced the launch of its next-generation eHealth Solutions platform.
Written by Gina Narcisi
ATLANTA--Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital in Palo Alto, Calif., in 2005 went from a Stage One hospital with only ancillaries online applications, to a Stage Four facility, complete with live nursing documentation and partial physician documentation based on the HIMSS analytics model for EMR adoption. Having recently undergone a computer provider order entry (CPOE) activation, Chris Longhurst MD, medical director of clinical informatics at LPCH, spoke about the considerations for CPOE and clinical documentation activation strategies at HIMSS10.
Written by Editorial Staff
Monday, March 1, 12:15 PM - 1:15 PM
This presentation will review key considerations for computerized practitioner order entry and clinical documentation activation strategies, and share the results of a survey of 20 hospitals representing four major vendors.
Friday, July 30 2010
Friday, July 30 2010
Friday, July 30 2010
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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.