Achieving the Promise of Health Information Technology: What Can Providers and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Do To Improve the Electronic Health Record User Experience?
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During a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing on Wednesday, senators and stakeholders discussed issues regarding Stage 3 of the meaningful use program, barriers to interoperability and patients' access to data, FierceHealthIT reports.
Electronic health record vendors' processes for creating user friendly designs varies, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, FierceEMR reports.
An Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT data brief highlights several disparities in the accessibility and use of health IT in 2013, <
Expanding access to health information and making it more useful for patients and providers is key to improving care quality, according to experts at this week's Health Datapalooza conference in Washington, D.C., Modern Healthcare reports.
Massachusetts-based Partners HealthCare has launched a $1.2 billion electronic health record system for its network of 10 hospitals and 6,000 physicians, the Boston Globe reports.
The American Medical Informatics Association released a report with several recommendations to accelerate the development of electronic health records over the next five years and better support patient-centric care, MedCity News reports (Versel, MedCity News, 5/29).
Providers' selections of electronic health record systems tend to vary by physician practice size, according to a survey by AmericanEHR Partners, Becker's Health IT & CIO Review reports.
The care coordination software market is expected to grow at a 26.1% compound annual growth rate between 2015 and 2020, according to a report from Frost & Sullivan, FierceHealthIT reports (Hall, FierceHealthIT, 5/13).
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT published nearly 250 comments that it received on its draft nationwide interoperability roadmap, Politico's "Morning eHealth" reports (Pittman, "Morning eHealth," Politico, 5/18).
The FDA issued guidance to help health care facilities protect against security vulnerabilities found in two computerized drug infusion pumps manufactured by Hospira, AHA News reports (AHA News, 5/14).
The majority of hospitals throughout the U.S. have some kind of social media presence.
Today, at least 1,576 hospitals use social media outlets such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, LinkedIn, FourSquare and blogs, according to the Mayo Clinic Social Media Network's Health Care Social Media List, which tracks hospital social media presence by state and platform.
The ONC Certified Health IT Product List (CHPL) was recently updated to version 4.0. The new release includes a completely refined user interface. You will find improved search functions, better filtering options and new product selection processes. The new site can be accessed via http://healthit.gov/chpl.
Rep. Diane Black (R-Tenn.) introduced a bill (HR 2247) that would require a transition period following the implementation of new ICD-10 code sets, EHR Intelligence reports.
A California resident filed a class-action lawsuit against Fitbit, arguing that the sleep-tracking feature of the company's wearable device is not accurate and that the firm is engaging in false advertising, MobiHealthNews reports.
Four Health IT Policy Committee work groups shared feedback on CMS' proposed rule for Stage 3 of the meaningful use program,
In 2014, Medicare reimbursements for telehealth services totaled $13.9 million, according to new CMS data, Becker's Health IT & CIO Review reports.
President Obama nominated National Coordinator for Health IT Karen DeSalvo to serve as HHS assistant secretary for health -- a post she has served in on an interim basis, Health Data Management reports (Slabodkin, Health Data Managemen
National Coordinator for Health IT Karen DeSalvo told senators that health IT is "foundational" to President Obama's Precision Medicine initiative and discussed ways to improve data sharing,
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