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Core Principles for Application Decommissioning and Data Archiving

Healthcare IT Today

While we’ve been writing about EMR data archiving since back in 2009 and then again in 2013 and 2014 to name a few, the topic has never been more important than it is today. With many healthcare organizations literally supporting 100s and even 1000s of health IT software, how you handle legacy systems including data […].

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Regulators Need to Pay More Attention to Long-term and Nursing Care

Healthcare IT Today

But these facilities are afterthoughts in our health care system, and were excluded in particular from the huge digitization of health care triggered in the United States by the 2009 HITECH act and 2010 Affordable Care Act. Learn more about PointClickCare: [link]. And for an exclusive look at our top stories , subscribe to our newsletter.

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EHR-Based CPOE Tools Miss Many Dangerous Medication Interactions

Healthcare IT Today

To conduct the study, researchers analyzed 8,657 observations using the National Quality Forum Health IT Safety Measure, a CPOE and EHR safety test administered by the Leapfrog Group between 2009 and 2018. The tool uses […].

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Moving to eClinicalWorks’ Cloud EHR Helped Suncoast Community Health Centers Save Money and Reduce Frustration

Healthcare IT Today

Healthcare IT Today sat down with Dorrie Paquin-Brown, Director of Special Projects at Suncoast Community Health Centers (SCHC) and Edward Martinbor, CIO at SCHC to learn more about their impetus to move to the cloud and the benefits they have realized.

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The Future of Healthcare: Integrated Data for Integrated Care

Healthcare IT Today

Fragmented Healthcare Data is Costly for Patients and Providers Signed into law by President Obama in 2009, the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH) mandated the adoption of Electronic Health Records (EHRs) across healthcare systems.

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What Duplicate Patient Notes Reveal About Health Care and Its Records

Healthcare IT Today

Several respondents say that government regulations from the Meaningful Use era, starting in 2009, make it hard to comply without loading each note down with duplicate information. Follow the money. A related motivation was suggested by to two administrators with nursing backgrounds: Joy Avery and Donna Pritchard from CipherHealth.

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