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Achieving Meaningful Use

 John Halamka, MD January 04, 2010
Now that the Interim Final Rule (Initial Set of Standards, Implementation Specifications, and Certification Criteria for Electronic Health Record Technology) and the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (Medicare and Medicaid Programs Electronic Health Record Incentive Program) have been published, we can all finalize our policy and technology strategies for achieving Certification and Meaningful Use in our organizations and communities.
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A BIDMC progress report on interoperability

 John Halamka, MD December 14, 2009
Like many complex healthcare systems, BIDMC does not have a one size fits all solution for ambulatory records. Although we favor integrated systems, we need to achieve interoperability via interfaces between two EHRs - a home built web-based product called webOMR and a commercial hosted version of eClinicalWorks.
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Certification versus meaningful use

 John Halamka, MD November 10, 2009
Recently, clinicians have asked me "why should I implement my organization's preferred EHR when I've found a less expensive vendor that promises meaningful use?"
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Web portal helps move patients out of ER

 Molly Merrill November 02, 2009
A Web portal is helping to move patients out of Newark Beth Israel Medical Center’s emergency department and into health centers in the city.
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Medical Data in the Internet “Cloud” - Data Privacy

 Robert Rowley, MD September 25, 2009
The concepts of “security” and “privacy” of medical information (Protected Health Information, or PHI) are closely intertwined.
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Time to Kill the PHR Term: Part 1

 John Moore September 10, 2009
Chilmark Research is becoming increasingly uncomfortable with the PHR acronym for Personal Health Record. There are a couple of reasons for this...
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Meaningful Use has arrived

 John Halamka, MD June 17, 2009
After months of anticipation, the definition of Meaningful Use has arrived.
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UC Berkeley alerts students to health data breach

 Molly Merrill May 12, 2009
Officials at the University of California, Berkeley are notifying more than 160,000 individuals that their personal information may have been stolen after hackers attacked restricted computer databases in the campus' health service center.
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UK hospital uses SMS texts to manage child immunizations

Sam Collins February 05, 2009
GP surgeries in London's Southwark Primary Care Trust have been using a text messaging solution to invite patients for the combined measles, mumps and rubella jab and to alert parents of measles outbreaks.
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Sage Launches Sage Intergy Version 5.5 Integrated Electronic Health Records and Practice Management System

 Industry News Release January 26, 2009
Leveraging its heritage and experience of more than a decade of standards-based interoperability, Sage today announced the launch of Sage Intergy version 5.5 integrated electronic health records and practice management system, to help improve the health and well being of physician practices and their patients. The systems' enhancements are designed to further expand interoperability with other systems and devices; further address specialty needs in obstetrics, pediatrics and cardiology; and streamline billing and collections, especially for larger practices.
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The Truth About Health IT Standards - There's No Good Reason to Delay Data Liquidity and Information Sharing

 David Kibbe January 26, 2009
Now that the Obama administration and Congress have committed to spending billions of tax payers’ money on health IT as part of the economic stimulus package, it’s important to be clear about what consumers and patients ought to expect in return -- better decision-making by doctors and patients.
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The Truth About Health IT Standards - There's No Good Reason to Delay Data Liquidity and Information Sharing

 Peter Neupert January 26, 2009
Now that the Obama administration and Congress have committed to spending billions of tax payers’ money on health IT as part of the economic stimulus package, it’s important to be clear about what consumers and patients ought to expect in return -- better decision-making by doctors and patients.
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Payers News Briefs

 Healthcare IT News Staff May 05, 2008
Kaiser Permanente boasts 2 million using its PHRKaiser Permanente officials say 2 million members are actively using Kaiser's personal health record My health manager, which was laun...
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Florida eases immunization management

 Molly Merrill December 28, 2007
Florida Shots, a state program of the Florida Department of Health, has implemented a new interface, to work with Visionary Medical System's Office practice management software, to enable its users to...
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San Diego RHIO takes step forward

 Caroline Broder October 03, 2005
Creation of a regional health information organization in San Diego has moved one step closer to reality after project leaders selected a technology platform to begin exchanging medical information....
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IT critical to adhering to NQF standards

 Bernie Monegain August 22, 2005
Physicians now have a set of standards against which to assess just how well they are doing their work. The National Quality Forum last month approved 36 ambulatory care standards. Hundreds more are o...
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Tennessee Blues, Cerner view shared project as 'unique'

 Bernie Monegain May 23, 2005
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee executives say the community health record the insurer is taking statewide in partnership with Cerner Corp. is a "unique" opportunity to do something about the risi...
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