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In-Depth: 2014 Best in KLAS Awards for Software and Professional Services

by Fred Pennic 02/02/2015 Leave a Comment

In-Depth: 2014 Best in KLAS Awards for Software and Professional Services

On Friday, KLAS released their annual Best in KLAS Awards for Software and Professional Services report, a high level overview of performance ratings for vendors offering software, professional services, and medical equipment to the healthcare industry. Each year, ratings are compiled from evaluations received during the 12-month period prior to its publication from healthcare professionals in North America. New segments in this report include:   - Population Health - Urgent Care -
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Is Universal Health Data Platforms the “Holy Grail” of Interoperability?

by Robert Rowley MD 02/02/2015 1 Comment

Universal Health Data Platforms

  Health information exchange (the verb) has been the goal of health IT, now that we have moved into the “post-EHR adoption” era of healthcare. Published and private surveys have shown that about 80% of physician practices have implemented an EHR, and of those, about 90% have participated in meaningful use. The challenge before us now, then, is somehow connecting the fragmented places where health data resides, and bring them together into a unified health data layer that is current,
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Cerner Rakes in 6 Best in KLAS Awards

by Fred Pennic 01/30/2015 Leave a Comment

Cerner Acquires Siemens Health IT Business for $1.3B

EMR leader leader Cerner Corp. announced this week it has won six Best in KLAS 2014: Software and Services awards including "Best in KLAS" Remote Hosting for the sixth consecutive year. Cerner earned the following 2014 Best in KLAS rankings in the following categories: Application Hosting CIS/ERP/HIS for Remote Hosting *Sixth Consecutive Year Ambulatory EMR (1-10 Physicians) for PowerChart Ambulatory™ Global non-U.S. Patient Administration Systems for Millennium® PAS *New
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ONC Releases Health IT Interoperability Roadmap

by HITC Staff 01/30/2015 Leave a Comment

ONC Releases Report on Effects of Meaningful Use

ONC issues draft nationwide health IT Interoperability Roadmap; Implementation resources also released as first deliverable The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) today released Connecting Health and Care for the Nation: A Shared Nationwide Interoperability Roadmap Version 1.0. The draft Roadmap is a proposal to deliver better care and result in healthier people through the safe and secure exchange and use
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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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