Neil Versel, Contributing Writer
Neil Versel | February 18, 2013 | 15:37 PM | Meaningful Use, Electronic Health Records
While the Department of Health and Human Services touts the popularity of the meaningful use incentive program - some 3,525 hospitals nationwide and 175,000 individual providers had successfully met Stage 1 requirements through the end of 2012 - news... More
CHICAGO | Neil Versel | January 1, 2013 | 01:00 AM | Meaningful Use, Electronic Health Records, Health Information Exchange (HIE)
Hospitals can have hundreds of IT systems. Vendors have built proprietary databases. Not everyone follows the same standards. Health systems fear sharing data with competitors. Policymakers have not focused on health information exchange or EHR usability. More
CHICAGO | Neil Versel | November 8, 2012 | 11:13 AM | Meaningful Use, Electronic Health Records, Health Information Exchange (HIE)
An expert panel at the just-concluded American Medical Informatics Association Annual Symposium in Chicago discusses why interoperability in healthcare remains elusive. More
CHICAGO | Neil Versel | November 6, 2012 | 10:27 AM | Electronic Health Records, Quality and Safety
After two years of redesign, the Regenstrief Institute has unveiled an update to its pioneer clinical decision support system with more than just a modern look. Regenstrief researchers demonstrated what the new system can do at the annual American Medical... More
INDIAN WELLS, CA | Neil Versel | October 24, 2012 | 07:28 AM | Meaningful Use, Electronic Health Records, Quality and Safety
The federal government may have delayed the start of Stage 2 of meaningful use by a year, to 2014, but that does not mean healthcare providers should relax in their pursuit of the intended goals of the EHR incentive program, namely better, safer healthcare at... More
INDIAN WELLS, CA | Neil Versel | October 23, 2012 | 14:09 PM | Meaningful Use, Electronic Health Records, Quality and Safety
Health and Human Services officials, who spoke this week at the CHIME12 Annual Fall Forum, are pushing back against Republican questions of the appropriateness of the $27 billion meaningful use EHR Incentive Program. More
INDIAN WELLS, CA | Neil Versel | October 19, 2012 | 11:00 AM | Electronic Health Records, Health Information Exchange (HIE), Quality and Safety
Speaking at the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) annual CIO Forum, ONC chief Farzad Mostashari described the failings of paper records with a personal story. More
CHICAGO | Neil Versel | October 4, 2012 | 11:39 AM | Data Warehousing, Mobile/Wireless
Healthcare innovation doesn't have to come from ivory towers or sprawling Silicon Valley campuses. The people in the trenches of health information management need to contribute, too, according to former federal Chief Technology Officer Aneesh Chopra. More
CHICAGO | Neil Versel | October 4, 2012 | 11:05 AM | Electronic Health Records, Network Infrastructure, Privacy and Security
Proper PHI management can reduce liability for HIPAA violations and, in the case of the near-disclosure of images to the wrong party with malevolent intentions, prevent potential litigation, experts tell an audience at AHIMA's annual convention. More
CHICAGO | Neil Versel | October 2, 2012 | 07:45 AM | Meaningful Use, Electronic Health Records, Network Infrastructure
As providers look ahead to Stage 2 of the meaningful use electronic health records incentive program, they will see a greater emphasis on quality of care and improved patient outcomes, according Alisa Ray, executive director of the Certification Commission... More
Neil Versel | August 5, 2011 | 14:17 PM | Health Information Exchange (HIE)
As health information technology changes, so does the role of chief medical information officer (CMIO). More
Neil Versel | July 5, 2011 | 12:13 PM | Electronic Health Records
After decades of fits and starts, electronic health records adoption is becoming reality, thanks in no small part to the federal incentive program for meaningful use of EHRs. But the health IT industry still has plenty of room to evolve. More
