I’m sure many of you are recovering from the Super Bowl right now. I got exactly what I wanted from the Super Bowl: a great game. I didn’t care too much either way, but I am glad that I predicted the Giants to be the winners. Too bad I’m not a betting man. Although, I [...]Related posts:Social Media EMR InformationSocial Media IndicatorsSocial Media ROI for Doctors
On Saturday, February 4th, it was my honor to present the closing keynote at the 2012 Harvard Business School Conference on Health . Nearly 700 business leaders, clinicians, alumni, students, and faculty attended the conference. The theme...(read more)
A survey by the Medical Group Management Association finds that 51% of physician practices with three or more doctors have fully implemented an electronic health record system. However, many EHR users said their systems lack certain capabilities. InformationWeek.
In a previous Meaningful Use Monday we wrote about a bunch of the Meaningful Use 2011 statistics that were put out by ONC and CMS. I know that my readers love statistics and information about Meaningful Use. Carl Bergman sent me a PDF file that contained some really interesting data on Meaningful Use stage 1 [...]Related posts:Meaningful Use Numbers from 2011 and Looking Towards 2012 – Meaningful Use MondayMeaningful Use Stage 1 for 2011 and 2012Some of the Thinking Behind Meaningful Use Stage 2 – Meaningful Use Monday
Using an online "virtual coach" helped overweight individuals engage in physical activity more often than those without access to online coaching, according to a study by the Center for Connected Health and Massachusetts General Hospital. Healthcare IT News, MobiHealthNews.
ID Experts has partnered with Apgar & Associates to offer mock HIPAA compliance audits to help health care organizations prepare for audits from HHS' Office for Civil Rights. The Veterans Health Administration has selected DSHI Systems' mobile emergency room triage system.
HHS has released a progress report on its efforts to reduce regulatory burdens. The agency said it is working to boost efficiency through rules that would improve patient access to test results and ease requirements for telehealth providers. AHA News, FierceHealthIT.
meridianEMR®, a market-leader in EHR for Urology, announced today the launch of a native iPhone® app to complement the meridianEMR system. meridianMobile® for iPhone combines the rich functionality of the meridianEMR system with the mobility and fluid interactivity of the iPhone.It gives Urologistssecure access to their real-time EHR data – right in the palm of [...]