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AMA: Stage 3 Proposals Problematic on Many Levels
The government is setting the bar too high under early proposals for Stage 3 electronic health records meaningful use criteria, and the requirements simply aren’t fair to physicians who seek to comply… more →
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AMA: Stage 3 Proposals Problematic on Many Levels
wrote 4 months ago: The government is setting the bar too high under early proposals for Stage 3 electronic health recor … more →
Black Market Pharmacies And The Big Business Of Spam
wrote 4 months ago: An apparent feud between two black market pharmacies has shed light on a shady global industry. … more →
Health IT Policy Committee Meeting: The Year Ahead and a Glimpse at Stage 4 of Meaningful Use
wrote 4 months ago: At the Jan. 8 Health IT Policy Committee meeting, Farzad Mostashari, M.D., national coordinator for … more →
$400 Million Broadband Allocation Planned
wrote 4 months ago: Expanding patient access to medical specialists is the goal of a new, permanent $400 million annual … more →
ID Theft Scheme Hits 400+ in Louisiana and Elsewhere
wrote 4 months ago: The health care services division of Louisiana State University, which operates seven hospitals, has … more →
Doc-Office Use of Basic EHRs Hits Nearly 40%, Survey Finds.
wrote 5 months ago: Nearly 4 in 10 office-based physicians are now using an electronic health-record system with a basic … more →
U.S. Primary Care Doctors Making Sizeable Strides on Health IT.
wrote 5 months ago: Primary care physicians in the United States and other countries are making inroads on health infor … more →
Putting Pressure on EHR Vendors.
wrote 5 months ago: In the 1890s, Butch Cassidy and the Wild Bunch robbed slow trains using fast horses and six-shooters … more →
McKesson Giving Away $1 million in Software.
wrote 6 months ago: McKesson Corp. is giving away $1 million in electronic health record software to doctors nationwide … more →
Cigna CEO Fears 'Economic Headwinds' Despite 51% Profit Jump.
wrote 6 months ago: By Dina Overland Cigna CEO Fears ‘Economic Headwinds’ Despite 51% Profit Jump.One reason … more →
How Hospitals Use Social Media for Philanthropy.
wrote 6 months ago: By Ron Shinkman Hospitals are increasingly turning to social media to for their fundraising efforts, … more →
Hospital leaders: I'm most thankful for ... FierceHealthcare's Advisory Board Share their Thanksgiving Notes
wrote 6 months ago: As Frank Byrne, president of St. Mary’s Hospital in Madison, Wis., recently noted, healthcare … more →
Diversity Inc.'s Interview With Bernard Tyson, Next CEO of Kaiser Permanente.
wrote 6 months ago: Bernard J. Tyson will be the next Chairman and CEO of Kaiser Permanente. The board of directors of K … more →
KLAS: Provider Dissatisfaction with HIE Vendors Increasing
wrote 6 months ago: Provider organizations are losing faith in their health information exchange vendors, a survey of 20 … more →
Feds Look to Mine Social Media for Outbreak Info.
wrote 6 months ago: Facebook may become a tool in containing the next disease outbreak under a pilot program to mine soc … more →
Health IT at Small-Care Providers Under Review by Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
wrote 6 months ago: To see how health IT systems affect workflows, government-funded researchers are planning to descend … more →
EHRs Reduce Medical Errors Among HIV Patients.
wrote 6 months ago: Electronic health records reduced medical errors in hospitalized HIV patients from 16 percent to 1.1 … more →
California, Texas, New York and Florida Top the List of EHR Incentive Program Registrants
wrote 8 months ago: September 7, 2012 By Steve Campbell Not surprisingly the most highly populated states in the country … more →
Final MU Stage 2 Rules Released
wrote 8 months ago: Margaret Dick Tocknell and Scott Mace The final rule for Meaningful Use Stage 2 was released late Th … more →
