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Vendor, internal support critical to MU attestation success
Vendor support could play a role in successfull Meaningful Use attestation. According to a a new customer survey from electronic health systems vendor Healthland, which serves mainly rural and
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
University, publisher to provide EHR software testing
The Polytechnic Institute of New York University, an affiliate of New York University, and publisher Health Data Management launched a new testing facility this week to provide independent reviews of
Epic leads 2010 'Best in KLAS' honorees
Epic Systems is the top-ranked vendor in the 2010 "Best in KLAS" report from industry analyst KLAS Enterprises. Epic, the closely held, Verona, Wis.-based EMR vendor with a knack for winning
Guides seek to help vendors improve EHR usability
Three federal agencies have come together to publish a pair of guides on how EHR software and application vendors can improve the usability of their products. In one report, the Commerce Department's
AMIA: 'Hold harmless' clauses in vendor contracts unethical
Calling "hold harmless" clauses in health IT vendor contracts unethical, the American Medical Informatics Association is calling on vendors of EHRs and other clinical information systems to accept
Hospitals reluctant to outsource EMR work to India
Here's a little conundrum arising in the race to implement electronic medical records: Vendors want to save money and offer lower prices by outsourcing IT work to India and similar locales. But
HIE, mobility, open platforms start to knock down 'walled gardens' of proprietary EMRs
On the cover of its September issue, Wired magazine declared the web "dead" but also proclaimed, "Long live the Internet." Instead of searching through a browser, people are increasingly turning to
Docs should engage vendors about EHRs, not complain
Here's a refreshing perspective: "I think vendors of electronic health record systems [EHRs] are tired of hearing from complaining clinicians. We have written and spoken about why we have trouble
CIOs get candid about meaningful use at CHIME meeting
A dozen CIOs from hospitals and health systems nationwide were asked to write down their own definitions of "clinical adoption" within the context of applications they associate with "meaningful use"
