CHIME calls for 1 year delay extension to meaningful use stage 2 in a response letter sent to six senators about HIT adoption defending meaningful use.
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Is MUMPS Infecting EHRs?
CareCloud's Ahmed Mori questions the effectiveness of the MUMPS EHR programming language in healthcare.
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For Hospitals on the Edge, Health IT is the Tipping Point
“No aspect of health IT entails as much uncertainty as the magnitude of its potential benefits.”
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Stage 2 Meaningful Use Is A Game Changer for Specialists
Evan Steele, CEO of EHR company SRSsoft discuss how specialists will the be greatest beneficiaries of Stage 2 Meaningful Use.
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The History of Healthcare Interoperability
Margalit Gur-Arie, Co-Founder of BizMed provides a brief history of healthcare interoperability
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How Can We Realize Health IT’s Full Potential?
i2i Systems’ CEO Janice Nicholson describes the top challenges in helping healthcare organizations realize health IT’s full potential.
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Why Is The U.S. Lagging in EHR Adoption?
In 2012, nearly two-thirds of primary care physicians in the United States used an EHR, up from 46% in 2009.
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Fantasy Journey Towards A Patient Care Oriented EMR for Primary Care
Margalit Gur-Arie describes the EMR design journey towards a patient care oriented EMR for primary care since most EMRs function as a paper electronic chart.
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Many EHR Vendors Will Not Survive to See Meaningful Use Stage 2
Evan Steele, CEO of EHR company SRSsoft writes why many EHR vendors will not survive to see Meaningful Use Stage 2 based on the CMS 2012 attestation data.
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Open Platforms Are the Key to Health IT Interoperability
Dr. Edmund Billing describes why open platforms are the key to health IT interoperability and how APIs are starting to become a reality in healthcare.
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