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All my HIMSS coverage in one place

Meaningful HIT News

It’s a nice mix of news, features, analysis and commentary. Tavenner: 2014 is your last chance for a hardship exemption for Meaningful Use 2 (Feb. The last of my 10 MedCity News stories from HIMSS14 has been posted. Here are links to all of them, in chronological order.

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Unifying the Healthcare Assembly Line

Mobile Health Matters

The Aftermath of the EMR Gold Rush. The launch of Meaningful Use under the Affordable Care Act drove the electronic medical record (EMR) “Gold Rush,” the mass implementation of EMRs in a shift away from paper charts. Keep in mind that many ACOs and IDNs have numerous EMRs throughout their systems.

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What Duplicate Patient Notes Reveal About Health Care and Its Records

Healthcare IT Today

Inconsistencies also interfere with automated analysis by clinicians and researchers, who are seeking patterns in big data in order to lower costs or improve care. 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.

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