electronic health records (EHRs)
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EHR Failure Partly To Blame For VA Troubles
In a wide-ranging critique of federal IT, former defense secretary Robert Gates says the inability to set up an electronic health record system linking the Pentagon and the VA is one of his 'chief regrets.’...
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EHR Implementation Rising, But Hurdles For Healthcare Providers Remain
Thanks to government incentives, more healthcare organizations in the United States are implementing Electronic Health Record systems than ever before. But EHR implementation isn't the same as EHR adoption, which requires significant investment in planning, training and personnel. Read More »
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EHR Implementation: How Common Blunders Can Alienate Your Patients
Many snafus associated with EHR implementation have little to do with the technology but rather how it is prepared before adoption and ultimately used. Read More »
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EHR Incentive Payments Blast Toward $18 Billion
The “inexorable progress” of the federal EHR incentive program continues, with payments to providers moving ever closer to $20 billion. Read More »
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EHR Incentive Program To Drive Patient Portals
The federal incentive program for adoption of electronic health records is on the verge of driving a growth spike in patient portals, as meaningful use stage 2 requires that physicians engage with their patients and share more information. Read More »
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EHR Incentive Programs Top $19.2 Billion In Payments
Eligible providers and hospitals are still raking in the dough to compensate for EHR adoption, said the HIT Policy Committee during its latest meeting this week. More than $19.2 billion in incentive payments have been doled out to nearly 88% of hospitals and 60% of Medicare providers nationwide. Over 340,000 providers have received an incentive as of the end of December 2013. Read More »
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EHR Incentives Over $10B To Date
Medicare and Medicaid electronic health record payments are estimated to have blasted through $10.3 billion to a total of 180,200 physicians and hospitals through December since the program’s inception... Read More »
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EHR Innovation Gap Threatens Healthcare Progress
EHRs remain stuck in the pre-Internet age and dominated by entrenched vendors, according to recent New England Journal of Medicine commentary. Read More »
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EHR Makers Surprised By Stage 2 Complexity
As the end of 2013 closes in, most federal certification bodies are noticing an uptick in the number of vendors who are applying to become certified under the 2014 criteria — the same criteria that will be required for the EHR products providers must use to attest to meaningful use Stage 2. Read More »
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EHR Meaningful Use Dropout Rate Among Family Docs Hit 21% In 2012
As US physicians continue to embrace electronic health records (EHRs), data on CMS' EHR incentive program holds both positive and troubling news regarding family physicians' participation and success in achieving meaningful use of their EHRs. Read More »
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EHR Meaningful Use Dropout Rate Soars In 2012
As U.S. physicians continue to embrace electronic health records (EHRs), data on CMS' EHR incentive program holds both positive and troubling news regarding family physicians' participation and success in achieving meaningful use of their EHRs. [...] Read More »
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EHR Natural Language Processing Isn't Perfect, but It's Really Useful
The rise of electronic health records with natural language processing technology is transforming provider workflow and clinical documentation. Though NLP is not without its challenges, it can offer valuable benefits when used wisely, said Anupam Goel, vice president of clinical information at Chicago-based Advocate Health Care...
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EHR Optimization: Necessary Because EHRS Are Never “Done”
Why, if over 95 percent of hospitals have implemented EHRs, are so many planning to invest in improvements or replacements this year? A new Healthcare IT News survey of hospital executives showed that 24 percent are conducting a major EHR system upgrade, and 21 percent are replacing their EHR at one or more sites. KPMG’s survey of CHIME members last month found that at least 38 percent of CIOs are investing in EHR optimization projects this year; in fact, they plan to spend more on EHR optimization than any other area of HIT. These numbers are huge when you consider that most hospital EHRs are newer versions implemented to meet MU attestation requirements...
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EHR Part Of MaineHealth's Financial Woes
In a memo to its employees last week, Maine Medical Center [...] said it has suffered an operating loss of $13.4 million in the first half of its fiscal year. The rollout of MaineHealth's estimated $160 million electronic health record system [...] was among several reasons Maine Med's CEO cited for the shortfall. Read More »
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EHR Payments Soar To Near $20B
Electronic health record incentive payments to eligible docs and hospitals continue to climb into the new year. The "inexorable progress" of the federal EHR incentive program continues, with payments to providers moving ever closer to $20 billion. Read More »
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