As providers continue to seek ways to do more with fewer resources, the limited hardware expenses, ease of use and growing confidence in cloud storage continue to make software-as-a-service (SaaS) tools more enticing, according to a May report from market researcher KLAS.
Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) EHR Association (EHRA) has requested federal officials to allow Stage 1 meaningful use providers to continue using sanctioned Stage 1 certified technology in 2014 in lieu of switching to an updated 2014 edition of certified technology.
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) has issued a request for information (RFI) to request public comment on draft proposals it's considering in anticipation of developing a notice of proposed rulemaking to establish a governance mechanism for the nationwide health information network (NwHIN).
Get ready to add “gamification” to your latest buzzword toolkit. Researchers from Centre for Global eHealth Innovation, Techna Institute, University Health Network in Toronto, found that using an mHealth diabetes application (app) with the use of gamification incentives showed an improvement in the frequency of blood glucose monitoring in adolescents with type 1 diabetes.
Are state level health information exchanges already obsolete before sprinting out of the gates? Chris Dimick, writer at AHIMA, poses the question in an article published in
Journal of the American Health Information Management Association.
BOSTON—Digitization with an EHR will provide the foundation necessary to take medicine to the next level while improving operational efficiencies and workflow, which then may improve quality of care and outcomes, stated Amit J. Shanker, MD, of Bassett Healthcare at the New York Presbyterian Health System in Cooperstown, N.Y., on May 9 during the 33rd
annual scientific sessions of the Heart Rhythm Society.
Despite worlds of potential, sales of Microsoft's Amalga have been limited and its overall KLAS performance score has dropped 14 points in the last two years, from 84.2 to 69.9, revealing a split personality in customer opinions, the market research firm KLAS found in its newest survey.
It’s no surprise that when a proposed rule on meaningful use is revealed, a litany of organizations want their voices heard. May 7 was the last day to submit comments to the Stage 2 meaningful use proposed rule to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and five organizations have joined the din of democratic speech on the legislation.
Clinical documentation service provider M*Modal has entered into a software interface license agreement with 3M Health Information Systems.
Various types of information communication technology (ICT) are being employed by private organizations to address key health system challenges. However, for successful implementation, more sustainable sources of funding, greater support for the adoption of new technologies and better ways of evaluating impact are required, according to an article published in the May 1 issue of the
Bulletin of the World Health Organization.
The Marina Salud Hospital de Dénia in Denia, Spain, has achieved Stage 7 of the EMR Adoption Model (EMRAM), Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Analytics Europe announced.
The American College of Radiology (ACR) has submitted comments to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) regarding the agencies’ March 7 proposed rules to revise professional and technology requirements of the EHR meaningful use incentive program.
BOSTON—Remote monitoring reduced unplanned hospital admissions and in general total healthcare utilization in patients with implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs), according to results presented May 10 at the 2012 Heart Rhythm Society's annual scientific sessions.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has amended the Physician Payments Sunshine Act to provide time for organizations to prepare for data submission.
A tidal wave of healthcare business intelligence (BI) purchases is anticipated in the next three years, according to a new report from market researcher KLAS
. Energy around healthcare BI is increasing at a frenetic pace with 52 percent of providers looking to buy (33 percent) or replace (19 percent) their BI tools in the next three years.
Most of the major payment changes to the healthcare industry—those that could substantially realign incentives, reduce costs and help drive delivery system reform—are associated with various pilot projects or other initiatives that will come out of the Innovation Center at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), according to Gail R. Wilensky, PhD, senior fellow at Project HOPE, a global health education and humanitarian assistance organization.
Researchers from the department of clinical epidemiology and biostatistics at McMaster University, while evaluating the long-term cost-effectiveness of a clinical decision support system (CDS) linked to evidence-based treatment recommendations for type 2 diabetes, found that a web-based prototype CDS system slightly improved short-term risk factors.
AT&T has signed an agreement with telehealth services developer Valued Relationships (VRI) for a remote patient monitoring service to assist with the management of chronic diseases.
The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society’s (HIMSS) Analytics EMR Adoption Model (EMRAM) is seeking to get the European treatment. Healthcare organizations BCS and HIMSS have signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate on a project to introduce the adoption model to the U.K.
The first year of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) EHR incentive programs is currently lacking certain efficiencies to verify that providers meet the designated requirements, according to an April report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO).
