Electronic Health Records (EHR, EMR)
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.
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.
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.
The HIT Policy Committee's Quality Measures Workgroup is taking recommendations from the public until Dec. 23 on clinical quality measures for Stage 2 and Stage 3 meaningful use.
An electronic health system that alerts physicians with a yellow light when problems exist with a patient's care is being used by doctors at Northwestern Medicine. The system goes one step further by tying docs' responses to the alerts to quarterly performance reports.
CGI Federal, a subsidiary of Montreal-based IT firm CGI Group, has been awarded a contract by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The firm will provide technology and expertise for its CDC Information Management Services (CIMS).
iSOFT, the Australian healthcare IT company, has entered into the life sciences sector with a research tool that retrieves clinical data from electronic health records.
An eHealth agreement, promoting a common approach on the interoperability of EHRs and on training the health IT workforce, was signed between Europe and the United States on Friday.
Clinical Solutions, a decision support and clinical knowledge solutions healthcare organization, has announced the implementation of Aberdeen, Scotland's first pharmacy walk-in clinic for minor injuries.
Booming business for healthcare IT leads PwC's list of top six healthcare trends for 2011. PwC's Health Research Institute also predicts payers and providers will undergo a strategy makeover as they react to new rules and payment models, continuing cost pressures and new customer demands.