May 28, 2013
Everyone expects a hospital to be ready to jump into action when disaster strikes. But what about when the disaster devastates the hospital itself? Turns out, it helps a lot to have an electronic medical record system in place. At least that was the case at Moore Medical Center in Oklahoma, a small hospital right in the path of the tornado that ripped through the suburbs of Oklahoma City.
May 05, 2013
The American Telemedicine Association's 18th Annual International Meeting & Trade Show kicked off with a flourish on Sunday in Austin, Texas, as the trade organization works to drive adoption of distance-based care and prepare for rapid change as new virtual models are embraced.
May 03, 2013
Three hospitals and a clinic, all under the St. Louis, Mo.-based SSM Health Care umbrella, have achieved Stage 7 on the HIMSS Analytics EMR Adoption Model, signifying the top of the scale for health IT implementation and use.
May 01, 2013
The 2013 ATA International Meeting & Trade Show, billed as the organization's "largest meeting ever," launches on Sunday, May 5, with a welcome reception at 3:15 p.m., followed by the opening plenary and the presentation of the ATA 2013 Humanitarian Award and three President's Awards.
April 22, 2013
The deployment of clinical and business intelligence tools is evolving, according to researchers at HIMSS Analytics, who increasingly see organizations "doing their data analytics are seeing their practice patterns," seeing what works and what doesn't, and then delivering that information to the bedside.
April 15, 2013
A study earlier this year from the University of Missouri showed that most patients took a dim view of doctors who make use of clinical decision support technology.
March 25, 2013
Accountable care organizations might be today's hope for grappling with healthcare costs and bumping up quality, but according to one expert, they are doomed to fail without one key element.
March 19, 2013
Two of the nation's largest health information exchanges are now exchanging Direct messages across state borders, officials announced Tuesday.
February 18, 2013
Healthcare providers in Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska can now exchange Direct secure messages across state lines, thanks to a collaborative effort among three state health information exchanges.
February 08, 2013
A new report by the Office of Inspector General (OIG) comes as a warning to Medicaid providers who don't keep careful watch over their books.
January 23, 2013
Healthcare providers in Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska can now exchange Direct secure messages across state lines, thanks to a collaborative effort among three state health information exchanges.
January 11, 2013
GE Healthcare, a provider of healthcare information technology, today announced that Children’s Mercy Hospitals & Clinics has selected Centricity Business as its enterprise-wide revenue cycle management solution. The organization selected Centricity Business because of its proven abilityto help accelerate revenue cycle efficiencies, improve staff productivity, and manage emerging reimbursement models under payment reform. Children’s Mercy joins a growing number of healthcare organizations using GE Healthcare’s clinical and financial solutions to help improve revenue cycle performance and enhance patient care.
January 09, 2013
Capsule Tech, Inc., a provider of medical device connectivity solutions, today announced that St. Anthony’s Medical Center, St. Louis, Missouri, will implement Capsule products in multiple care areas of the hospital. St. Anthony's will roll out Capsule’s Neuron™ touch-screen bedside connectivity platform to anesthesia machines in the hospital’s Operating Rooms (OR) and Labor and Delivery C-section suites. Additionally, Capsule will be implemented in the Gastro-Intestinal (GI) lab where Capsule’s terminal servers will be used to integrate patient monitors in six GI procedure rooms and a single portable GI system. The goal of the implementation is to automate the flow of patient data directly into St. Anthony’s Epic EMR system to improve documentation and patient care.
December 26, 2012
UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento, Calif., and University of Missouri Health Care have received the HIMSS Stage 7 Award for their use of electronic medical records (EMRs). The award represents attainment of the highest level on the EMR Adoption Model (EMRAM), which HIMSS Analytics uses to track EMR progress at hospitals and health systems.
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November 15, 2012
The American Health Information Management Association is partnering with the Delta Regional Authority on a pilot project aimed at speeding the adoption of electronic health records in the Delta region by initiating a revolving micro-loan program.
October 30, 2012
Perficient, Inc. (NASDAQ: PRFT), a leading information technology consulting firm serving Global 2000 and other large enterprise customers throughout North America, today announced it received IBM’s 2012 Information Management Integration Excellence Award. Perficient was recognized for its work with Premier healthcare alliance and IBM in developing and delivering PremierConnect, a technology platform that houses the largest virtual healthcare community in the country. The award was announced during the Business Partner Information Management keynote session of IBM’s Information On Demand 2012 conference, which is being held Oct. 21 – 25 at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas.
October 24, 2012
MGMA-ACMPE announced today that William S. Henderson, FACMPE, administrator, The Neurology Group LLP, Albany, N.Y.; and David P. Taylor, FACMPE, FACHE, vice president Regional Services, CoxHealth, Springfield, Mo., will serve as Board co-chairs of MGMA-ACMPE.*
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October 11, 2012
Officials at Litton & Giddings Radiological Associates announced Wednesday a potential breach of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, which may have compromised the personal health information of some 13,000 patients.
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September 28, 2012
Missouri Health Connection announced Thursday that five of the Show Me State's best and biggest hospitals and health systems will be the first to participate in its statewide health information exchange.
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September 14, 2012
One year after Cerner abandoned its EHR implementation project at Girard Medical Center, the two don’t appear to be any closer to a settlement of their legal struggle.
