KLAS report examines EMR decision making

Date: Apr 08, 2010
A new KLAS report reveals that physicians who are choosing an EMR system within the next two years are considering a larger pool of software vendors. That’s made possible because the market has grown so much. Read »

Early ARRA vendor winners

Date: Jan 12, 2010
ARRA has been good to Allscripts, as evidenced by the results of its second quarter financials. The company expects to see even better numbers in the coming quarters as adoption and acceleration of health IT grows. Analysts agree that the incentives are driving adoption. Read »

KLAS survey shows confidence among healthcare providers in meeting meaningful use criteria, but there’s a lot of work to be done

Date: Jan 07, 2010
Amid the rash of studies the last few months about the inability of EHRs to deliver the goods comes a welcomed report by KLAS. Eighty-five percent of healthcare providers who responded to KLAS' survey believe their ambulatory EMRs will help them meet for the 2011 deadlines per the meaningful use criteria that were proposed in July. Read »

More pointers on how to transition from paper to electronic records

Date: Dec 28, 2009
Two partners from the consultancy group, EHR Empowerment Consortium, wrote about how physicians can make that transition from paper to computerized patient records. It’s a good primer. I'd like to add more to their list. Read »