HRSA Holds Webinar on EHRs and Smoking Cessation
HRSA Webinar on Using an EHR and Quality Data for Smoking Cessation The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) is an agency operating under Health…
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EHRs and Saving Money
COMMENTARY William A. Hyman Professor Emeritus, Biomedical Engineering Texas A&M University, w-hyman@tamu.edu Read other articles by this author A persistent theme in EHR adoption is…
HHS Reports Providers’ Use of Health IT Doubles Since 2012
More than half of America’s doctors have adopted electronic health records HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today announced that more than half of all doctors and…
ONC Data Brief Looks at RECs Support of PAs, NPs in EHR Adoption
EHR Adoption Progress for PAs and NPs Last week the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) released a data brief on how…
CMS, ONC Report on Progress of Health IT Adoption
Record Progress to Date on Adoption of Health IT Initiatives CMS and ONC yesterday posted a joint fact sheet breaking down progress made to date…
PwC Canadian Study Shows ROI in Use of EHR Technology Over Time
The Emerging Benefits of EHRs PwC’s Health Research Institute (HRI) provides research and analysis on trends impacting various health industries. The Institute’s latest report, commissioned…
Six Senators Question Decisions to Date on Path to Health IT Adoption
Senators Seek to Re-examine CMS, ONC Decisions On Health IT Advancement Ahead of today’s Congressional hearing on Health and Human Services (HHS) proposed 2014 budget,…
ONC Releases Evaluation of the Beacon Community Cooperative Agreement Program
Brief Explores Differences on How Each Beacon Community Operates The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology’s Beacon Community Cooperative Agreement Program funds 17 communities across…
Boosting Physician Productivity in Context of the EHR
Speech recognition and other technologies can improve physician productivity in EHR adoption Dr. Andres Jimenez CEO of ImplementHIT My team recently conducted an in-depth analysis on…