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Massachusetts State Senator At HIMMS States HIE Is An Overcrowded Field of Vendors

I do have to say that I agree with him on this as with researching and posting on this blog every day, I see all the announcements and so forth. I get tired and confused at times with what certain vendors are offering. He has some ground to...

Published Tue, Feb 02 2011 12:49 AM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, healthcare, Medical Records, EHR, Health IT, Budgets, Doctors, Patients, Money, HIE, HIMSS, Senator Richard Moore

CMS States Over 4,000 Providers Have Registered for EHR Medical Records Incentives-First Incentives Paid Out Last Week

The entire incentive package goes up to as high as $44,000 for Medicare and up to $63,000 from Medicaid for using electronic medical records. Hospitals of course stand to gain much in the way of incentives for their incentives. The longer...

Published Tue, Jan 01 2011 4:16 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, healthcare, Medical Records, medicare, Health IT, Medicaid, CMS, e-MDs, Doctors, Patients, stimulus, ARRA, HITECH, EHR incentive

Health Insurance Companies Not Supporting Repeal of Healthcare–They Don’t Want Big Expense of Algorithmic Data Resets Either As “Algos” Are Their Business Models

Here we go again talking about the expensive “data resets” that everybody in technology understands and gets but there’s some politicians out there that don’t seem to be able to digest that this is there and the expense behind it. Even Walgreens...

Published Mon, Jan 01 2011 6:07 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Insurance, My Commentaries, healthcare, Medical Records, health insurance, Health IT, HHS, CMS, Doctors, Servers, HIT, healthcare reform, medical care, CIOs

Nation's First Physician Recipient of Health Records Incentive Payment Using e-MDs Medical Records in Oklahoma

If I am reading correctly the check was issued 2 days after registration began, and that’s fast service. The amount of the check as just over 42K for their use electronic medical records and the ability to show meaningful use. This is a small clinic...

Published Fri, Jan 01 2011 3:18 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, healthcare, Medical Records, medicare, Health IT, CMS, e-MDs, Doctors, Patients, stimulus, ARRA, HITECH, EHR incentive

Do Some Think That Health IT Costs and Systems Grow On Trees-Certainly Starting To Give That Impression of Late

Rich and positive experiences is referenced in this article and I would like to know who really gets that today? Does anyone or are we constantly working with innovation and forgetting the collaboration part of this scheme? As technology throws...

Published Tue, Nov 11 2010 6:49 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Insurance, healthcare, Medical Records, health insurance, Health IT, HHS, CMS, Doctors, Servers, HIT, medical care, CIOs

Office of National Coordinator to Begin Real World Testing of NHIN–Clinical Information Exchange Between Healthcare Providers–The Next Step Beyond the Fax

If you are a healthcare IT person, then you know what this is but for those who are not aware of the NIHN, read up here as help is on the way to allow an exchange of records using NHIN Direct standards, in other words things like email and sending documents...

Published Mon, Nov 11 2010 1:53 AM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Other Items of Interest, Medical Records, Email, EHR, Health IT, Hospitals, Doctors, Standards, Pilots, services, ONC, exchanges, connectivity, NHIN Direct

Bon Secours Health System Offers Patients the Ability to Connect with My Chart and Connect Care

If the name My Chart sounds familiar to you, it might be because there are a number of hospitals, big ones, using the system from Epic. Kaiser Permanente, Cleveland Clinic are a couple that come to mind and now the same will be offered to patients...

Published Thu, Jun 06 2010 9:46 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Hospital, healthcare, Medical Records, EHR, Health IT, PHR, Doctors, Patients, Bon Secours

GE Wanted to Target Small Practices for EHRs – The Answer Go Buy One - MedPlexus

I guess Centricity with cost is not a reality for many small practices as it is for a hospital or large health institution solution. The medical records system continues with mergers and acquisitions. What is odd though as soon as we see a...

Published Wed, Mar 03 2010 3:07 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, EMR, Medical Records, EHR, Health IT, GE, Sales, Doctors, GE Healthcare, Mergers and Acquisitions, providers, small practices, MedPlexus

Kaiser Permanente Recognized as One of the World’s Most Innovative Companies

Not too long ago I spoke with Chris McCarthy from Kaiser Permanente who runs the Innovation Center and you can read more at the link below. It is a refreshing change compared to what we see in some other areas of healthcare as they invest in not...

Published Fri, Feb 02 2010 11:35 AM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, healthcare, Medical Records, EHR, Health IT, PHR, Kaiser Permanente, Doctors, Patients, simulation, innovation, ILN, Garfield Center, Fast Company

Microsoft Acquires Sentillion – Single Sign On To Work With Amalga and More…

Back in June of this year Microsoft and Sentillion signed a licensing agreement and now as things move along they will become part of the Microsoft Healthcare group. One of the notable case studies listed has been their work with Tenet hospitals...

Published Thu, Dec 12 2009 10:43 AM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Microsoft/Windows News, healthcare, microsoft, Medical Records, Health IT, Amalga, Doctors, data input, nurses, Single Sign On, Sentillion, SSO

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