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EHR market’s exponential growth
Date: Sep 02, 2010 New analysis from Frost & Sullivan pegs the EHR market to double in growth in three years, from $1.3 billion in 2009 to an estimated $2.6 billion in 2012. The research firm noted that the HITECH Act's federal incentive programs and healthcare reform are two of the drivers for the uptick.
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Hospital use of EHRs: Not much progress
Date: Aug 30, 2010 A recent report shows that despite the big push for health IT adoption, only 2 percent of hospitals in the U.S. can meet the federal government's criteria for meaningful use of EHRs. Are you surprised?
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Medical certification boards help drive critical mass of health IT
Date: Aug 10, 2010 Continuing on the theme of Monday’s blog on driving critical mass, two significant medical certification boards - the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) and the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) - have announced their intention to make health IT deployment a standard in their assessment and certification of physician competency.
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Survey says health IT professionals zeroed in on EHRs
Date: Jul 20, 2010 Health IT professionals say EHRs are their top priority, according to a survey by Embarcadero Technologies.
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Peel supports HHS' new patient privacy policy
Date: Jul 13, 2010 The most well-known patient privacy advocate voiced her support for the Dept. of Health and Human Services' new patient privacy policy.
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Aligning payment with quality
Date: Jun 28, 2010 The concept of linking payment to higher quality, more efficient healthcare may finally be turning the corner. The success of this payment model requires buy-in from payers and the application of the model across all providers.
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The Road to EMR adoption: A Q&A with Heather Haugen and Jeffrey Woodside, Part 3
Date: Jun 25, 2010 This is the third installment of the interview conducted with Heather Haugen and Jeffrey Woodside, MD, whose book, Beyond Implementation: A Prescription for Lasting EMR Adoption, was published in May.
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Highlighting hospitals that are well on the road to meaningful use
Date: Jun 22, 2010 There are quite a number of hospitals that have embarked on health IT projects years ago, and they have a big advantage over those hospitals that are just now building their roadmap for the implementation and adoption of EMRs and EHRs.
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Guest Blog: How RECs can really help
Date: Jun 11, 2010 With the looming deadlines resulting from the HITECH Act, physicians are scrambling to choose and implement technology that will meet meaningful use guidelines certified by the Dept. of Health and Human Services.
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Students should flock to healthcare IT
Date: May 10, 2010 Amid an economy still recovering from a deep recession, students participating in the University of California San Diego Extension Health Information Technology Program are very lucky.
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