IntelliDose and eClinicalWorks Partner for End-to-End Oncology Practice Management
IntelliDose®, IntrinsiQ’s chemotherapy management solution, with the
eClinicalWorks unified Electronic Medical Record (EMR) and Practice
Management (PM) solution to give oncology practices a complete,
best-of-breed health information system.
NQF Forms New Health IT Advisory Committee
National Quality Forum (NQF) has formed a new Health Information
Technology Advisory Committee (HITAC). Members of the new advisory
committee represent a wide range of healthcare stakeholders, including
consumers, providers, clinicians, purchasers, suppliers, and public and
community healthcare.
Vice President Biden, HHS Secretary Sebelius Announce Selection of 15 Health IT Pilot Communities through Recovery Act Beacon Community Program
Vice President Biden and U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary
Kathleen Sebelius announced the selection of 15 communities across the
country to serve as pilot communities for eventual wide-scale use of
health information technology through the Beacon Community program.
Medical Simulation Corporation Announces Stroke Quality Initiative Program in Support of National Stroke Awareness Month
affects 700,000 Americans and accounts for over 143,000 deaths
annually. With timely treatment, the risk of death and disability from
stroke can be substantially lowered. Released earlier this year,
Medical Simulation Corporation’s (MSC) SimSuite Stroke Program enhances
the competence and confidence® of healthcare providers in early
recognition of stroke and initial treatment of stroke patients to
improve patient outcomes.
Mercy Health System Expands Its Use of NextGen Technology to Enhance Care Coordination
NextGen Healthcare Information Systems, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary
of Quality Systems, Inc. and a leading provider of healthcare
information systems and connectivity solutions, announced an agreement
with Mercy Health System (MHS) to deployNextGen® EHR (Electronic Health
Record) and NextGen Health Information Exchange (HIE).
AHRQ Releases Common Formats Version 1.1 for Reporting Patient Safety Data
Common Formats Version 1.1 is now available and replaces Version 1.0.
Vanderbilt University Medical Center Selects Accelarad’s SeeMyRadiology.com Service
SeeMyRadiology.com, Accelarad’s new online medical image cloud
computing service, announced its launch with Vanderbilt
University Medical Center (VUMC), bringing new medical image exchange
technology to VUMC, a leader in the Southeast’s medical education,
research and patient care.
EMR Implementation: Building a Team of Informaticists
EMR Implementation
Building a Team of Informaticists
In “Clinical Informatics and the CMIO” (PSQH 2010, Jan./Feb.), I discussed the importance of clinical informatics in institutions achieving their EMR implementation goals. I talked about why you can’t “just take the paper order set and make it appear on the screen” and how you should brace yourself for organizational change when you start doing electronic order entry.
Health IT & Quality: Health IT’s Glue
Health IT & Quality
Health IT’s Glue
With the march toward deployment of healthcare IT in full swing, concern mounts about obtaining the full value from the investment. Spending $19 billion on health IT tools does not guarantee patient safety, enhanced quality, improved access to care, or reduced cost. In fact, many studies over the past years have shown just the opposite.
Rauland-Borg and Visonic Technologies Collaboration Brings Enhanced RTLS Functionality to the Responder 5® Nurse Call System
Rauland-Borg, the leader in Healthcare Nurse Call Systems, and Visonic
Technologies, a global provider of scalable Active RFID/RTLS based
safety, security and management solutions for the healthcare industry,
announce the integration of Elpas RTLS technology with the Responder 5
Nurse Call System.