One of the standards for meaningful use of electronic health data is the interoperability of that data; in other words, can the data be accessed and used by providers in any location, as long as they have the proper clearance. This interoperability was the cornerstone of the push for electronic health records, yet it’s proven to be more challenging than most expected. While hospitals and healthcare systems scramble to find solutions, one has risen to the top: Middleware, a type of software that
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Olathe Health System to Integrate Cerner Revenue Cycle With EHR
Olathe Health System, one of the largest providers in the Midwest announced it will integrate its existing enterprise-wide EHR with Cerner Revenue Cycle. The relationship expansion will deliver advanced integration between Cerner’s clinical and financial solutions enables streamlined coordination of care across inpatient and outpatient facilities, as well as independent physician practices. It also is designed to enhance the patient billing experience by enabling data to flow through the system
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peer60: Physicians are Extremely Unhappy With All Major EHR Vendors
Physicians are extremely unhappy with all major EHR vendors, including market leader Epic, according to a new report from peer60. The report reveals physicians EHR vendor frustrations are driven by poor usability and lack of desired functionality. Other key findings include the EHR market for acute care facilities is consolidating quickly and while fragmented, Epic continues to make inroads in the ambulatory EHR market. Report Background/MethodologyIn August 2016, peer60 surveyed 1,053
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Version 2 of Healthcare IT Must Change The Paradigm of EHRs
Editor's Note: Paul Brient is the CEO of PatientKeeper, a provider of healthcare applications for clinical and financial workflows to physicians. Prior to joining PatientKeeper in 2002, Brient held senior executive-level positions at leading healthcare and consulting firms including McKesson Corporation, HPR, and The Boston Consulting Group. Another report is out this month that highlights the shortcomings of EHRs. According to an AMA-funded study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine,
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Medsphere Systems Appoints Rita Schaefer Chief Financial Officer
OpenVista EHR provider Medsphere Systems Corporation has appointed Rita Schaefer has been named chief financial officer (CFO). Schaefer was previously CFO for ChartLogic, a healthcare IT solutions provider for physician practices that Medsphere merged with this past June. Schaefer joined ChartLogic in 2000, later becoming chief financial officer, and was a key participant in an acquisition, three rounds of investment and the merger with Medsphere.“When we began discussing the merger with
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Catalyze Raises $6.5M to Expand HIPAA Compliance & EHR Integration
Catalyze, Inc., a Madison, Wisconsin-based provider of HIPAA compliant cloud services for secure healthcare data has raised $6.5 million in Series B funding led by Lewis & Clark Ventures, with participation of existing investors, Arthur Ventures, Baird Venture Partners and Chicago Ventures.The latest investment round brings total Catalyze funding to more than $12.5 million since inception of its compliant cloud infrastructure. Catalyze plans to utilize the funding to expand its sales and
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What Is the Value Proposition of Adopting A Behavioral Health EHR?
Editor’s Note: D’Arcy Guerin Gue is a co-founder of Phoenix, with over 25 years of experience in executive leadership, strategic planning, IT services, knowledge leadership, and industry relations — with a special focus on patient engagement and federal compliance issues. She currently serves as the Director of Industry Relations at Phoenix Health Systems, a division of Medsphere SystemsNo, there is no Meaningful Use for behavioral health hospitals, and yes, some mental health clinicians
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McLeod Health to Implement Cerner EHR, RCM, Replaces Soarian
McLeod Health, a South Carolina-based integrated delivery network has selected Cerner to implement its suite of health IT solutions enterprise-wide across seven acute hospitals and 90 ambulatory facilities, replacing INVISION® financial and Soarian clinical platforms. As part of the implementation, Cerner’s solutions and services will provide the clinical, financial and population health management infrastructure, processes and workflows to support the unique needs of McLeod Health’s more than
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Nebraska Medicine to Implement Epic’s Population Health Platform
Nebraska Medicine, a large academic medical center announced that it will implement Epic’s Healthy Planet population health platform to support more affordable care across its clinically integrated network, Nebraska Health Partners. The Epic implementation will help expand data interoperability and integrate 1,100 physicians currently using different EHRs. Nebraska Health Partners will help private practice physicians work more collaboratively across the state to improve care, reduce costs,
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LA County Dept. of Health Services to Implement Cerner’s Population Health Platform
The Los Angeles County Department of Health Services (LACDHS) announced today it will implement Cerner's population health platform, HealtheIntent. The deal makes it Cerner’s 100th HealtheIntent client.HealtheIntent’s system-agnostic platform that normalizes data from any source, to aggregate clinical and financial data from its core EHR and other sources. Once live, HealtheIntent will enable thousands of LACDHS clinicians to make more informed decisions by providing a comprehensive profile of
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