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OntarioMD Looks to Help with AI Adoption and EMR Improvements

Healthcare IT Today

One is aimed at helping Electronic Medical Record (EMR) users in Ontario drive down costs and have a bigger voice with vendors. In the past, OntarioMD has been responsible for Certifying EMRs. Collaborating with EMR Vendors In a groundbreaking move, OntarioMD is considering reimagining the way EMR systems paid for.

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EHR Optimization – Healthcare IT Today Podcast Episode 88

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Many people are tired of hearing about EMR and EHR. That feels like something we talked about a decade ago when meaningful use was hot and now we’re ready to move on. Many people are tired of hearing about EMR and EHR. Efforts to improve it can make a big difference in your organization.

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Key Perspectives on Virtual Care with HCTec and Qure4u

Healthcare IT Today

While virtual care doesn’t have quite the same funding that EMR had with meaningful use, there are a lot of similarities to where we’re at today with virtual care as compared to where we were with EMR back when the government poured down $36 billion of stimulus money on EMR.

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Greenway’s Focus on EHR Optimization is Paying Off

Healthcare IT Today

And it should be easy to use too. According to Dr. Blackman, when EHRs were first rolled out in the pre Meaningful Use days, the primary goals was to make billing easier and more accurate. Job #1 for an EHR “An EHR should help people provide better care,” Dr. Blackman stated emphatically. It’s just that simple.”

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Looking Back at the Last Decade of Health IT – Healthcare IT Today Podcast Episode 26

Healthcare IT Today

For the 26th episode of the Healthcare IT Podcast, and we’re taking a look back at the last decade of Health IT. Hard to believe that it’s almost 2020, but as we enter the new decade join us as we look back. Join us as we discuss the biggest topics of the last decade and also the hot topics for 2019.

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ONC’s HTI-1 Places Undue Burdens on Healthcare Providers, Health IT Developers

Healthcare IT Today

Many of our concerns center on the proposed implementation timeframes associated with various concepts included in HTI-1, as well as ONC’s failure to sufficiently consider the burden compliance will place on provider organizations and health IT developers. This puts EHR vendors in the middle of data aggregation from multiple sources.

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MU Study Suggests That A Health IT Divide May Be Emerging Among Physicians

Healthcare IT Today

In retrospect, we probably should have predicted that once Meaningful Use was put into place, some physicians would be better situated than others to take advantage of the program.