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MediPortal Joins CommonWell Health Alliance for Interoperability

by Fred Pennic 02/16/2016 Leave a Comment

MediPortal

MediPortal announced today it is joining CommonWell Health Alliance as a contributing member. CommonWell, a non-profit trade association, is dedicated to the simple vision that health data should be available regardless of where care occurs. Provider access to this data must be built-in health IT at a reasonable cost for use by a broad range of health care providers and the people they serve. CommonWell and its members are producing and deploying real-world, cross-vendor interoperability
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Allscripts, Cerner Named Most Loyal EHR Vendors by Hospitals, Physicians

by Fred Pennic 02/15/2016 Leave a Comment

As the EHR replacements, provider consolidations and meaningful use uncertainties come to resolutions this year, the client loyalty spectrum discernably ranges from those hospitals with high EHR and HIT satisfaction, clinician usability and business analytics, to other hospitals unmistakably stuck with systems nominally operative, trapped with vendors due to huge capital investments, and in deep debt.  This week, Black Book Rankings unveiled its HIT Loyalty Index,  a framework for measuring
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Health Partners New England Selects OpenVista EHR

by HITC Staff 02/12/2016 Leave a Comment

Health Partners New England Selects OpenVista EHR

Health Partners New England (HPNE) has chosen the Medsphere's OpenVista® EHR system for implementation in the organization’s new behavioral health treatment center in Devens, Massachusetts. HPNE also contracted with Phoenix Health Systems, a division of Medsphere, for additional support services related to OpenVista implementation. Headquartered in the Boston area, HPNE enables hospitals to improve the quality and financial performance of psychiatric and substance abuse services for children,
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Breaking into the Health IT Industry: The 2016 Unofficial Guide

by Our Thought Leaders 02/12/2016 Leave a Comment

Healthcare Breach Report 2016

  Editor's Note: Cherie Lester is a Senior Healthcare IT Recruiter with Holland Square Group , a provider of technology and healthcare IT consulting, strategic staffing, outsourcing and professional search solutions. Lester has over 15 years of recruitment experience in the health IT industry and writes regularly about the job search and application process for HCIT professionals on her site, EngageMeHIT. Follow her on Twitter at @EngageMeHIT.  I receive multiple calls and
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HIMSS, eClinicalWorks, Modernizing Medicine, Others Join CommonWell Health Alliance

by HITC Staff 02/11/2016 Leave a Comment

CommonWell Health Alliance Expands Interoperability Services with Tenet Health

CommonWell Health Alliance today announced seven new members are joining its effort to enhance nationwide health data exchange regardless of health IT vendor, geography or setting of care. These new members augment the reach of CommonWell Services in the ambulatory market, increase its membership representation for provider-engagement, imaging and EMS solutions, as well as expand into the direct-to-consumer arena. Here is a look at the seven new members: eClinicalWorks joins CommonWell as
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Skagit Regional Health to Spend $72M on Epic EHR Implementation

by Fred Pennic 02/10/2016 Leave a Comment

Skagit Regional Health, a Northwest Washington-based provider of healthcare services has selected Epic as its strategic partner for a single, integrated EHR  across its continuum of care, including Skagit Valley Hospital, Skagit Regional Clinics, Skagit Valley Hospital Regional Cancer Care Center and Skagit Valley Kidney Center.  The Epic EHR implementation is expected to cost $72M over the next five years that will improve system interoperability, connectivity with patients, access to
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Cerner Launches Open Developer Platform for Smart on FHIR Apps

by Jasmine Pennic 02/10/2016 Leave a Comment

Cerner Open Developer Experience

To help accelerate an open community of healthcare innovation, EHR giant Cerner has launched the Cerner Open Developer Experience (code_)to enhance collaboration with third-party and client developers on SMART® on FHIR® applications.  code_ is a digital experience designed to meet market expectations of open communications, robust API documentation, provide clearly defined guidelines and access to tools that enable innovative app development. How It Works Any developer can visit the new
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FDB Releases CPOE-Ready Drug Database for EHR Canadian Market

by HITC Staff 02/10/2016 Leave a Comment

First Databank

First Databank, a provider of clinical drug knowledge that helps improve medication-related decisions and patient outcomes has released FDB OrderKnowledge®Canada, a pre-built medication ordering drug knowledge base specifically designed to help make computerized provider order entry (CPOE) applications more intuitive and user-friendly. Although there has been significant federal investment since 2001 to spur EHR adoption across Canada, deployment of CPOE applications is still relatively low.
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Patient Engagement Company Premise Health Acquires IMWell Health

by HITC Staff 02/09/2016 Leave a Comment

Patient Engagement Company Premise Health Acquires IMWell Health

Brentwood, TN-based Premise Health, a worksite health and patient engagement company has acquired IMWell Health, a Fort Smith, Arkansas-based company that specializes in primary care clinics for mid-size companies and municipalities. The acquisition will help accelerate Premise Health's strategic expansion to improve the cost and quality of employer health care. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed.  Spun out of the merger of CHS Health Services and Take Care Employer
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Senate Health Committee Passes Bill to Improve Health IT

by Jasmine Pennic 02/09/2016 Leave a Comment

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

Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) and Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-Wash.) today announced that the Senate health committee has unanimously passed bipartisan legislation that will improve health information technology. The Improving Health Information Technology Act (S. 2511) is the product of a bipartisan, full committee health information technology working group announced by Alexander and Murray in April—as well as a series of six bipartisan hearings in the committee. The committee
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