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NewsGreenway officially announces IPO
Electronic health record vendor Greenway Medical Technologies announced the pricing of its long-awaited initial public offering at $10.00 per share for close to 6.7 million shares of common stock, Read more...
Better provider support needed for EHR data capture
Electronic health records can help providers document their performance. But they're only as good as their users--and plenty of providers are abdicating their responsibility to add information to Read more...
Patient-specific, eye catching alerts less likely to be ignored
Want doctors to read the alerts they receive in their electronic health records systems? Then make them more patient-specific and interesting to read. That's the skinny from a recent study published Read more...
CCHIT chair: Tips to use EHRs to improve safety
How well can your EHR system protect patients from substandard patient care? Evidently quite a bit, according to Karen Bell, chair of the Certification Commission for Health Information Technology Read more...
EHRs lacking in adverse drug event detection
Many studies confirm that electronic health records enhance patient care, reduce costs or provide some other benefit. But sometimes a study reveals that EHRs--and, fact, the studies testing the EHR Read more...
Study: EHRs improve hospital nursing care
Electronic health records do more than improve care rendered by physicians. They also improve care provided by nurses. That's the scoop in a study of more than 16,000 nurses published in the Journal Read more...
Racial disparities reduced through EHR use
The use of electronic health records may help to reduce racial disparities in healthcare, according to a study published this week in the Archives of Internal Medicine. According to researchers, Read more...
EHR vendor contracts becoming less provider-friendly
Warning: Be careful before you sign that contract for an electronic health record system. Vendor contracts are becoming more one-sided and difficult, according to EHR consultant Ron Sterling in a Read more...
Medicaid quality measures pull heavily from Meaningful Use
In finalizing its initial core set of 26 healthcare quality measures for Medicaid-eligible adults, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services borrows heavily from quality measures already Read more...
Blue Cross backtracks on claim that EHRs lower care costs
A week after reporting that use of electronic health records lowered the cost of care for its customers between 17 and 33 percent, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Rhode Island has backtracked on those Read more...
| Press ReleasesNortec Software Partners in Initiative to Support Health IT in Underserved CommunitiesNortec Software Announces Partnership with North Shore Medical Labs, in collaboration with HHS and AHIMA to Provide EHR Systems and Healthcare IT TrainingWILLISTON PARK, N.Y., Nov. 4, 2011 Read more >> Computer Programs and Systems, Inc. EMR System User is First Hospital in Kansas to Receive Stimulus FundsMOBILE, Ala.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Computer Programs and Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CPSI), a leading provider of healthcare information solutions, today announced that Morton County Health System, located Read more >> Computer Programs and Systems, Inc. EMR System User, Henry County Health Center, is First Critical Access Hospital to ReceMOBILE, Ala.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Computer Programs and Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CPSI), a leading provider of healthcare information solutions, and Henry County Health Center (HCHC), a 25-bed hospital Read more >> Patient Access Solutions Inc. EMR Strategy Extends to Southern Florida Hospital Based PhysiciansImplementation Will Generate $3 Million in Revenue HAUPPAUGE, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Patient Access Solutions, Inc. (Pink Sheets: PASO), a leading provider of information technology solutions for Read more >> CDW Healthcare and HIMSS Partner to Support Physicians Aiming for Stage One Meaningful UseCHICAGO & VERNON HILLS, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- CDW Healthcare, a leading provider of technology solutions for healthcare, and HIMSS, the largest U.S., cause-based, not-for-profit healthcare Read more >> |
