On the Mend...
John Toussaint and Roger Gerard have published a book entitled On the Mend: Revolutionizing Healthcare to Save Lives and Transform the Industry. Ordinarily, you would be well advised to be skeptical of anyone promising revolution and transformation, but not here. Here's an excerpt...
CPOE Physician Incentiv...
Survey: A non-scientific survey of Health Information Technology (HIT) Experts, Consultants and Hospital Leadership about Physician Incentives used in the community to encourage MD involvement in training for new Computerized Provider Order Entry (CPOE) activations. Purpose:...
Leapfrog Report –...
Leapfrog Group Releases New CPOE Study Leapfrog leaders discuss CPOE performance-testing results By Mark Hagland On June 30, leaders of the Washington, D.C.-based Leapfrog Group, the large healthcare purchaser organization focused on patient safety and value, held a telephone...
Summary on Meaningful U...
Official posting projected to be in the Federal Register 7/28/10 will start the clock for rules to be in effect 60 days later Meaningful Use is now defined as 2 sets of objectives and measures (see images below) – Core Set with...
2010 Clinical Informati...
FEATURING KEYNOTES Future Directions & Interdisciplinary Collaboration: TIGER (Technology Informatics Guiding Education Reform) Phase III Patricia Hinton Walker,...
ISMP and CPOE...
At a recent blog post, I commented on my thoughts regarding ISMP and the use of their recommended standards. I am now hoping I can get readers to weigh in on a situation I have at my organization. We are preparing for CPOE and in the medication formulary build, the...
InterOpNurse Thoughts &...
For every good Electronic Medical Record Implementation, a good plan must be in place to support the users and its varying degree of sophistication. One strategy that has been proven as a model sought after was a Super User Model. Super Users are often healthcare providers who,... InterOpNurse Thoughts &...
I was recently involved in a much heated debate over utilizing standards in the roll out of our Computerized Provider Order Entry (CPOE) system. This issue in particular had to do with following a "standard" for drug name nomenclature, such as those recommended by the... SoCal HIMSS Presents...
I am so pleased to be a part of the planning committee for this first ever fusion of Clinical Informatics experts. Please mark your...
Healthcare Wants a Tabl...
By InterOpNurse guest contributor: Chris Thorman of Software Advice Chris Thorman Healthcare Wants a Tablet, But Not Apple’s iPad | Survey Results Posted on February 4, 2010 at 6:14 pm | 4 Comments Last week, during the fever pitch surrounding the... Which Tablet PC Will Ru...
By InterOpNurse guest contributor: Chris Thorman of Software Advice Chris Thorman Back in April, when the rumors of a tablet device from Apple were beginning to surface, wewondered aloud if a Mac tablet would become the gadget of choice to integrate withelectronic... What Does it Take to Qu...
By InterOpNurse guest contributor: Software Advice The great folks over at Software Advice teamed up with Justin Barnes, Chairman of the HIMSS Electronic Health Record Association and Vice President of Greenway Medical Technologies, to help answer these questions: How...
ONCHIT Releases its Pre...
With a December 31st deadline to provide an initial set of standards, The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONCHIT) and The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced regualtions tonight that define "meaningful use" of...
HHS To Award $235M To B...
On Wednesday, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced the launch of a $235 million initiativeto support community-based models for electronic health record adoption, Federal Computer Week reports (Lipowicz, Federal Computer Week, 12/2). Of the funds, HHS will award...
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