Bernie Monegain
When this and other deals are consummated, the new organizations will be large enough to gain the attention of the Fortune 100. This is how healthcare IT will cease to be so fragmented.
"In today’s final rule, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has made some important improvements. However, the American Hospital Association (AHA) remains concerned that the requirements may be out of reach for many of America’s hospitals..."
The final rule for meaningful use is here, and now begins the transformation. Now begins the hard work for hospitals and physician practices that have to make sure their technology means something. No one we’ve spoken with in the healthcare field has ever suggested they wanted to use technology for technology’s sake – just to put what they have on paper in electronic form.
To make sure patients are safe, hospitals have to put their CPOE systems to the test, warns healthcare industry watchdog The Leapfrog Group in a report released last month. Leapfrog, one of the strongest advocates in healthcare for the use of CPOE – computerized provider order entry, called on the federal government to make testing mandatory.
Hospital CIOs across the country reviewed the final rule on meaningful use of health IT with some relief that the government had given up its all-or-nothing approach.
Rural hospitals across the country will benefit from a new $400 million-per-year program, developed by the Federal Communications Commission, to provide affordable broadband in medically underserved communities.
El Camino Hospital, a 542-bed acute care center, is using new technology to shave precious minutes off the time it takes for heart attack victims to receive lifesaving treatment.
Trace Devanny, former president of Kansas City, Mo.-based health IT company Cerner, takes the helm as CEO of The TriZetto Group on July 19.
The Santa Cruz Health Information Exchange (HIE) is working on its user authentication and identity proofing to ensure patient privacy.
William M. Tierney, MD, an international leader in medical informatics and health services research, has been named president and chief executive officer of the Regenstrief Institute.