In this table, we've combined the meaningful use objectives for both eligible professionals and hospitals for the Stage 1 adoption year, the required EHR technology criteria to accomplish those objectives and what criteria the government will use to measure meaningful use.
Superior healthcare technology usually means better care and safety for patients - but the familiar technologies that power today's modern hospitals also have a dark side. From infections to cancer to surgical fires, this list covers the top 10 healthcare technology threats for 2010.
TELUS Health Solutions and Orange have joined forces to develop innovative remote monitoring solutions for patients with chronic diseases. The Calydial solution, a pilot that remotely monitored patients with kidney disease, in collaboration with Grenoble University Hospital, Calydial dialysis centers of Lyon, France and AGDUC health center in Grenoble, France, yielded positive results; patient satisfaction and patient support both improved1. Yesterday, the Calydial solution was awarded the Innovation Prize in the telemedicine category at Health IT, France’s preeminent information technology trade show for hospitals and other medical establishments.
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced Tuesday the first batch of organizations receiving Health Care Innovation awards. A total of $122.6 million will support 26 projects -- many underpinned by health IT, and all aimed at improving care, saving money and improving the healthcare workforce.
ViryaNet Limited (OTCQB: VRYAF), a leading provider of software solutions that optimize the planning, execution, and monitoring of service processes for mobile workforces, announced today that Fresenius Medical Care has selected ViryaNet’s G4 Workforce Management Solution to expedite the scheduling and dispatch of acute services technical personnel which includes thousands of registered nurses and patient care technicians.
The advocacy group Health Care for America Now has had a loud voice in the healthcare reform debate over the past three years. The company started a Tumblr blog titled "We are the 99 percent," where followers submit photos of themselves holding a sheet of paper, with a message as to why they choose to occupy Wall Street. The site states: "We are forced to choose between groceries and rent. We are denied quality medical care. We are suffering from environmental pollution." The list goes on.
Free-text searches of electronic medical records could be better at identifying patients’ postoperative complications than the currently used billing codes, according to a new study.
A registry of healthcare information on patients with mild to moderate chronic kidney disease could help physicians improve care for patients, according to a new study in Clinical Journal of the American Society Nephrology (CJASN).
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.
Fresenius Medical Care North America, operator of the nation’s leading network of dialysis facilities, today announced it has purchased Nashville-based Health IT Services Group (HITSG) and its portfolio of products including Acumen nEHR, a nephrology-specific electronic health record.
Siemens Healthcare donates clinical laboratory instruments and diagnostic tests to the National Kidney Foundation's community outreach program, Kidney Early Evaluation Program (KEEP), to help reduce the number of individuals that develop chronic kidney disease. The program raises awareness in the United States about early detection of kidney disease and screens high-risk individuals at no charge.
DELRAY BEACH, FL - The Independent Dialysis Foundation (IDF), a not-for-profit organization affiliated with the University of Maryland, says it will partner with the VeriChip Corp., a provider o...
A German renal therapy company is partnering with a U.S.-based healthcare IT vendor to offer a Web-based electronic health record designed specifically for nephrologists.
A German renal therapy company is partnering with a U.S.-based healthcare IT vendor to offer a Web-based electronic health record designed specifically for nephrologists. Fresenius...
