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'Top 100 hospitals' ahead of peers in health IT
A new report from HIMSS Analytics, the research arm of the Healthcare Information Management and Systems Society (HIMSS), shows that the top 100 hospitals in Reuters' annual survey for 2009 and 2010
CMIOs, nurses want medical device integration with EMRs
HIMSS Analytics has released a research report, sponsored by medical device technology company Capsule, that examines the evolving roles of chief medical information officers and chief nursing
HIMSS: Majority of hospitals don't qualify for Meaningful Use
While the number of hospitals ready or likely to meet the Meaningful Use requirements of the Medicare and Medicaid electronic health record incentive programs has grown, more than half remain
UCSD CIO: Health IT won't work unless providers understand its value
The University of California San Diego Health System (UCSD) recently received a rare honor: HIMSS Analytics gave UCSD a Stage 7 award , which means that it has reached the highest level of advancement
Social media, HIEs, the recession will impact health IT in 2012
While HIMSS12 isn't exactly around the corner, it's not too early to start anticipating some of the key trends that will emerge at the 2012 Vegas-bound conference, which takes place Feb. 20-24.
Hospitals' slow adoption of CPOE impedes Meaningful Use
While many hospitals are expected to attest to Meaningful Use of their electronic health records in 2012, it's doubtful that the majority of facilities will. There are a number of reasons for that,
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
Citizens proves you can always make a good EMR better
You've no doubt heard countless times that an EMR is a journey, not a destination. It needs to be part of a movement toward continuous quality improvement. Few organizations understand this better
Few hospitals closing the loop on med administration
"Closing the loop" on medication management has long been discussed as a worthy health IT goal, but just 5 percent of U.S. hospitals have been able to get there, Health Data Management reports. That
HIMSS Analytics: Few medical devices connect with EMRs
If you read FierceMobileHealthcare regularly, you'd know that many, if not most, mobile devices used in healthcare don't connect to much other than the Internet . According to a new white paper from
