Who: Halifax.MediaCoop.ca What: In Nova Scotia, the Department of Health and Wellness (DHW) has decided to award a contract for its preferred EMR system to Ontario-based Nightingale Informatix Corporation, much to the dismay of software vendors in the local region. The Nightingale software has, however, been so unpopular with Nova Scotia physicians that the DHW […]
Who: WashingtonPost.com What: With every new report about the recent slowdown in health-care spending there is speculation in the media that the problem of rising health costs has somehow been solved or cut down to size. The idea that we have licked the problem of health-care cost increases is no more probable today than it […]
Who: MedCityNews.com What: Providers are now having trouble with interoperability and conversions of data.The majority of physician offices have implemented EHRs, but they must now communicate with other entities such as HIEs and ACOs. With the increase in mergers and acquisitions, we are also seeing an increased demand for conversions from one system to another. […]
Who: MedCityNews.com What: Different studies have shown the use of EMR systems to have been extremely beneficial to providers and patients while others have shown the use of EMRs to increase the incurred costs drastically. For a doctor looking to implement EMR at the office, reports suggesting varied conclusions can be very confusing. Recently, the […]
Who: GovHealthIT.com What: On April 2, 2013, the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) made available their updated data table for EHR Incentive Program (Meaningful Use) attestations, with specification as to which EHR products were used. The initial file, published on data.gov in 2012, showed the first year of experience of Meaningful Use, […]
Who: BostonHerald.com What: President Barack Obama’s budget next week will steer clear of major cuts to Medicaid, including tens of billions in reductions to the health care plan for the poor that the administration had proposed only last year. The president’s budget is to be released next Wednesday. Perhaps half the nearly 30 million people […]
Who: BeckersHospitalReview.com What: In a webinar on April 3, Scott Becker, JD, CPA, publisher of Becker’s Healthcare and partner with McGuireWoods in Chicago, moderated a panel discussion with five healthcare leaders. Together, the panel hashed out some of the biggest trends that have emerged today within hospital finance, outsourcing and transactions: 1. The merger climate […]
Who: UPI.Com What: Doctors are changing paper records to electronic health records, but data systems are not sophisticated enough for new types of data, U.S. researchers say. The study, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, said as data becomes cheaper and more available to healthcare providers the ability to store large-scale raw […]
Who: News-Medical.Net What: GZS, Inc., a leader in developing disease-specific and condition-specific Electronic Medical Records/Electronic Health Records (EMR/EHR) and patient registry software solutions, has announced the worldwide release of the WebTracker-Hemophilia™ EHR patient registry solution used under the new brand name HemaGlobal™. HemaGlobal is a full-purpose EMR/EHR patient registry system that serves as a stable, […]
Who: WorkersCompensation.com What: A short list of trends related to workers compensation includes: 1. Aggressive Total/Partial Joint Replacement Surgeries 2. Increasingly Sophisticated Bionic Implants/Prosthetics 3. Changing Demographics of the Workforce 4. Better Recovery that Limits Risk of Permanent Partial Impairment Why: Employers should be aware that as states tend to use automated processes to streamline […]
