EMR Implementation from a Nursing Perspective- ONC: Health IT Fact Sheet
- Survey: Community Hospitals Push Ahead with IT Despite Tight Budgets
- Community Hospitals Adopting IT Faster Than Ever
- ONC Summit: Consumers Want Providers to Speed EHR Deployment
- IT Industry Study: 50% of Physicians Use Medical Apps
- Survey Examines Roles of Chief Nursing Officers in IT Decisions
- Data Shows Uninsured Patients Have Shorter Hospital Stays
- Medicaid Meaningful Use Go-Lives Hit 39 States
- Survey: Healthcare is Second-most Important Issue After Job Creation
- Six Golden Rules of EMR Implementation
Category Archives: EMR
Survey: Community Hospitals Push Ahead with IT Despite Tight Budgets
By Mike Millard, Healthcare IT News DALLAS – A new survey from Anthelio finds that a majority of community hospitals report having low operating margins due to rising healthcare costs and lower Medicare/Medicaid reimbursement. Nonetheless, most hospitals surveyed are still working … Continue reading
Community Hospitals Adopting IT Faster Than Ever
By Bernie Monegain, Healthcare IT News OREM, UT – The community hospital that still relies exclusively on a paper medical record is rapidly moving toward extinction, according to a new report from research firm, as meaningful use drives a jump … Continue reading
ONC Summit: Consumers Want Providers to Speed EHR Deployment
By Diana Manos, Healthcare IT News WASHINGTON – Electronic health records will become the norm, sooner than later, experts said at a summit hosted Friday by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC). The bottom line, said … Continue reading
Six Golden Rules of EMR Implementation
Michelle McNickle, Healthcare IT News A few months ago, we chronicled the 7 most deadly sins of EMR implementation. From ignoring nurses to declining help, these offenses can be hard to make right. But, in an effort to help big and … Continue reading
Posted in EHR, EMR
Tagged Best practice, Electronic health record, Electronic medical record, emr, Health, Nurse, Nursing, Organization
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EMR Implementation Creates Opportunities for Nurses
By Megan M. Krischke, NurseZone.com With the push to obtain the full incentive payout for meaningful use of electronic medical records (EMR)/electronic health records (EHR) created by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, many hospitals are in the … Continue reading
The Health IT Standards Committee Endorses EHR Vocabulary
By Mary Mosquera, Government Health IT The Health IT Standards Committee has endorsed a single set of vocabulary standards and a single guide for putting them in place for each area of quality reporting measures, an accomplishment that some individuals … Continue reading
HIE’s Save Payers Big Bucks
By Ken Terry, Fierce Health IT News A study of emergency-department visits conducted by Humana in the Milwaukee area shows that payers can save money if EDs have access to community health information exchanges (HIEs). When ED clinicians queried patients‘ … Continue reading
HIE’s More Than Double Since Last Year
By Mary Mosquera, for Government Health IT The number of operational health information exchanges has more than doubled to 228 since last year, and of those, private exchanges have increased more rapidly than public organizations for sharing information, according … Continue reading
eICU Technology to Expand Care to Rural Hospitals
By Healthcare IT News Staff 6/30/2011 NEW ORLEANS – Ochsner Health System has signed an agreement with Philips VISICU to implement its eICU Program to enhance critical care. As the only healthcare provider in Louisiana with such a program, … Continue reading
Posted in Critical Access Hospitals, EHR, eICU Program, EMR, Rural Hospitals, Telehealth, Telemedicine
Tagged CAH, ehr, emr, Health IT, Telehealth, Telemedicine
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