Mercy, the nation’s fifth largest Catholic health system has been recognized at one of the highest possible levels by Epic – the Wisconsin-based EHR provider – as part of its Gold Stars program. The recognition comes on the heels of Mercy earning, for a second year, Epic’s accreditation to extend EHR services to other hospitals and clinics. Mercy is Epic’s only client to achieve both accreditation and this exceptional Gold Stars level. The distinction was measured by Mercy’s adoption of nearly
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2 Adventist Health System Hospitals Earns EMRAM Stage 7 Award
Florida Hospital Waterman has earned an initial Electronic Medical Record Adoption Model (EMRAM) Stage 7 validation, and Florida Hospital Carrollwood has received an EMRAM Stage 7 revalidation. Since implementation at Florida Hospital Waterman in 2006, electronic medical records (EMRs) have improved the quality and safety of patient care.“Achievement of HIMSS Analytics® EMRAM Stage 7 further demonstrates Florida Hospital Waterman’s commitment to integrate technology and teamwork to improve the
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Is EHR Data Blocking Blocking Finally on Its Last Leg?
Editor’s Note: D’Arcy Guerin Gue is a co-founder of Phoenix, with over 25 years of experience in executive leadership, strategic planning, IT services, knowledge leadership, and industry relations — with a special focus on patient engagement and federal compliance issues. She currently serves as the Director of Industry Relations at Phoenix Health Systems, a division of Medsphere SystemsHealthcare industry market analysts, technology gurus and IT reporters sometimes like to envision a
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New Zealand Ministry of Health Taps Accenture Consortium for EHR Rollout
The Ministry of Health in New Zealand has selected an Accenture and MartinJenkins consortium as their strategic partner to support the development of a two-stage business case for an EHR rollout, CIO New Zealand first reports. As part of the contract, Accenture will work the Ministry's EHR project team on the business case that will be presented to the Cabinet for approval in early June 2017. Accenture was selected after a competitive request for proposal (RFP) process with 7 other potential
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Can Ambient Cognitive Cyber Surveillance Reduce EHR Data Breaches?
Editor's Note: Santosh Varughese is the President of Cognetyx, a provider of 'Ambient Cognitive Cyber Surveillance' to protect information assets against cyber security threats, data breaches and privacy violations. Since cybersecurity healthcare threats on hospital EHR systems have become a topic of nightly newscasts, no longer is anyone shocked by their scope and veracity. What is shocking is the financial damage the attacks are predicted to cause as they reverberate throughout the economy.In
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Penn State Health to Implement Cerner’s Clinically Driven Revenue Cycle
Penn State Health has selected Cerner Millennium Revenue Cycle to integrate with its existing Cerner EHR across the health system, including more than 60 clinics. As part of the implementation, Cerner will also extend the clinical and financial health information technology system to Penn State Health St. Joseph, previously St. Joseph Regional Health Network. Cerner's Clinically Driven Revenue Cycle is designed to support clinicians and staff to update the billing process throughout the
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Inspira Health Network to Implement Cerner’s EHR, Population Health Platform
Inspira Health Network, one of southern New Jersey’s leading healthcare providers offering primary, acute and advanced care services has selected Cerner to implement network-wide health IT system. Named InspiraOne, Cerner's integrated health IT system will support the delivery of care across the full continuum of primary, acute and advanced services.As part of the implementation, Inspira Health Network will extend Cerner's EHR across Inspira's three hospitals and more than 100 ambulatory
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drchrono Upgrades Mobile EHR Platform to Meet Large Medical Practice Needs
drchrono Inc., an mobile EHR provider of practice management, revenue cycle management (RCM) and medical API platform on iPad, iPhone and web, has upgraded its platform to meet the needs of larger medical practices and provider groups.The upgrade includes a built an RCM team with its own RCM platform, RCM Pro, optimizing the workflow of coders, billers, and billing managers making managing multiple practices more fluid. Almost all RCM companies are service organizations that don’t build any
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Breg Taps Redox for EHR Integration, Patient Workflow
Breg, Inc., a provider of integrated solutions to help improve the quality and lower the cost of the orthopedic episode is integrating with Redox, an EHR integration platform, today announced a partnership. The integration enables Breg's Vision Cloud Connect software to connect quickly and easily to Epic, Cerner and all other EHRs using Redox's Application Program Interface (API) as a bridge between systems. Together, Breg and Redox integration will reduce the time needed to develop and
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Middleware Shows Potential for Solving Health IT Interoperability Issues
One of the standards for meaningful use of electronic health data is the interoperability of that data; in other words, can the data be accessed and used by providers in any location, as long as they have the proper clearance. This interoperability was the cornerstone of the push for electronic health records, yet it’s proven to be more challenging than most expected. While hospitals and healthcare systems scramble to find solutions, one has risen to the top: Middleware, a type of software that
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