Yesterday, representatives from IBM visited Oregon Health & Science's Simulation Center that could play a key role in the $11B DoD EHR bid IBM, Epic is vying for, The News Tribune reports. If IBM, Epic wins the 10 year $11B federal contract, OHSU's Simulation Center in the new Collaborative Life Sciences Building would provide a state-of-the-art training environment for DoD clinicians. Additionally, Tacoma’s MultiCare Health Systems has been selected as the pilot installation site due to
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BT to Promote Medsphere’s Open EHR System
Medsphere Systems Corporation and BT have reached an agreement in which they will jointly promote Medsphere’s OpenVista® EHR under a software-as-a-service (SaaS) model, relieving hospitals of many costly and burdensome IT responsibilities.
Medsphere, the most experienced developer and implementer of VistA-derived electronic health record (EHR) solutions outside the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), will work with BT to promote the affordability of Medsphere’s business model and the proven
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HIMSS Analytics Honors MultiCare Hospitals with Stage 7 Awards
The HIMSS Stage 7 Awards honors ambulatory facilities operating in a paperless environment and representing best practices in implementing EHR
HIMSS Analytics awarded MultiCare Allenmore Hospital and MultiCare Tacoma General Hospital with Stage 7 Awards, and over 100 of its associated ambulatory clinics, located throughout Washington, with Stage 7 Ambulatory Awards.
Stage 7 Award: HIMSS Analytics developed the EMR Adoption Model in 2005 as a methodology for evaluating the progress and
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athenahealth Acquires RazorInsights to Enter Hospital Market
athenahealth Acquires Atlanta based EHR provier RazorInsights to enter hospital inpatient market.
Cloud based ambulatory EHR provider athenahealth announced today it is entering the hospital inpatient market with the acquisition of RazorInsights, a cloud-based electronic health record (EHR) and financial solutions for rural, critical access and community hospitals. athenahealth plans to leverage RazorInsights' inpatient expertise and technology to extend its presence into the
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Healthcare Leaders Praise Bipartisan Support for Increasing Meaningful Use Flexibility
Strong, Bipartisan Support for Increasing Meaningful Use Flexibility
Healthcare leaders praised the reintroduction of the Flexibility in Health IT Reporting (Flex-IT) Act of 2015, a bipartisan bill granting the nation’s healthcare providers additional flexibility in meeting Meaningful Use (MU) requirements through a shortened reporting period in 2015. Swift action by Congress is needed to help providers already in the 2015 reporting year for Meaningful Use, several healthcare organizations
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Medalogix Unveils Predictive Analytics Platform for Home Health
Nashville-based healthcare technology company Medalogix has added a product called Touch to its toolkit of predictive analytic workflow solutions. Touch identifies at risk patients and then enhances and automates a home health clinical team’s patient touchpoints. The application's predictive risk ranking and automated calling features enable home health agencies to better identify and manage their most at-risk patients and complete more fully reimbursable episodes without transfers.
Touch
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HIMSS Analytics Honors Children’s Hospital of Orange County With Stage 7 Award
HIMSS Analytics awarded Children’s Hospital of Orange County (CHOC Children's Hospital) in Orange, Calif., with a Stage 7 Award. The award represents attainment of the highest level on the Electronic Medical Records Adoption ModelSM (EMRAM), which is used to track EHR progress at hospitals and health systems.
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
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Patient Registry Market Expected to Reach $611M by 2019
The global patient registry market is expected to reach $610.8 million by 2019 from $381.0 million in 2014, growing at a CAGR of 9.9% from 2014 to 2019. The report segments this market on the basis of delivery model, product type, database type, functionality, and end user. Among various end users, the government organizations and third party administrators (TPAs) segment is expected to account for the largest share in 2014. Government organizations and TPAs extensively use this software for
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Providers Launch Project to Promote Innovative Models in EMS
Mount Sinai Health System is partnering with University of California, San Diego Health System to launch a new project entitled “Promoting Innovations in Emergency Medical Services.” Supported by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Office of Health Affairs, the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Health & Human Services, the project will support the implementation and dissemination of innovative Emergency Medical Services (EMS) delivery models. The $225k
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Epic, IBM Forms Advisory Group for $11B DoD EHR Bid
At a Washingon D.C. event on Wednesday, IBM Corp. and Epic Systems announced a 17-person advisory group that will help advise the Department of Defense (DoD) through implementation if they win the $11 billion DoD EHR contract, Modern Healthcare reports. The assembled advisory group is comprised of executives, physicians and Epic clients from 12 organizations as follows:
- Ross Martin, MD. Vice President of Policy and Development, American Medical Informatics Association.
- Monte Brown,
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