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Parsing eCW’s $155M payment to the government

Docnotes

EHR purchase / deployment / optimization is a multi-year initiative. You don’t want your patients / competitors / peers to know that your EHR doesn’t work as expected. Indeed, the imperfection of the program was a motivating factor for me to join the government in 2011. You made a mistake.

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Weekender 6/7/19

HIStalk Weekender

The six former National Coordinators express their support for the proposed interoperability rules of ONC/CMS. A KLAS report on newly developed small-hospital inpatient EHRS from Athenahealth, EClinicalWorks, Epic, and Meditech finds that only Meditech has brought sites live. Best Reader Comments. NonInterOp ). Athenahealth paid $7.7

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The new Digital Health model : Disruption, Engagement, Integration and Trust

Lloyd Price

But integration and interoperability challenges of existing traditional models will make this progress slower. For example, in Singapore, the National Electronic Health Record (NEHR) system was rolled out in 2011. Mary Johnston Hospital in Manila, in the Philippines, implemented a cloud-based EHR solution called HarmoniMD.

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HIStalk Interviews Rachel Marano, Managing Partner, Pivot Point Consulting

HIStalk Interviews

I launched Pivot Point Consulting in April 2011 with the intent of continuing in the healthcare IT industry, but as a consulting group and a vendor. Cerner has made a lot of advances in their interoperability and in the international market, which has given them many additional clients. They create tremendous value for organizations.

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The Tech Giants are Coming for Healthcare

Lloyd Price

TPA Amazon realizes that they could significantly lower the costs of administrative services by solving interoperability. Google started a health-records initiative in 2008, but shut it down by 2011, citing poor adoption. But how easy will it actually be? Several of them have made efforts in the past and failed.

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HIStalk Interviews Helen Waters, EVP, Meditech

HIStalk Interviews

Expanse for us represents the development over several years of an EHR that we designed for the post-Meaningful Use era. We saw an opportunity in 2011 and 2012 to build a brand new EHR, and in particular, emphasize the provider experience. There are major established players in the EHR space. Very different.

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Review of Mobile Devices and Health by Ida Sim in the NEJM

mHealth Insight

“Integration of Sensor, Smartphone, and Electronic Health Record (EHR) Data for Patients and Clinicians. That said, integration with the electronic health record (EHR) is currently extremely challenging and costly. 44 FHIR allows external third-party apps to integrate into the EHR workflow.