US releases $1.2 billion for EMRs
The US government is releasing $1.2 billion (€800m) to help healthcare providers implement and use electronic medical records. The grants include $598m (€400m) to set up about 70 health information technology centres, which will provide technical assistance and support for the implementation of EMRs. A further $564m will be spent on health information networks to allow […]
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Clinical process improvement drives EMR use
The need to improve clinical processes and workflow efficiency in healthcare is driving more healthcare organisations to look positively at electronic medical records, a new survey has found. In a survey of 819 users of electronic medical records (EMRs), the US Medical Records Institute found that almost half of healthcare organisations were driven to agreeing […]
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Road to repair
On the anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, US correspondent Neil Versel reports from Louisiana on the use of EHRs in rebuilding healthcare facilities.
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Cash injection
After GE’s purchase of IDX, are more medical systems companies eyeing up the healthcare IT market? Industry analyst James MacPherson investigates.
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After Katrina
An unprecedented mobilisation of information technology could be just what the doctor ordered to prevent a major public health crisis for more than one million people.
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Interoperability centre stage in Dallas
Interoperability was the operative word among the nearly 22,000 health IT professionals at the 2005 Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society conference here last week, Neil Versel reports from Dallas. "Interoperability is the key to achieving the ultimate goal," which is a full electronic health record, explained Dr Carolyn Clancy, director of the US government’s Agency […]
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Electronic medical records top priority for US
US healthcare IT executives have named implementing a paperless electronic medical record (EMR) their top priority in the annual Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMMS) leadership poll. Nearly two-thirds of healthcare IT executives said their organisation planned to implement an EMR in the next two years, according to the 16th annual HIMMS leadership survey. […]
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National US health information infrastructure called for
The influential Institute of Medicine (IOM) has published a new report calling on the US Government to create national data standards for collecting and exchanging electronic medical information that would provide a national ‘information infrastructure’ to help spur the adoption of electronic medical records (EMRs). The report outlines a plan to accelerate the development of […]
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Physicians Slow to Adopt Emerging Technology
A new report by consultants Deloitte & Touche and Fulcrum Analytics says the adoption of new technology by US family doctors is slow and will remain incremental until technology and associated applications are integrated at the point of care and deliver economic benefits. Less than a quarter of the 1,200 US physicians surveyed for the […]
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