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Medsphere Enhances OpenVista EHR System for Meaningful Use
Medsphere Systems Corporation, a pioneer in open-source healthcare enterprise solutions, today announced the generally available (GA) release of the enhanced OpenVista® electronic health record (EHR) platform, which is currently being installed across the Medsphere client base.
Midland Memorial Hospital is Live with EHR Doctors, Inc. on the NHIN
EHR Doctors, Inc. and Midland Memorial Hospital announced today that Midland Memorial Hospital is now live with the Social Security Administration (SSA) MEGAHIT project. EHR Doctors, Inc. became the first nationwide health information exchange to connect to the Nationwide Health Information Network (NwHIN) and the SSA MEGAHIT project.
Midland Memorial Hospital Receives Federal Funds for Meaningful Use of OpenVista Electronic Health Record
Medsphere’s OpenVista enables Texas county hospital to meet Medicare and Medicaid requirements of federal reimbursement program and receive more than initial investment cost of OpenVista.
Mirth Connect Earns 2014 ONC HIT Certification
Ambulatory Technology compliant with the ONC 2014 Edition Criteria and Certified as an EHR Module Read More »
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Most RECs Plan To Stay Open For Business
Federal funding for most regional extension centers is set to dry up by late this year or early next, but most of them still plan to keep their doors open, according to the 2014 HIMSS Regional Extension Center Survey...
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New Promethean CEO Eyes Move To Open Source
In recent years, schools have shifted away from a front-of-the-classroom approach to one that puts tablets and laptops in each student's hands. Those devices have carved into other education technology businesses, namely interactive whiteboards, which offered educators a way to enhance the front-of-the-classroom experience. Read More »
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Obama Budget Includes New Fee For EHR Vendors
Once again, the federal electronic health-record incentive payment program could take a financial hit due to government budget cutting. This time, EHR developers are being asked to take one for the team. Read More »
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Office Of The National Coordinator For Health IT Tackles Pressing EHR Issues
The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act, which was enacted as part of the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, is designed to stimulate the adoption of health information technology in the United States. [...] Read More »
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ONC's structure gets flatter as its $2B stimulus appropriation ends
It should have come as little surprise that Dr. Karen DeSalvo, in announcing last week a reorganization of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, said she was aiming for a “flatter” reporting structure.
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OSEHRA 2012: DSS, Inc. Sponsors the First Annual Open Source Electronic Health Record Agent Summit
Document Storage Systems, Inc. (DSS) is a proud platinum sponsor of the 1st Annual Open Source Electronic Health Record Agent (OSEHRA) Summit supporting the VistA Open Source community. The Summit is organized to share the work of the OSEHRA community and continue to chart a bold new course for EHR platforms that will embody the passion and inventive power of open source developers, clinicians, and policymakers. As a key member of OSEHRA, software development and systems integration company, DSS, will give a vxVistA presentation and host breakout sessions to exchange ideas and promote Open Source EHR projects related to VistA. View the conference agenda here.
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Precision Medicine: Analytics, Data Science and EHRs in the New Age
The promise of genomics and personalized care are closer than many realize. But clinical systems and EHRs are not ready yet. While policymakers and innovators play catch-up, here’s a look at what you need to know. Considering how fast technology advances in the healthcare industry, it seems natural that a once-innovative concept could become obsolete in the span of, say, a dozen years. Knowledge, comprehension and capabilities continue moving forward, and if the instruments of support don't keep pace, it can cause a rift to appear. If nothing is done, it can exacerbate into a seismic event...
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Report Urges Feds To Push Open-Source Solutions
While there have been successes and failures in the deployment of open-source health information technology by federally supported safety net healthcare organizations, the federal government could and should do more to ensure more frequent successes, according to an HHS-funded report. Read More »
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Roberts-Hoffman Neuron EHR Achieves ONC Certification
Roberts-Hoffman Software EHR has achieved 2011/2012 COMPLETE Inpatient EHR ONC-ATCB Certification, which designates that the software is capable of supporting providers with Stage 1 meaningful use measures required to qualify for funding under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). Neuron Electronic Health Record was certified on May 3, 2012 under ICSA Labs’ ONC-ATCB Electronic Health Record program and is compliant in accordance with the criteria adopted by the Secretary of Health and Human Services. Read More »
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Session To Focus On EHR-Billing Controversy
The controversy over the appropriate use of health information technology systems to streamline workflow while not fraudulently increasing healthcare claims will get a public airing early next month. Read More »
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The EHR Debacle: Has Organized Medicine Failed Us?
By now, it should be no secret that physicians in the United States, although largely receptive to the idea of electronic health records (EHRs), are widely dissatisfied with the current state of the art, and with the way that EHR adoption is being implemented.[1] Indeed, Congress[2] has shown continuing – but sometimes seemingly perfunctory – interest in the concerns of physicians and other health care providers, and I am at this point pessimistic about seeing any results of its efforts in the near future unless a more fundamental change is made in our approach. As Einstein noted, “We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking that created them.”
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