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NewsFDA, ONC clash over EMR safety issues
The CMS regulations for "meaningful use" of EMRs are 864 pages long. The companion rule on EMR certification, from the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, is another... Read more...
Cerner implementation at UK hospital has 'gone remarkably well'
Here's something you don't see every day: an EMR success story in England's massive National Programme for IT. Implementation of a Cerner Millennium system at the Kingston Hospital National Health... Read more...
Hospital CPOE collaborative to market order sets via Zynx
Three major health systems that have jointly developed more than 1,000 clinical order sets are joining with Zynx Health to market the order sets to other providers implementing computerized physician... Read more...
HIT editor: Soften 'meaningful use' until there's more evidence EHRs are safe
Conventional wisdom holds that the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act was one of the few parts of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act that was widely... Read more...
EHR implementations open 'cans of compliance worms'
In case hospitals didn't have enough to do while implementing EHRs in time to earn federal stimulus money, EHRs can open up "brand-new cans of compliance worms," reports AIS' Health Business Daily.... Read more...
CSC consultants: CPOE implementation doesn't have to take years
When the employer-centric Leapfrog Group started way back in 2000, it pushed computerized physician order entry as a way to improve the quality of care. (The impetus likely was the landmark 1999... Read more...
There are reasons good and bad why EMRs still stir doubt
We've written recently about fears the public may have with EMRs, such as greater risk of identity theft and more government or insurance bureaucrat intrusion into the doctor-patient relationship.... Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: VA's EHR investment pays off with less duplication, better outcomes
Investments in the Veterans Health Information Systems and Technology Architecture (VistA) between 2001 and 2007 led to fewer unnecessary or redundant tests and better care, which added up to $3.09... Read more...
CHW ups total EMR investment to $1 billion
Following a successful EMR implementation at eight California hospitals, Catholic Healthcare West will invest another $419 million to bring electronic records to its entire 27-hospital network and... Read more...
Grassley demands answers from vendors; Blumenthal calls current systems 'primitive'
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) apparently has begun an investigation of the major EMR and HIT vendors, particularly in the area of computerized physician order entry (CPOE). "Over the past year, I have... Read more...
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