Written by David McKanna, product marketing manager at Nuance
“Business Week predicted the paperless office in 1975, when it was thought that computer records would completely replace paper. In the next two decades after that pronouncement, paper use doubled.”
This quote is taken from Persistent Paper: The Myth of “Going Paperless” from AMIA which provides a relevant list of reasons why paper is still widely used in healthcare. Even fully electronic (Stage 7) hospitals still receive
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ONC Chief Farzad Mostashari States Nobody Has Transformed Care Delivery Without IT
Last week, the Health Forum and American Hospital Association Leadership Summit was held in San Francisco, CA. The overall theme of the leadership summit was getting from the first curve to the second curve creating the value proposition on how hospitals implement health information technology. During the summit, Matthew Weinstock, Senior Editor of Hospitals and Health Networks sat down with ONC Chief Farzad Mostashari, M.D. to discuss some of the trends he sees in health IT
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CMS Dr. Thompson Talks Challenges of Meaningful Use Implementation
CMS Dr. Thompson talks challenges of Meaningful Use implementation IHT2 Editor Joseph F. Jalkiewicz
As chief medical officer for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Regional Office in San Francisco, Dr. Thompson serves as the chief CMS clinician for Region IX. She is also the principal liaison with professional organizations in the region with respect to quality improvement and healthcare reform.
In advance of the HIT Summit, IHT2 Editor Joseph F. Jalkiewicz spoke with Dr.
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When Purchasing An EMR Goes Wrong
Wall Street Journal recently posted an article about Dr. Hammond from the Westminster Medical Clinic in Denver – a 3 provider, 22 staff member, 6,300 patient family practice clinic struggling to stay afloat. They are faced with a myriad of financial issues including lack of reimbursement under traditional insurance contracts. To showcase the financial severity of his practice, Wall Street Journal provided the following snapshot:
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One of the largest causes of
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What and Why You Need to Know About Meaningful Use Stage 2
Confused and frustrated trying to understand Meaningful Use Stage 2 updates? In light of the HHS’s proposed Stage 2 Meaningful Use criteria, CareCloud has provided an easy comprehensive look at what you really need to know about Meaningful Use Stage 2 criteria.
Check out CareCloud's exclusive SlideShare presentation below, or visit the link directly!
Behind the Curtains: What and why you need to know about meaningful use stage 2
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Interview: Understanding Clinical Language Understanding with Carina Edwards, VP Solutions Marketing at Nuance Healthcare
There is a growing demand to extract structured, "actionable" information from unstructured (dictated) medical documents. Clinical Language Understanding (CLU) technology allows a computer to read and understand electronic free text and extract data for use in countless applications across the healthcare spectrum. To understand and learn more about CLU technology, HIT Consultant spoke with Carina Edwards, VP, Solutions Marketing at Nuance Healthcare for a deep dive into:
CLU
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Video: Farzad Mostashari. “The True Meaning of… Meaningful Use”
The following is a great video from Farzad Mostashari, MD, ScM, National Coordinator for Health Information Technology talks about the "true meaning of Meaningful Use." Farzad recently spoke at the Health 2.0 conference in Boston this week sharing his vision of 5 things that the government can do today to pave the way for new technologies in health care.
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Survey: Resistance to Workflow as Leading Obstacle to CPOE Adoption
Imprivata announces the results of its 5th annual survey examining IT trends in healthcare reporting resistance to workflow changes as the leading obstacle to CPOE adoption
Imprivata, the leader in secure access and collaboration for healthcare, announced this week the results of its fifth annual survey examining IT trends in healthcare. According to this year’s findings:
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5 Ways to Leverage SSO (Single Sign On) Technology to Drive Meaningful Use
Last year, the Ponemon Institute, a research firm that advises organizations on data security and privacy, released a report revealing that each hospital loses an average $2 million a year in productivity when clinicians can't access electronic health records.
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Infographic:Making Sense of Meaningful Use
Care Cloud infographic that provides a concise timeline of Meaningful Use outlining the main components, stage requirements, key benefits, etc.
Let's face it, understanding Meaningful Use can be a challenge. There are a number of key requirements that must be meet to achieve each stage of Meaningful Use not including understanding the differences in EHR certification bodies such as CCHIT and Drummond Group. Care Cloud recently created this educational infographic that provides a concise
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