Most of you have probably already seen the topline results from CHIME’s “Healthcare’s Most Wired: National Trends 2018” study, which was released last month...
Hospital Electronic Medical Record
By this point, few would argue that patients are unlikely to be engaged with their medical care if they don’t have free, unfettered access to the medical...
As payment models shift from fee-for-service to value-based care, hospitals are having to adopt new technologies and tweak existing ones. The thing is, it...
Most HDOs today face a decision: start over with a new EMR or optimize what you have. A poorly executed implementation, coupled with substandard vendor...
HIM professionals are responsible for many different tasks throughout the day and the highest priority is typically on ensuring the accuracy and integrity of...
In every healthcare organization I’ve seen there’s been a real push and pull when it comes to EHR data retention. In fact, this doesn’t just...
Let’s talk about the always controversial and intriguing topic of purging EHR data. It’s something that’s no doubt talked about in every...
When EMRs are the gossip of the week at TechCrunch (a popular tech startup website), you know our little EMR thang has gone mainstream. And TechCrunch is...
Hospitals may still be ambivalent about using the cloud for clinical data transport, but attitudes are likely to undergo a major change over the next few...
As I’ve written about here in the past, small rural/critical access hospitals are struggling to keep up with Meaningful Use. These hospitals —...