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2013/2014 Comparison of HIE Providers Supporting Meaningful Use Stage 2 (Infographic)

by HITC Staff 01/29/2015 1 Comment

2013/2014 Comparison of HIE Providers Supporting Meaningful Use Stage 2 (Infographic)

Recently, the HIMSS HIE Committee conducted a follow-up survey to its 2013 Meaningful Use (MU) Stage 2 Survey research providing a year-over-year snapshot of how health information organizations (HIOs) are facilitating providers’ progress in achieving meaningful use objectives – specifically around Stage 2. The 2014 Follow-up survey results infographic visualization shown below highlights progress and notable improvements during the last year, including critical Meaningful Use Stage 2 benchmarks
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ONC Appoints New Chief Medical Officer to Lead Clinical Oversight

by HITC Staff 01/28/2015 1 Comment

ONC Appoints New Chief Medical Officer to Lead Clinical Oversight

In a note to ONC staff, the National Coordinator for Health IT Karen DeSalvo announced that Dr. Thomas Mason will be joining ONC as the new Chief Medical Officer, effective February 23, 2015. In his new role, Dr. Mason will lead clinical oversight of ONC programs and clinical coordination within ONC, as well as regularly engage with physician organisations. He will report directly to Karen DeSalvo. Mason is a board certified internist with an emphasis on primary care and preventative medicine
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Medsphere Adds Population Health Solution to OpenVista EHR

by HITC Staff 01/28/2015 Leave a Comment

BT to Promote Medsphere’s Open EHR System

Medsphere Systems Corporation, the leading provider of affordable and interoperable EHR solutions, today introduced OpenVista® Population Health, a Windows-based solution that gives clinicians much greater flexibility in how they provide care for both individual patients and broader patient populations. OpenVista Population Health enables breadth of information by giving clinicians the ability to create multiple panels for patients with common characteristics, i.e., age, diagnosis, community,
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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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CoverMyMeds Integrates with Epic to Expand ePA Offering

by HITC Staff 01/28/2015 1 Comment

CoverMyMeds

CoverMyMeds, the nation’s largest prior authorization (PA) platform, today announced the completion of an integration with Epic. The integration will allow Epic EHR users to access CoverMyMeds electronic prior authorizations (ePAs) in their EHR workflow, enabling PAs at the point of prescribing. More than 260,000 providers and medical staff—including many also using Epic—already complete PAs through CoverMyMeds. This integration will now allow users to access CoverMyMeds’ trusted PA
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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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Huron Consulting Group to Acquire Studer Group for $325M

by Jasmine Pennic 01/27/2015 Leave a Comment

Huron Consulting Group to Acquire Studer Group for $325M

Chicago-based Huron Consulting Group Inc. today announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Studer Group, a healthcare consulting firm that helps healthcare providers achieve cultural transformation to deliver and sustain exceptional improvement in clinical outcomes and financial results. Together, the combined organization will have more than 1,500 dedicated healthcare professionals working to empower transformation for healthcare providers.The acquisition will combine Huron
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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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