Dr. Farzad Mostashari announced on Tuesday that he will be stepping down from the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology post after four years this fall.
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Study: Patients Using EMRs Feel They Receive Higher Quality of Care
Patients using EMRs feel they receive better quality of care and feel a stronger loyalty to their doctors, according to the recent EMR Patient Impact Study.
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Meaningful Use Incentive Payments Tops $15.5B, Despite High Dropout Rate
Despite increasing concerns over the meaningful use drop out rate, $15.5 billion in EHR incentive payments has been made to eligible providers and hospitals in the program totaling 309,802 since 2011.
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Holy EHR Wars: The Promise of Health Technology
Margalit Gur-Arie writes about the growing dissension between the EHR adoption supporters and those critics who dispute the ROI of EHRs and Meaningful Use.
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2013’s Top 10 Native & Virtualized EHR Mobile Applications
Black Book Rankings has released rankings of the top EHR mobile applications in their latest "2013 State of Replacement EHR Market Study,"
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Practice Fusion Rated No. 1 Overall EHR For Third Straight Year
Practice Fusion, the largest free, web based EMR and complete practice management suite for physicians in the US, has been rated the No. 1 overall EHR across all specialties and practice sizes
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Should the DoD Buy Epic, or Cerner, or GE, or…?
The Department of Defense (DoD) is in the market for an EHR solution… again.
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ONC Releases Federal Health IT Strategic Plan Progress Report
The Health and Human Services Dept. Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology released a report describing the progress made on the Federal Health IT Strategic Plan.
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The 17% Meaningful Use Dropout Rate Is Just the Tip of the Iceberg
To clearly address the meaningful use dropout rate and ensure the ongoing success of meaningful use, the government must reduce the program’s complexity.
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Survey: Physicians Say EMRs A Key Factor To Their Declining Income
Physicians feel reimbursement, EMRs and hospital employment as key factors to limiting physician pay according to a recent survey by Medicus Firm.
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