Featured Report: It's time to publicly compare EHR usability, IOM group says
Fierce Health IT
Sept,20,2012
by: Julie Bird
The world of electronic health records needs to open itself up to critical comparisons and earnest user evaluation if it wants to avoid formal regulation by the Food and Drug Administration, according to a discussion paper released this month by the Institute of Medicine. Not only is there nowhere for health IT users to share publicly their experiences with different products, but vendors often prohibit users from sharing screenshots or otherwise publicly discussing EHR problems, notes the paper, "Comparative User Experiences of Health IT Products: How User Experiences Would Be Reported and Used."
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Survey: Most Physicians Using, Starting To Implement EHRs
Sept,04,2012
Most physicians currently use an electronic health record system or are in the process of implementing one, according to a new survey by Medscape, FierceEMR reports.The survey suggests that the widespread use of EHRs can be attributed in large part to the meaningful use program. Under the 2009 federal economic stimulus package, health care providers who demonstrate meaningful use of certified electronic health record systems can qualify for Medicaid and Medicare incentive payments. Read more
Healthcare Info Security
Demand for Health InfoSec Pros Grows
Sept,18,2012
by: Marianne Kolbasuk McGee
When the HITECH Act electronic health record incentive program kicked off in 2009, the Department of Labor predicted a shortage of 50,000 health IT professionals in the coming years. As more organizations roll out EHRs, in part because of the billions of dollars in HITECH incentives now available, demand for information security expertise, in particular, is rapidly growing.
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Some providers have found implementing EHR “traumatizing” (infographic)
Sept, 20, 2012
by: Stephanie Baum
The road for many providers implementing electronic health records has not been an easy one. But an infographic from health IT resource group HealthPOINT at Dakota State University revealed that 5 percent said the transition process was “traumatizing.” More than 50 percent of providers said it’s “been bumpy,” and another quarter of respondents said they “got through it.” The infographic combines fun facts like that with a sort of crib sheet for the 1,100+ page Meaningful Use Stage 2 core requirements for EHR set down by the the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and Office of National Coordinator for Health IT last month.
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