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Taconic IPA's Dr. John Blair discusses putting in place the technical tools and practice procedures as the first step toward more effective and coordinated patient care, in the first of a two-part series.
This summer, pre-med students at Penn State have been coaching doctors at Mount Nittany Medical Center on how to transition from paper to electronic health records as as they strive to implement an EHR system by the end of 2011 and receive meaningful use incentives.
Whether going with a “big bang” approach to electronic health record implementation or taking a phased strategy, three finalists for the HIMSS Davies Ambulatory Care Awards are leveraging their EHRs to improve quality of care and meet meaningful use requirements.
In its 13th year, the Most Wired hospitals and health systems list, put out by Hospitals & Health Networks, seems to have upped its value as an indicator of hospital care, rather than just a marketing tool.
“Hurdle rate” is a business school term for the minimum rate of return on investment (ROI) on a given project that an organization is willing to accept before financing it.
Even as health IT providers and vendors are immersed in meaningful use, the federal government has its eye on ways to export the concept overseas.
Montefiore Medical Center in New York’s Bronx borough has been providing quality care for decades, thanks to a clinical analytics system that could serve as a model for other healthcare systems across the country.
Hawaii governor names ONC's Tsang to help spearhead state effort to develop innovative delivery of healthcare services, including EHR adoption.
The government's meaningful use guidelines for healthcare reform have caught the attention of mobile health and telemedicine advocates, who say their programs are right in line with efforts to adopt IT to improve healthcare delivery.
During UC Irvine's White Coat Ceremony on Friday each member of the School of Medicine's incoming class of 2015 will receive an iPad as part of the school's initiative to provide students with a digital medical education.