Recently added articles from Health Data Management:
Remotely Hosted EHRs: The Pros and Cons for Clinics; Group practices ponder whether to install software locally or rely on a vendor partner as host.(Feature)
Jul 01, 2009 ... Byline: Howard J. Anderson, Executive Editor Before implementing electronic health records, physician group practice administrators invariably hit a significant fork in the road. One path they can choose is the longstanding "do-it-yourself" approach of licensing and installing ...
Sorting out the Options.(Feature)
Jul 01, 2009 ... Byline: Howard J. Anderson, Executive Editor Talking to executives at companies that offer hosted electronic health records about how they differentiate their products and services is enough to make your head spin. Many companies, including Allscripts, eClinicalWorks ...
The Hospital as the Host.(Feature)
Jul 01, 2009 ... Byline: Howard J. Anderson, Executive Editor Some hospitals are helping area physicians implement electronic health records by hosting the systems remotely or brokering deals with vendors who host them. For example, Silver Cross Hospital in Joliet, Illinois, south of ...
To Cart or Not to Cart; Hospitals share their experiences on where computerized carts work and don't work, and lessons learned.(Feature)
Jul 01, 2009 ... Byline: Joseph Goedert, News Editor As hospitals strive to provide doctors and nurses with better access to clinical information systems at the point of care, they're considering whether to use mobile computer carts or some other hardware option, such as hand-held computers or ...
Industry Raises its Voice on 'Meaningful' EHR Use.(A Closer Look)
Jul 01, 2009 ... Byline: Howard Anderson and Joseph Goedert The Department of Health and Human Services by year-end must define "meaningful use" of electronic health records. The definition will be a key benchmark for providers to meet to qualify for the Medicare and Medicaid financial ...
Plan Outlines Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentives.(Newsline)
Jul 01, 2009 ... Byline: Joseph Goedert The Department of Health and Human Services has released the outlines of the program to offer Medicare and Medicaid incentive payments for meaningful use of electronic health records systems. The payments are authorized under the economic stimulus law ....
CCHIT Reveals Its New Game Plan.(Newsline)
Jul 01, 2009 ... Byline: Howard Anderson The Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology has approved final 2009-2010 criteria for a number of its EHR certification efforts. But it will delay launching its inspection programs using the new criteria until the federal government ...
Reader Comments.(Readers' Perspective)
Jul 01, 2009 ... Some organizations want computerized physician order entry as a core component in the forthcoming rule defining "meaningful use" of electronic health records. The definition should: Ann Farrell San Francisco "Physicians need access to key patient data to ...
Keeping Hoosiers Healthy; Fort Wayne, Indiana may not be a household name, but its hospital and physician connectivity set the city apart.(Cover Story/EHR Achievement Series)
Jul 01, 2009 ... Byline: Gary Baldwin, Editorial Director This is the fourth in a six-part series on provider organizations that have made headway with electronic health records. Part 5 looks at physician group practices and will appear in October. Tucked in the northeast corner of ...
Why Fort Wayne?(Cover Story/EHR Achievement Series)
Jul 01, 2009 ... Byline: Gary Baldwin, Editorial Director Exactly why Fort Wayne area physicians have adopted EHR technology in the ambulatory setting is anyone's guess. About the only thing local health care executives agree on is that they have - in spades. By most estimates, well over half ...
FTC Rule Proposal Covers PHR Privacy Breaches.(Newsline)
Jun 01, 2009 ... Byline: Joseph Goedert The Federal Trade Commission has issued a proposed rule that would require personal health records vendors and related entities to notify consumers when their identifiable health information has been breached. Further, the Department of Health ...
Measuring ROI; Calculating the return on multi-million dollar investments poses unique challenges. Measuring benefits varies widely by organization type.(Cover Story/Executive Management Series)
Jun 01, 2009 ... Byline: Gary Baldwin, Editorial Director This is the final installment in a three-part series on executive management issues. In February, part one tackled capital planning while part two in April analyzed cross-functional teams. When it comes to clinical I.T., Jim ...
Drowning in spam, U-Tenn finds a cheaper lifejacket.(Cover Story/Executive Management Series)
Jun 01, 2009 ... Byline: Gary Baldwin, Editorial Director Every day, the University of Tennessee Medical Center gets a gift from the outside world - a big box of spam. The 100,000 daily inbound e-mails arriving at the Knoxville-based teaching hospital are predominately spam, says Jerry Hook, ...
The eight-minute mystery.(Cover Story/Executive Management Series)
Jun 01, 2009 ... Byline: Gary Baldwin, Editorial Director When Fallon Clinic invested $24 million in ambulatory electronic health records, it figured it would break even on the project at year seven, or 2012, recalls Larry Garber, M.D., medical director for informatics at the 250-physician ...
Hopes, Doubts About Stimulus Provisions.(A Closer Look)
Jun 01, 2009 ... Byline: Joseph Goedert Clinicians who attended the 2009 HIMSS Conference in Chicago in April came for a multitude of reasons. Samuel Lederman, M.D., managing partner at Palm Beach (Fla.) Obstetrics and Gynecology, came for tips. He got a nice workaround idea from a vendor to ...
The Payer Role in HIEs; Many health information exchanges are still waiting for substantial commitments from insurers, but some payers are stepping up.(Feature/Information Exchange Series)
Jun 01, 2009 ... Byline: Joseph Goedert, News Editor The core philosophy of health information exchanges is to bring together industry stakeholders to facilitate the appropriate sharing of patient data throughout a community, region or state. But while HIEs have worked for years to ...
Blues plan looks for others to step up.(Feature/Information Exchange Series)
Jun 01, 2009 ... Byline: Joseph Goedert, News Editor Following its spending of $50 million to accelerate electronic health records adoption and health information exchanges in three communities, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts executives say the state is well positioned to take ...
Keeping Personal Health Records Personal; Securing PHRs is similar to protecting any other electronic data, with some subtle twists.(Feature/I.T. Security Series)
Jun 01, 2009 ... Byline: Joseph Goedert, News Editor This is part two of a three-part series on I.T. security. Part three, on authorization issues, will appear in the December issue. The Indiana University Health Center in February started offering students the opportunity to create ...
A different type of PHR.(Feature/I.T. Security Series)
Jun 01, 2009 ... Byline: Joseph Goedert, News Editor Some provider organizations see personal health records as a way to extend their electronic health records system by importing some EHR data into the PHR. Las Vegas-based Southwest Medical Associates, the group practice of ...
Taking on the Big Boys; A community hospital system is spending big bucks on I.T. to help it demonstrate quality, value.(Group Practices)
Jun 01, 2009 ... Byline: Howard J. Anderson, Executive Editor A Catholic integrated delivery system that owns six New England hospitals is spending $70 million on information technology so it can better compete for patients against the major teaching hospitals in Boston. Caritas ...