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Voice/speech recognition systems evolving to meet EMR, documentation and coding challenges.
With some regional extension centers (RECs) poised to open this month, small physician practices will soon have access to the help they need to qualify for meaningful use bonuses under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
Ninety percent of U.S. healthcare leaders and 84 percent of global healthcare leaders recently surveyed by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) say information technology will be a "key factor" for transforming healthcare today and in the decade to come.
Consumers engage more in their own healthcare when they have access to information through personal health records, according to a new survey on consumers and health IT.
Certification of electronic health records was at the top of the news in April, with comments due April 9 for the temporary certification proposed rule, and by May 10 for the permanent rule.
Standards organization Health Level Seven International is urging the United Sates to move full speed ahead with its programs for the voluntary certification of health information technology – with what the group calls "reasonable and important modifications."
Twenty health plans, clearinghouses, providers and health information technology vendors have achieved or will certify their implementation of the CAQH Committee on Operating Rules for Information Exchange (CORE) Phase II rules.
The use of bar-code technology with an electronic medication administration record (eMAR) substantially reduces errors, including potential drug-related adverse events, according to a new study at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston.
Information technology helps top-performing hospitals around the country adhere to the measures that define excellence on all fronts, say CIOs who work for some of the best. Thomson Reuters released on March 29 its annual study identifying the 100 top U.S. hospitals based on their overall organizational performance.