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M*Modal Announces Strategic Alliance with 3M Health Information Systems

by Fred Pennic 02/26/2013 3 Comments

M*Modal announces strategic alliance with 3M Health Information Systems to link the physician narrative to the computer-assisted coding process.
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Cerner Grabs Top Ranked Inpatient EHR Vendor for Third Straight Year

by Fred Pennic 02/22/2013 4 Comments

Cerner grabs top ranked inpatient EHR vendor for third straight year according to a four month survey to determine the highest ranked EHR vendors for 2012.
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The Next Generation Electronic Medical Record

by Kyle Silvestro 02/20/2013 8 Comments

Kyle Silvestro provides his insight on the next generation electronic medical record as most EMR’s have not been designed as clinical systems.
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IBM’s Dr. Watson Is NOT A Meaningful User

by Margalit Gur-Arie 02/19/2013 6 Comments

IBM’s Dr. Watson of Jeopardy! fame has finally completed its residency and fellowships and, presumably to its creators’ utter delight, is now a practicing Oncologist.
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Is Health IT Interoperability In the Nature of Healthcare?

by Edmund Billings MD 02/12/2013 7 Comments

Edmund Billings, MD explains how the lack of health IT interoperability is a flawed business model that stifles innovation and the benefits of open APIs.
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3 Basics of Effective BYOD for Your Healthcare Organization

by Erica Garvin 02/12/2013 25 Comments

Imprivata’s David Ting talks about the basics of effective BYOD for your healthcare organization in successfully establishing mobile security.
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5 Key Elements of Successful Clinical Documentation Solutions

by Erica Garvin 02/11/2013 17 Comments

Clinithink’s Chris Tackaberry and Peter Johnson explains 5 key elements of successful clinical documentation solutions to unlock unstructured clinical data.
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It’s the EHR System, Stupid: Reversing the Law of Unintended Consequences

by Edmund Billings MD 02/04/2013 3 Comments

Edmund Billings, MD, explores the recent Rand Report results and discusses reversing the law of unintended consequences of the EHR system
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EMRs Should Not Be Held Responsible For Fixing The Healthcare System

by Margalit Gur-Arie 02/04/2013 3 Comments

Margalit Gur-Arie explains why EMRs should not be held responsible for fixing the healthcare system and why we must release the EMR from its ball and chains.
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Is Healthcare IT In A Dysfunctional Relationship with Healthcare?

by Edmund Billings MD 01/28/2013 11 Comments

Is Healthcare IT In A Dysfunctional Relationship with Healthcare? Dr. Billings explores the RAND Report's recent findings on the performance of healthcare IT
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