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Practice Fusion EHR Releases Online Mobile Patient Check-In

by HITC Staff 02/12/2015 Leave a Comment

Practice Fusion

Practice Fusion, a cloud-based EHR for doctors and patients has released Online Patient Check-In – a new service that lets patients complete traditional check-in forms from their phone, tablet, or computer before getting to the doctor’s office. By digitizing this part of the patient’s office visit experience, Practice Fusion is freeing patients from what is considered to be the most redundant and cumbersome part of the visit with their doctor by automatically delivering the information before
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Deloitte Launches New EHR Implementation Approach, Evergreen

by HITC Staff 02/10/2015 Leave a Comment

Deloitte Launches New EHR System, Evergreen

Today Deloitte announces Evergreen, a new approach to EHR implementation and maintenance designed to help reduce hospital system IT costs as health care moves to a value-based model more reliant on clinical and enterprise data. The solution is expected to help health systems save up to 30 percent on EHR operating costs by using a global staffing model and a standardized design that works to improve clinical optimization.  According to Mitch Morris, principal, Deloitte Consulting LLP, and
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Pri-Med Launches EHR for Direct Primary Care With Free 60-Day Trial

by Jasmine Pennic 02/04/2015 Leave a Comment

Pri-Med Launches EHR for Direct Primary Care With Free 60-Day Trial

Pri-Med introduces their EHR For direct primary care to help physicians make transition from traditional fee-for-service to fast-growing membership medicine Pri-Med, a provider of professional medical education with a community of more than 260,000 clinicians, has announced the introduction of their EHR for direct primary care with a free 60-day trial.  InLight EHR, Direct Primary Care (DPC) Edition is a cloud-based clinical documentation system designed specifically for Direct Primary Care,
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HHS & ONC To Invest $28M to Advance HIT Interoperablity

by HITC Staff 02/03/2015 1 Comment

ONC Physician EHR Adoption Graph 1

After issuing the nationwide health IT Interoperability Roadmap draft late last week, the ONC today announced it will invest $28 million to advance the adoption and use of interoperable health IT tools and services to support the exchange of health information. These investments will improve care coordination, which in turn will help achieve the goal of better care, smarter spending, and healthier people. Grant Program Overview The two-year grant program will provide between 10 to 12 awards
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athenahealth Expands Further Into Inpatient EHR Market

by HITC Staff 02/03/2015 Leave a Comment

athenahealth Acquires RazorInsights to Enter Hospital Market

athenahealth acquires Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center's (BIDMC) inpatient EHR system to further penetrate the 100-bed-and-over hospital market.  Cloud based ambulatory EHR provider athenahealth announced today it has purchased webOMR, the web-based inpatient EHR system developed by Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) to accelerate the company's ability to penetrate the hospital and health system market. In addition to the purchase, the two organizations have entered a
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European EHR Market Expected to Reach $3.7B by 2020

by Fred Pennic 01/28/2015 Leave a Comment

European EHR Market

The European EHR market earned $2.74 billion in 2014 and is expected to reach $3.69 billion by 2020, according to new analysis from Frost & Sullivan. The study covers hospital and ambulatory EHR market in Europe finds the growing use of clinical and non-clinical information systems, including patient administration systems, scheduling and billing is fueling the increasing demand for EHRs in Europe.  Europe EHR Market Drivers Key market drivers highlighted in the report include: - rising
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UMC, Cerner Announce 10-Year Expansion Contract for EHR Alignment

by Fred Pennic 01/27/2015 Leave a Comment

Cerner Acquires Siemens Health IT Business for $1.3B

University Medical Center (UMC) Health System and Cerner Corp. has announced a 10-year extended and enhanced relationship to align EHR and Clinical IT teams at UMC, Texas Tech Physicians of Lubbock and UMC Physicians Network Services.  Partnership Details Under the new alignment, UMC will work with Cerner to further implement the shared digital patient record, automate additional clinical workflows including endoscopy and oncology and create a single communications platform across the three
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HIMSS Analytics Honors Altru Health System & Clinics with Stage 7 Awards

by HITC Staff 01/26/2015 Leave a Comment

HIMSS Stage 7_HIMSS Analytics

HIMSS Analytics awarded Altru Hospital in Grand Forks, N.D, with a  Stage 7 Award, and 21 Altru Health System clinics located throughout North Dakota and Minnesota with Stage 7 Ambulatory Awards. Stage 7 Award Overview HIMSS Analytics developed the EMR Adoption Model in 2005 as a methodology for evaluating the progress and impact of electronic medical record systems for hospitals in the HIMSS Analytics™ Database. There are eight stages (0-7) that measure a hospital’s implementation and
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Provider Allows Patients To Contribute To Own EHRs

by Jasmine Pennic 01/26/2015 2 Comments

  Evidence shows that successful management of complex health conditions requires the close collaboration of providers, patients, and their caregivers, and that the transparency made possible by health information technology may facilitate that collaboration. To help improve care for complex patients, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) has received a $450,000 grant from The Commonwealth Fund to develop develop OurNotes, a new initiative for allowing patients, caregivers, and
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54% of Physicians Find Gaps in Using Health IT for Care Coordination

by Fred Pennic 01/23/2015 Leave a Comment

EHR Optimization EHRs Meaningful Use Stage 3_Ambulatory EHR_Specialty-Driven EHRs

Among physicians routinely using health IT for care coordination, at least 54% of them did not receive the information electronically, according to a study published in Medical Care.  The study finds that although a higher percentage of physicians using HIT received patient information necessary for care coordination than those who did not use HIT, more than one third did not routinely receive the needed patient information at all. Study Background Agency for Healthcare Research and
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