Topic: Health Information Technology

Those Electronic Medical Records Obama So Loves? A Bit Clunky

President Obama has pledged $19 billion to encourage physicians and hospitals to adopt electronic medical records and similar systems. The assumption is that recycling paper-based patient records and turning to more advanced, ...READ»

Why Electronic Health Records Are Worth the Hype -- and the Price

The push for electronic medical records has stirred controversy -- but their potential is immeasurable.READ»

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Obama's Stimulus Package May Lead to a Medical Records Bonanza

A two-year window spurred by the new Administration's providing economic stimulus funding for purchasing EMR software could lead to a veritable "bonanza" as clinicians rush to take advantage prior to January 1, 2011, when the money kicks in.READ»

Obama's Healthcare Agenda Highlights EMR Software as Cost Saver

President Barack Obama's healthcare agenda epitomizes business intelligence with its stressing of increasingly pervasive EMR software.READ»

President Obama’s Call for Universal EMR

Barack Obama’s call for pervasive computerization and electronic medical records is ambitious and focused, but implementation issues remain challenging.READ»

President Obama Continues to Push for Electronic Medical Records

Since he was candidate Obama, the new President has been calling for a comprehensive electronic medical records system with the U.S. Health Care juggernaut.READ»

EMR Packages Can Help Chiropractors

A busy chiropractic practice can benefit from electronic medical record software packages in significant ways.READ»

Fox Meadows Software Packages Certain to be Federally Complian

Fox Meadows plans to continue its proven track record of diagnostic and treatment efficacy while meeting all ARRA standards.READ»

Fast Talk: Bush's Record Collector

Dr. Robert Kolodner National Coordinator for Health Information Technology Department of Health and Human Services Washington, D.C. Dr. Robert Kolodner, 59, advises HHS Secretary Michael Leavitt on health IT initiatives and ...READ»

Fox Meadows Software Systems to be Funded by Obama's New Stimulus Plan

Excellent "paperless" solutions from Fox Meadows are expected to be a perfect fit for ARRA. READ»

Comparing the Candidates’ Technology and Innovation Policies

The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation has been tracking Barack Obama and John McCain's positions on innovation and technology policy for some months. In September, ITIF released a report Comparing the Candidates' ...READ»

To E-Prescribe or Not

E-prescribing may be the safe way to dispense medications in the future, and it's just beginning to make inroads in the medical system.READ»

Why Your Doctor Will Ditch Bad Handwriting, Use a PC

Medical doctors get lumbered with the traditional "bad handwriting joke" for a reason--I haven't yet met one that writes legibly. But these scribbles are no joke: Doctors' bad handwriting may be the source of up to 7,000 deaths in the ...READ»

How Fox Meadows EMR Software Packages Are Helping Obama's Five Pillars

EMR software packages from Fox Meadows will fully support at least one of Obama's pillars, the tenet endorsing health care reforms intended to lower costs for families and businesses.READ»

HIPAA Regulations Still Remain in Effect

Although most provisions of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 remain in effect, adhering to these regulations is now easier due to improvements in electronic medical records software.READ»

President Barack Obama's Remarks on Healthcare Costs Stress EMR Software

The President's remarks of May 11, 2009, place additional emphasis on the need to manage patient records in a digital way.READ»

Three Ways Hospitals Are Moving From Analog to Digital

That hospitals need to embrace health IT is a no-brainer. If Electronic Health Records, for instance, eliminated as many as 200,000 drug mistakes it would save a combined $1 billion or more each year. Congress has dedicated $30 ...READ»

GE's New Healthymagination Campaign Will Boost EMR Sales

Announced on May 7, 2009, the General Electric blitz has put Obama-era Healthcare initiatives front and center – and EMR software is an integral part of the mix.READ»

How Mayo Clinic and Microsoft Are Empowering Patients

Sidna Tulledge-Scheitel Medical Director, Global Products and Services Mayo Clinic Rochester, Minnesota   David Cerino General Manager Health Solutions Group Microsoft Redmond, ...READ»

Google, Microsoft, IBM...and Now Wal-Mart: Which Will Build the Killer App for Digital Medical Records?

Wal-Mart announced today that it's joining the digital medical records race. With Obama designating $19 billion of the stimulus package to digitizing this leap, it's no wonder the most powerful retailer in the world has decided to ...READ»

Health Insurance Quote Reform Weekly EasyToInsureME 8/28/09

This Week in Health Care Reform This week, Sen. Ted Kennedy, longtime champion of universal health coverage, died at age 77. It remains to be seen how his death will affect the debate over health care reform as Democrats continue efforts without his guidance. Sen. Kennedy READ»

Fast Talk: Bureaucracy Breaker

Colin Evans President and CEO, Dossia Portland, Oregon Colin Evans, 55, is a 27-year Intel veteran who's on loan to Dossia, a nonprofit consortium founded by several major companies, including AT&T, BP, Intel, and Wal-Mart, ...READ»

President Obama's Georgetown Speech Offers Hope

One of Obama's "five pillars" is health care reform. READ»

The Future of Health Care Is Social

Too many of us are too busy to be healthy--not because we lack awareness. It's finding the time to do it that's the problem. In an age of 24/7 connectivity, time feels more pressed than ever. Yet, it may be that the very technology allowing us this around-the-clock connection can transform how we manage our health.READ»

Private Healthcare?

An article in the Sunday New York Times caught my eye. It talked about a possible government mandate to standardize computerized health records, if the industry doesn't come up with a set of technical standards on its own. The ...READ»