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Contributing Writer · February 11, 2010
Clinical Decision Support – what does it mean?
Clinical decision support is a feature of Electronic Health Records (EHRs) that is felt to be central and crucial to contemporary, certified EHR technology.
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Contributing Writer · February 10, 2010
Centricity EHR Users, General Electric and the Financial Crisis
Recently, I argued that volatility in the EHR market affects all vendors in the sector, and that large size does not shield companies from market-disruptive trends like technological innovation (Web-based EHRs), new business models, and the remarkable new vision for HIT that has been articulated...
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Contributing Writer · February 5, 2010
Five Question Friday: EHRs in a Dermatology Practice
This week’s Guest: Tanya Kormeili, MD Board Certified Dermatologist Santa Monica, CA Dr Kormeili practices with another dermatology colleague. They have 3 employees and are a smaller practice. They use an EMR in their practice – e-ClinicalWorks – and had used paper in other office...
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Contributing Writer · February 4, 2010
Meaningful Use and Pediatrics
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) contained a portion (Title XIII of Division A), referred to as HITECH, that is intended to support a broad effort to accelerate the adoption of Health IT and utilization of qualified Electronic Health Records (EHRs).
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Contributing Writer · January 25, 2010
EHR Vendors and HITECH Guarantees
HITECH, the $19 billion Federal program designed to accelerate the wiring of America’s health system, has EHR vendors scrambling like chickens in a barn fire.
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