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How electronic is your medical facility?

The "most wired" assessment is a great way to obtain an assessment of where you are on your mission of building towards an electronic medial center and meaningful use.  I have completed the Most Wired assessment [+]

Direct Project Implementations Take Flight

Direct Project Implementations Take Flight By Rich Elmore and Paul Tuten The Direct Project has taken off, with the first-in-the-nation production use of the Direct Project for secure direct clinical messaging. Arien Malec, ONC’s Direct Project Coordinator, announced [+]

Dr. Blumenthal Discusses Registration for EHR Incentive Programs

Dr. David Blumenthal, National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, discusses the importance of registering for the Electronic Health Record Incentive Programs, administered by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Dr. Blumenthal [+]

Vendor Neutral Web Portal Expands Meaningful Use Education Resources for Providers

As eligible professionals and hospitals under the HITECH Act enter the world of the achievement and documentation of Meaningful Use, the need for clarity is paramount.  Since March of 2009, HITECH Answers has offered its [+]

Understanding Meaningful Use with Dr. Blumenthal

David Blumenthal, MD, MPP, national coordinator for health information technology, discusses the meaningful use criteria for EHRs and the resources available to help practices implement the technology. [+]

Health Connections #KSMQ AARP and Health Care Reform

AARP is one of the nation's largest health care advocacy groups.  AARP represented millions of baby boomers in the latest round of health care reform.  In this episode of Health Connections, AARP chief health care [+]

A Functional Demo of HIE for Physicians & Communities in Colorado

This video is a short introduction to Health Information Exchange (HIE) and demonstration of the community health record. The demo features a fictitious scenario involving a 77 year-old female patient who is switching [+]

AmericanEHR Partners’ Meaningful Use Webinar with Dr. Blumenthal is Now Available for Viewing

The Webinar, “Meaningful Use and Its Implications For Your Practice,” is now available for free viewing at AmericanEHR Partners. This event was originally presented by ACP and AmericanEHR Partners on August 4, [+]

National Webinar: Meaningful Use and its implications for your practice featuring Dr. David Blumenthal

Two weeks ago, ACP, in partnership with Cientis Technologies, launched AmericanEHR Partners (www.AmericanEHR.com) - a new online community dedicated to helping health professionals adopt health information technology.  The interest has been great with visits to the [+]

Meaningful Use of Health IT: David Blumenthal Opening Statement

David Blumenthal M.D., National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, delivers his opening statement at a Ways and Means Health Subcommittee hearing on Efforts to Promote the Adoption & [+]

What Happens After Meaningful Use?

Meaningful use definition specifies three types of requirements - use of EHR (Electronic health record) technology (such as electronic prescribing), electronic exchange of information and health information to improve quality care, and [+]

The Importance Of Reporting In Your EMR

We know the basics of the EMR:  an EMR or electronic medical record is a computerized record created in hospitals and other medical institutions. This system allows storage of data in a [+]

Requirements to Achieve the 2011, Stage 1, Meaningful Use

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) have proposed rules to encourage the implementation and practice of superior health information technology (HIT) and meaningful use of electronic records (EHR). [+]

Timetables Of Meaningful Use

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) enacted in February 2009 authorized the Centers of Medicare and Medicaid to pay physicians, who demonstrate the meaningful use of electronic health records (EHR), [+]

New Recovery Act Investments in Health IT

Vice President Biden and Health and Human Services Secretary Sebelius announce the selection of 15 communities to serve as pilot communities for eventual wide-scale use of new health information technology. [+]

Inside Healthcare Medical Technology

Americas medical technology ranks with the best in the world. Promising cancer treatments, lifesaving surgical procedures, and pharmacological breakthroughs have been pioneered in the U.S. But medical technology is expensive and contributes to rising healthcare [+]

5 easy things you should look for when picking an EMR

Electronic Medical Records (EMR) documents patient’s medical history such as test results, medication and general clinical data in an electronic format and allows easy and rapid access to such information to authorized personnel [+]

E-Health 2010

Check out all of the Sessions and Panel Discussions here:  devlopmentavantgarde [+]

The power of E-Prescribing

According to the institute of medicine, around 1.5 million medication errors occur that result in 7,000 deaths every year. 70% of these errors are preventable. Medication errors can occur at any stage [+]

Health Connections “Discussion with Mayo Health System Physician EMR project leader”

The Mayo Health System is currently engaged in a five year long project to unify the Electronic Medical Records of all 18 hospitals and 69 clinics within their health system. Dr. Kari Bunkers is [+]

EMR Lecture with Dr. James King

Former TMA board chariman and American Academy of Family Physicians President, Dr. James King gives a lecture at the High Tech Conference titled, "Making Dollar$ and $ense of ARRA" to colleagues in Selmer Tennessee. In [+]

Minnesota getting $47 million targeted for health care IT efforts, job training

Submitted by reader James Administration officials today announced that Minnesota will get at least $47 million of the nearly $1 billion in stimulus funding meant to boost the use of health information technology and train workers [+]

Minnesota Critical Access Hospital Highlighted in Healthcare IT News for Work Towards Meaningful Use

Kanabec Hospital, a critical access hospital in Mora, Minnesota, was highlighted in the February 3 edition of Healthcare IT News for becoming the first critical access hospital to achieve the HIMSS Analytics [+]

POLL: What is your medical center’s largest obstacle to EHR adoption?

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An Overview of the Meaningful Use Criteria

An overview of the first draft of the meaningful use criteria that was published in June 2009 by the Meaningful Use Workgroup of the Health Information Technology Policy Committee. [+]
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