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Registration for the Medicare and Medicaid electronic health records incentive programs opens Jan. 3, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has announced. Eligible professionals, eligible hospitals and critical access hospitals (CAHs) must use certified EHR technology to be eligible.
A new study finds that one in six physicians in 2008 reported that his or her practice owned or leased advanced imaging equipment, adding to concerns of the technology's overuse.
With few studies exploring the use of electronic reminders to boost medication adherence, researchers believe there is a "disappointing state of evidence" for a technology that could make so many improvements in healthcare.
Harris Corp. will develop statewide health information exchange for Florida's Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA).
Providers can register for Medicare EHR incentive program, or begin to sign up for Medicaid incentive program in 11 states, on Jan. 3.
The Veterans Affairs Department is wrestling with how to let physicians securely use popular external sites that enable them to store patient data online, such as Google and Yahoo, while ensuring that veterans' health information is adequately protected.
Veterans' information stored outside of VA's network on commercial online sites is a privacy breach.
Good Samaritan Medical Center and West Boca Medical Center are the first two hospitals in South Florida to use radio frequency (RF) detection technology in their operating rooms to prevent and detect foreign items inadvertently left inside a patient during surgery.
Harris Corporation, an IT company based in Melbourne, Fla., has won a four-year, $19 million contract to develop a statewide health information exchange for Florida's Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA).
Hospitals' use of electronic health records has had just a limited effect on improving the quality of medical care nationwide, according to a study by the nonprofit RAND Corporation.