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NewsCIOs need to consider new course to promote EMR adoption
CIOs will need to think and act far differently than in past years to successfully drive the use of and implement EMRs, according to an Accenture survey of CIOs who already have achieved advanced use Read more...
Less than 3 percent of children's hospitals have 'comprehensive' EHRs
Even as HIMSS Analytics was announcing this week that Children's Hospital Boston had received an award for achieving Stage 7--the highest level--on the HIMSS Analytics EMR Adoption Model, a Read more...
It's OK if RECs create a 'Tower of Babel' at first
While Hospital Impact blogger and health IT consultant Joseph Ingemi has been concerned that regional extension centers could add another layer of bureaucracy in EHR adoption, CIOs have been more Read more...
EHR adoption jumps for hospital-owned practices
Proving once again that there is no single, reliable way to determine true EHR adoption rates, research firm SK&A reports that 38.7 percent of medical offices in the U.S. have EHRs, up from 36.1 Read more...
Half of providers said to have EMRs, but many docs fear intrusion
Finally, someone in the mainstream media is starting to get it. "There's an argument that we're eventually going to look back at the stimulus bill's investment in electronic medical records as the Read more...
Many docs not worried about penalties for EMR non-use
While a large majority of physicians know that the federal government is offering financial incentives for EMR implementation, more than 35 percent of doctors surveyed by a malpractice insurer were Read more...
Privacy concerns hold back wider EHR adoption
This could be considered progress: Researchers at North Carolina State University say that it's not cost or stubbornness that is holding back wider EHR uptake, but rather concerns about privacy from Read more...
EMRs gaining more mainstream media steam
It's finally becoming newsworthy in local markets for hospitals to adopt EMRs. A quick scan of the newswires this morning reveals quite a few EMR-related stories from local news sources. "Hospitals Read more...
Bills seek to expand meaningful use, allow non-certified EMRs; Orthopedists call standards inappropriate
Once again, members of Congress, unsatisfied with the scope of "meaningful use," are seeking to expand eligibility for federal EMR subsidy payments, while more criticisms of the final CMS rule are Read more...
Incoming Siemens IT chief Glaser: Era of clinician resistance to EMR 'behind us'
Declaring the era of clinician resistance to IT "behind us," John Glaser, who is leaving his job as CIO of Partners HealthCare System in Boston to become CEO of Siemens Healthcare's Health Services Read more...
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