CMS Launches EHR Incentive Participation Timeline Tool
New EHR Incentive Resource and other CMS Updates The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is the Federal agency under the Department of Health…
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AMIA Paper Looks to Reduce EHR-Related Medical Errors
AMIA Position Paper Makes 10 Recommendations for Improving EHR Usability The American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) is a non-profit membership and scientific association providing leadership…
CHIME Raises Concerns Over CQM Reporting Harmonization
CHIME Says Technology, Workflow Burdens Impacting Reporting The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) is a non-profit organization dedicated to serving the needs of…
Researches Identify Ways to Improve Quality of Care from EHRs
New Study Shows Ways Quality of Care Measures can be Improved for EHRs Health care providers and hospitals are being offered up to $27 billion…
EHR Adoption by Family Physicians Likely To surpass 80% in 2013
EHR Adoption Accelerating Among Family Physicians The Annals of Family Medicine is a non-profit, peer-reviewed research journal  with a mission to advance the improvement of healthcare delivery among…
National Coordinator Looks to Vendors for Improving Patient Safety
HHS Stops Short Of Calling For Safety Regulations By Jay Hancock Kaiser Health News The Obama administration last Friday urged cooperation between software companies and caregivers to…
Electronic Health Records and Natural Disasters
Electronic Health Records – Lessons Learned from Sandy In the aftermath of Super Storm Sandy that hit the east coast this past October, what have…
Electronic Health Records vs. Patient Privacy: Who Will Win?
Patient privacy being challenged as patient records are digitized by Rick Kam, ID Experts Does your dermatologist need access to your reproductive health history? Can…
A Layer Above it All: Healtheway’s Value Prop
By John Moore, Founder & Managing Partner Chilmark Research @john_chilmark Now that NwHIN has been spun-out into the public-private entity Healtheway one has to wonder exactly…