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NewsCCHIT launches certification for home-grown, modified EHRs
The Certification Commission for Health Information Technology is kicking off a long-promised but slightly delayed program to help hospitals with home-grown, modified or aging EMR/EHR systems meet Read more...
e-Rx growth accelerates, and DEA ruling could spur more adoption
Just as predicted at the end of 2008, e-prescribing volume nearly tripled in 2009, according to prescription transaction network Surescripts. And the growth has picked up this year. Surescripts Read more...
People are the top barrier to EHR adoption, Halamka says
Why don't more clinicians use EHRs? Is it because of cost? Usability? Resistance to change? Concerns about privacy and security? It's all of the above, and more, says Dr. John Halamka, CIO of Read more...
Leading CIOs question timetable, specificity of meaningful use proposal
Uber-CIO Dr. John Halamka, of CareGroup Healthcare System in Boston, is known for his workaholic tendencies, mostly in the name of improving healthcare through information technology. After talking Read more...
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