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The physician-consumer health IT chasm: most doctors lagging in online patient support tools

Published Fri, May 05 2013 11:30 AM by The Doctor Weighs In

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AHRQ Toolkit Released

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has released a Toolkit with 13 steps to aid physician practices and independent pharmacies in their e-prescribing implementation. See the Toolkit. The steps include all aspects of setting up an e-prescribing...

Published Wed, Jun 06 2012 4:52 PM by blog.DrFirst

Filed under: Meaningful Use, EHR, Health IT, DrFirst, E-Prescribing, MIPPA, MIPPA incentives, EHR Vendors

Creating a Healthcare IT Plan

Years ago most IT departments’ plans included streamlining data, optimizing work flow and overseeing staffing. The new approach is to make healthcare IT more patient friendly. In the words of Sue Sutton, president and CEO of Tower Strategies, “The...

Published Thu, May 05 2012 10:00 AM by blog.DrFirst

Filed under: EHR, Health IT, DrFirst, healthcare IT, E-Prescribing, EHR Vendors, healthcare IT plan

Current Trends in the Healthcare Workforce

A perfect storm is brewing in the healthcare industry. Experienced workers are leaving the industry at a far higher rate than qualified workers are entering — and the medical industry is rapidly expanding. Clinton Wingrove, EVP and principal consultant...

Published Wed, May 05 2012 9:33 AM by blog.DrFirst

Filed under: EHR, Health IT, DrFirst, E-Prescribing, EHR Vendors, healthcare workforce, current healthcare trends

Convincing Medical Providers to Embrace E-prescribing

It’s undeniable. A growing number of physicians, medical centers and hospitals have made the move from writing pen-and-paper prescriptions to electronic prescribing. Equally undeniable are the holdouts: doctors and medical centers still reluctant...

Published Tue, May 05 2012 4:36 PM by blog.DrFirst

Filed under: EHR, Health IT, DrFirst, E-Prescribing, Rcopia, EHR Vendors, convincing medical providers, embrace e-prescribing

Video: Health Care and Information Technology

HIStalk reader “Kermit” pointed out a recent video published by the Massachusetts Medical Society’s “Physician Focus” program featuring Tom Sullivan, MD, Chief Strategic Officer at DrFirst, and Hugh Taylor, M.D. The video...

Published Wed, May 05 2012 6:13 PM by blog.DrFirst

Filed under: EHR, Health IT, E-Prescribing, Electronic prescribing, e prescribing, EHR Vendors

NY Times Featured Article: Chicken Scratches vs. Electronic Prescriptions

AS e-mail and texting have become our favored means of written communication, handwriting has almost disappeared. Penmanship is becoming a modern form of hieroglyphics, intelligible only to literary scholars. Enlarge This Image David Pohl But one place...

Published Tue, May 05 2012 6:37 PM by blog.DrFirst

Filed under: Meaningful Use, EMR, EHR, Paperless, Health IT, DrFirst, HITECH, E-Prescribing, Medication Adherence, Electronic prescribing, e prescribing, Welcome to blog.drfirst, EHR Vendors

What FDA Regulation of Mobile Medical Apps Means to You

A Food and Drug Administration July 19, 2011, press release announced: FDA outlines oversight of mobile medical applications. The release listed various apps being considered for regulation and how the regulations would be enforced. The final regulations...

Published Fri, Apr 04 2012 10:00 AM by blog.DrFirst

Filed under: Health IT, DrFirst, healthcare IT, E-Prescribing, Medication Adherence, e prescribing, Welcome to blog.drfirst, mobile medical apps, fda regulations

The WiFi Revolution in Healthcare IT

Healthcare is on the verge of a revolution in mobile technology thanks to a WiFi. According to the WiFi Alliance, WiFi technology is expected to explode, becoming more affordable, faster, more available and more reliable. WiFi could soon replace all 3G...

Published Thu, Apr 04 2012 10:00 AM by blog.DrFirst

Filed under: Health IT, DrFirst, healthcare IT, E-Prescribing, e prescribing, Welcome to blog.drfirst, wifi revolution

E-prescribing Improves Safety and Life Quality for Nursing Home and Assisted Living Patients

Adverse drug reactions (ADRs) are serious threats in nursing home and assisted living facilities where the advanced age and poor health of most patients make them more vulnerable than the general population. This effect is compounded by many patients...

Published Wed, Apr 04 2012 10:00 AM by blog.DrFirst

Filed under: Health IT, DrFirst, E-Prescribing, e prescribing, Welcome to blog.drfirst, e-prescribing improves life quality for nursing home, e-prescribing improves safety, assisted living patients

HIStalk Interviews DrFirst President G. Cameron Deemer: Part 3 of 3

You mentioned that you’re looking at different elements of missing functionality. What areas do you think could be improved that there might be an opportunity for DrFirst? In the industry today, there are just some structural problems because of the large...

Published Tue, Apr 04 2012 5:55 PM by blog.DrFirst

Filed under: Health IT, DrFirst, E-Prescribing, Welcome to blog.drfirst, histalk interview, g. cameron deemer

Delay ICD-10 and Other Healthcare Wishes for 2012

Many healthcare practitioners have a wish list for 2012. Most Healthcare IT list makers have a tendency to consult everyone but actual practitioners. Healthcare IT News took a different approach and interviewed Dr. Wendy Wittington, a practicing physician...

Published Tue, Apr 04 2012 4:06 PM by blog.DrFirst

Filed under: EHR, Health IT, DrFirst, healthcare IT, E-Prescribing, Medication Adherence, AMA, Welcome to blog.drfirst, EHR Vendors, icd 10

HIStalk Interviews DrFirst President G. Cameron Deemer: Part 2 of 3

The next level of value added could be detecting patient non-adherence, treatment conflicts, or medication reconciliation. You also have your RcopiaAC product that allows hospitals to get a full medication history from outside their four walls. Other...

Published Mon, Apr 04 2012 2:49 PM by blog.DrFirst

Filed under: Meaningful Use, EMR, EHR, Health IT, Healthcare, DrFirst, E-Prescribing, Medication Adherence, HIT, Software, vendor, e prescribing, pharmacy, Welcome to blog.drfirst, EHR Vendors

E-prescribe Controlled Substances Now in 36 States

Surescripts and NACDS have confirmed… Arizona is now the 36th state to be fully enabled to send and accept e-prescriptions of controlled substances in numerous pharmacies statewide. Start e-prescribing Schedule II – V (III – V...

Published Fri, Apr 04 2012 3:19 PM by blog.DrFirst

Filed under: EHR, Health IT, DrFirst, E-Prescribing, Medication Adherence, dea, Surescripts, Welcome to blog.drfirst, controlled substances, EPCS, surescriptes e-prescribing, EHR Vendors, stage drugs, stage ii-v, stage iii-v

5 Stages of Collaboration in in EHR’s

Shahid Shah says, “It’s time for electronic health records (EHRs) to grow up.” “It’s not just about creating electronic health records and sharing them between doctors,” said Shah, software IT analyst and author of the blog The Healthcare IT Guy. “Care...

Published Thu, Apr 04 2012 4:06 PM by blog.DrFirst

Filed under: hipaa, EHR, Health IT, DrFirst, E-Prescribing, Medication Adherence, electronic medical records, Welcome to blog.drfirst, EHR Vendors, influential networks, emr and ehr, emr and hipaa, electronic he

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