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Proper Implementation is Key to Health IT Savings

Some troubling results were published in the Deloitte Center for Health Solutions 2013 Survey of U.S. Physicians. In it, 70% of doctors said that they think use of health IT tools ultimately will cost more, not less, and that the promise of reduced costs...

Published Wed, May 05 2013 9:23 AM by Everything Rad

Filed under: Health IT, healthcare IT, HIT, IT, Podcast, carestream, Deloitte, Carestream Health, MyVue, Vue

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

Filed under: Meaningful Use, EHR, Return on Investment, Health IT, HITECH, E-Prescribing, HIT, Health information technology, electronic health records, mobile devices, telemedicine, interoperability, Communications, Health Populi, Jane Sarasohn-Kahn, Health Care Quality, Pharmacy and pharmaceuticals, Medical research, care coordination, mobile health, People in healthcare, Doctor-patient relationship, Health care professionals, mHealth, Technology in healthcare, wireless health, patient satisfaction, Innovation/innovative companies, Health care & health policy, Politics & public policy, lab results, Change Management, healthcare price transparency, texting for health, health care costs, Effectiveness/Efficiency, email access to doctor, patient privacy, large hospital systems, hospital billing practices

California Health IT Day – Improving Health Care through Technology

Today, May 15th, is California Health IT Day. As a proud healthcare technology company in California, Practice Fusion is celebrating by participating in a full day of events in Sacramento, California, sponsored by the Northern California Chapter of HIMSS...

Published Wed, May 05 2013 12:51 PM by EHR Bloggers

Filed under: clinical, EHR, Health IT, HITECH, HIT, Health information technology, health, Public Health

Why the Cloud is Leading the Way in Medical Imaging Storage

The findings released in a recent Wall Street Journal article about the storage of medical images were not the least bit surprising. According to Frost & Sullivan, the amount of storage volume needed to house medical images has more than tripled since...

Published Fri, Apr 04 2013 9:52 AM by Everything Rad

Filed under: Health IT, Healthcare, healthcare IT, HIT, cloud computing, carestream, cloud, Carestream Health

Future of Information-Driven Healthcare Think Tank

Published Fri, Mar 03 2013 7:30 AM by The Doctor Weighs In

Filed under: Health IT, HIT, Health information technology, Social Media, Twitter, mobile health, mHealth, Technology in healthcare, wireless health, Christina Thielst, Innovation/innovative companies, Health care & health policy, social media and health, patient empowerment, Christina's Considerations, caregivers

Women’s Health Must be Priority for States’ Health Exchanges

Women are finally getting the respect they deserve. According to a new report from the George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services (SPHHS), women’s health issues are key to the health of the nation and should be a major consideration...

Published Wed, Mar 03 2013 10:44 AM by Healthcare Intelligence Network

Filed under: Health IT, HIT, EHRs, Compliance, e-health, care coordination, health insurance exchanges

Vince Kuraitis and the Future of Platforms in Healthcare

Published Thu, Jul 07 2012 7:01 AM by The Doctor Weighs In

Filed under: Health IT, HIT, Epic, Health care professionals, Technology in healthcare, Health care & health policy, Vince Kuraitis, open platforms, eCareManagement blog, Healthcare Unound, closed platforms

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

HIStalk Interviews DrFirst President G. Cameron Deemer: Part 1 of 3

Tell me about yourself and about DrFirst. I started in healthcare in the pharmacy benefits management industry. I joined PCS Health Systems in the early ‘90s and spent about 10 years there, largely...

Published Wed, Apr 04 2012 3:05 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

Interview & Podcast: HIT Interoberability with Cameron Deemer, President of DrFirst Part 3 of 3

Final part of this podcast series with Cameron Deemer, President at DrFirst. Part 3 key highlights include: Future of the HIT industry mHealth Remote physician patient access LISTEN NOW USING THE PLAYER BELOW OR CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD PODCAST

Published Fri, Mar 03 2012 5:02 PM by blog.DrFirst

Filed under: Meaningful Use, EHR, Health IT, DrFirst, Medication Adherence, HIT, attestation, interoperability, Attest, telehealth, mHealth, e prescribing, EHR Vendors, Integrated E-Prescribing, Welcome to blog.drfirst Tags: accountable care

Interview & Podcast: HIT Interoberability with Cameron Deemer, President of DrFirst Part 2 of 3

In this second part interview podcast, HIT Consultant speaks with Cameron Deemer, President at DrFirst, providing an overview of several offerings as part of DrFirst’s integrated HIT platform. This is part 2 of a 3 part podcast series with Cameron...

Published Thu, Mar 03 2012 12:00 PM by blog.DrFirst

Filed under: Meaningful Use, EHR, Health IT, DrFirst, Medication Adherence, HIT, attestation, interoperability, Attest, telehealth, mHealth, e prescribing, EHR Vendors, Integrated E-Prescribing, Welcome to blog.drfirst Tags: accountable care

Interview & Podcast: HIT Interoberability with Cameron Deemer, President of DrFirst Part 1 of 3

n this interview podcast, Fred Pennic of HIT Consultant speaks with Cameron Deemer, President at Dr First about the integrated HIT suite of solutions, DrFirst Defender, Meaningful Use, and emerging trends (mhealth, accountable care, telehealth) . This...

Published Tue, Mar 03 2012 5:23 PM by blog.DrFirst

Filed under: Meaningful Use, EHR, Health IT, DrFirst, E-Prescribing, Medication Adherence, HIT, accountable care, attestation, interoperability, Attest, telehealth, mHealth, Welcome to blog.drfirst, EHR Vendors, Integrated E-Prescribing

Stressing Over Registration and Medicare Attestation? There’s a Way to “AttestEasy”

The CMS released a video response to their attestation directive. It’s a tutorial designed to explain, step-by-step, the registration process for meaningful use incentives. Explaining registration in video format can be helpful, but sometimes the...

Published Tue, Sep 09 2011 2:14 PM by blog.DrFirst

Filed under: Medicare, CMS, Meaningful Use, Health IT, DrFirst, healthcare IT, E-Prescribing, Medicaid, HIT, attestation, Incentive

Solving Acute Care Drug Dilemmas: Uncovering Patient Medication Management Easily

How big of a role does uncovering patient medication history and medication management mean in an acute care setting? Knowing a patient’s medication history faster, electronically managing medications throughout their inpatient stay, and electronically...

Published Tue, Sep 09 2011 1:19 PM by blog.DrFirst

Filed under: Health IT, Healthcare, DrFirst, healthcare IT, E-Prescribing, Medication Adherence, HIT, Hospital, Medication Management, CAH, critical access, formulary, medication history, med history, acute care, medication reconciliation, prescription, discharge

DrFirst Receives The Surescripts White Coat of Quality Award!

DrFirst was honored in July to be one of four health IT vendors, in the nation, to receive Surescripts’ prestigious “White Coat of Quality” award in recognition of our consistent commitment to excellence in the electronic prescribing process. The award...

Published Mon, Aug 08 2011 4:12 PM by blog.DrFirst

Filed under: Health IT, Healthcare, DrFirst, healthcare IT, E-Prescribing, e-prescribing standards, Rcopia, Electronic prescribing, HIT, eRx, Surescripts, pharmacies

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