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Black Book: 81% Of Practices Committed To EHR Replacement
Unhappy physicians often daydream about being able to throw their cumbersome EHRs out the window, and plenty of providers are making that dream a reality, according to a new Black Book poll. [...] Read More »
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Breaking Down The Inertia Around Android And iOS Innovation
As Android closes in on 1 billion activations, the companies grouped around Mozilla’s Firefox OS are asking how, and over what period of time, can we break down the Google/Apple OS duopoly? Read More »
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Breaking The Chain
Patients with a new cardiac pacemaker have an advantage over patients who have received standard pacemakers: they can undergo MRI scans as a part of their care without the risk of adverse events. Read More »
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Buy EHR vs Build EHR
I’ve long had an interest in the topic of when hospitals chose to buy their EHR software versus build their EHR software. In fact, we’ve written multiple times on the subject including Anne Zieger’s piece on “Some Hospitals Still Choosing To Build Own EMR“. Read More »
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C-suite Views RCM As Matter Of Survival
New Black Book report shows healthcare execs see RCM as a way to stay solvent Read More »
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Canadians Tussle Over EHR Data Due To Poor Vendor Contract
An Alberta physician learned about the importance of establishing EHR data ownership the hard way after she lost control of more than 1500 patient records when leaving a medical group to start her own practice, according to the Mountain View Gazette. Read More »
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CareCloud Raises $20 Million In Crowded Market For Electronic Health Records
CareCloud, a Miami, Fl.-based electronic health record vendor which delivers applications over the internet, announced it raised $20 million in series B funding. [...] Read More »
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CCHIT To Test EHR, HIE Interoperability
To follow up yesterday’s news that Healtheway’s public-private partnership with eHealth Exchange (formerly NwHIN) was official, the Certification Commission for Health Information Technology (CCHIT) announced plans to work on a health information exchange (HIE) testing program. Read More »
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CIO: Consider 'Lessons Learned' Before Implementing Open Source EHRs
Open source electronic health record systems such as VistA are better than closed proprietary systems in terms of development, innovation and continuous quality improvement, but providers can still make the transition run more smoothly, according to Peter Groen, former CIO of Atlanta VA Medical Center. Read More »
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Cloud-Based EHRs Could Save Docs From Acquisition
Upgrading software to more fully integrate revenue cycle management, practice management and electronic health records may be the key to helping thousands of physician practices remain independent, according to a new Black Book survey. Read More »
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Cloud-Based EHRs With Integrated Billing Solutions May Save Thousands Of Independent Physicians From Acquisition, Reveals Black Book RCM Study
Nearly ten percent of physician practices are acquiescing to takeover offers from hospitals and larger medical groups, while more autonomous doctors confront the fallout from owning outmoded billing systems and unworkable electronic health records. However, Black Book surveys detect a defiant tipping point from the majority of independent physicians recently shifting to replacement EHRs... Read More »
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Cloud-based Vendors Giving Health IT A Boost
According to a recent Black Book Rankings report, 17% of physician practices are considering switching EHR vendors by January 2014. So, it should come as no surprise that many are looking for health IT vendors with a fresh approach to fulfilling physician software needs. Read More »
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CMS Awards Up-To-$15B Virtual Datacenter Contract
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has awarded a 10-year contract valued at up to $15 billion to eight vendors to compete to build various aspects of a virtual datacenter, which will provide the agency’s IT infrastructure and services that operate its business systems and better safeguard its healthcare information. Read More »
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CommonWell Is A Shame And A Missed Opportunity
The big news at HIMSS13 was the unveiling of CommonWell (Cerner, McKesson, Allscripts, athenahealth, Greenway and RelayHealth) to “get the ball rolling” on data exchange across disparate technologies. The shame is that another program with opaque governance by the largest incumbents in health IT is being passed off as progress. Read More »
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CommonWell Plans EHR Pilot; Denies Data Will Be For Sale
A joint effort to provide interoperability among the electronic health records systems of competing vendors is proceeding without a great deal of transparency and openness outside of the participating members. Read More »
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