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Hospital Could Gain $1M In Reimbursement From Meaningful Use Stage 1

by Fred Pennic 10/25/2013 1 Comment

Southern Coos Hospital and Health Center in Bandon, OR could potentially gain as much as $1 million in reimbursement for attesting to Meaningful Use Stage 1, The World reports.
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The Metastasizing Complexity of Templated EHR Exam Notes

by Evan Steele 10/17/2013 1 Comment

If physicians are struggling with templated EHR exam notes now, their problems are bound to be exacerbated as EHRs layer more and more levels of complexity.
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UK Healthcare CIOs Cite EHR & Mobile Health As Top Priority for Next 12 Months

by Fred Pennic 10/17/2013 1 Comment

67 percent of Healthcare CIOS in the UK select electronic patient records and mobile health solution technologies as top priorities for the next 12 months, according to a recent industry report by Healthcare IT Exchange.
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Health IT Is Not A Single-Minded Monolithic Being

by Margalit Gur-Arie 10/15/2013 Leave a Comment

Like young superheroes in blockbuster movies, health IT is blowing things up randomly, while trying to understand how it should apply these newfound powers. But health IT is not a single-minded monolithic being.
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Practice Fusion Guarantees Doctors Meaningful Use Stage 2 Readiness

by Jasmine Pennic 10/10/2013 1 Comment

Practice Fusion, today announced a guarantee that its free EHR will be ready for Meaningful Use Stage 2 by the end of 2013.
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4 Keys To A Successful CPOE Implementation

by Fred Pennic 10/09/2013 Leave a Comment

New white paper from PatientKeeper, provider of clinical and financial applications streamline physician workflow outlines 4 keys to a successful CPOE implementation.
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HIMSS Innovation Center Officially Opens in Cleveland

by Fred Pennic 10/08/2013 1 Comment

Today, the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) announced the official opening of the HIMSS Innovation Center in downtown Cleveland.
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Infographic: Patients Want Access To Their Electronic Medical Records

by Fred Pennic 10/08/2013 14 Comments

84 percent of US consumers believe they should have full access to their electronic medical records while only a third of physicians (34 percent) share this belief, according to an Accenture survey.
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