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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. The organization has evolved and now is a champion for interoperability, data standards, analytics, eForms, and other technologies.

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From Paper to Pixels: The Future is Bright for Health Information Management

Healthcare IT Today

Prior to the Meaningful Use incentives in 2005, only 20% of medical records were stored electronically. One area where Mueller believes HIM professionals can make a significant difference is interoperability. The era of rolling shelves, paperclips, and Dictaphones ended less than 20 years ago. A lot has changed. “I

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

Healthcare IT Today

Government Regulations – Meaningful Use. Data Blocking & Interoperability. Here's a summary of some of the top topics we discuss: Last Decade. Cloud Acceptance. Cybersecurity Explosion. Healthcare Consolidation. Physician Burnout. * Big Tech Entering Healthcare. Legal Cases & Violations

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2019: Healthcare IT gains new ground

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Of course, that's been the case every year over the past decade since the first meaningful use checks were mailed out, kickstarting the digital healthcare age as we know it. The EHR vendor’s founder also discusses the state of interoperability, cloud computing and today’s sticking points in health IT.

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

Healthcare IT Today

While the EHR Association has long supported the goals of the proposed rule, called Health Data, Technology, and Interoperability: Certification Program Updates, Algorithm Transparency, and Information Sharing Proposed Rule (HTI-1), we have a number of real concerns about the impact it would have on the industry if finalized as proposed.

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All my HIMSS coverage in one place

Meaningful HIT News

Tavenner: 2014 is your last chance for a hardship exemption for Meaningful Use 2 (Feb. DeSalvo: True EHR interoperability – and a national HIE – is possible by 2017 (Feb. Interoperability Showcase uses car crash to show how connected data really can improve patient care (March 5).

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What the Marine Corps Taught Me about Working in the Healthcare Industry

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We are witnessing earlier adoptions of new web-based technologies, increased interoperability, incentivized adoption models and many other innovations coming to bear. Quite a bit of this is inspired by ONC’s Meaningful Use, telehealth reimbursement models, and new CMS programs mandating effective change.