Dana Blankenhorn of ZDNet does a nice write up here on his visit to the physician and yes, us “geeks” find our way there too We are probably some of the most curious patients to arrive, as we are looking constantly to see what technology is being used in the medical offices, as it is a known fact...
In time the Misys name will go away as branding combines as well as the companies and Allscripts will be the prevailing name that is retained. By combining both companies there’s a lot of software integration to take place. Headquarters now will be officially in Illinois. ...
The service states that you are usually connected to a physician within 30 minutes of either a phone call or logging on to the computer to setup a consultation. Charges are $59.00 for a consult. You do need to establish an account before using the service. It requires that you fill...
This is probably one of the sweetest subsidized arrangements with 60% of the cost being absorbed by the hospital, which is by the way one of the best in Orange County and I have worked on fundraisers for the hospital in the past. Doctors choosing ECW will have remote access using the application...
Recently I posted about the Common User Interface from Microsoft and I spoke with a developer in New Zealand, Synapse, who has done some integration work with the interface. Graham Chiu of Synapse, is a physician as well as a developer so he is one busy person and nice to see a physician...
One more hospital making the transition. Also the rural and surrounding areas will be connected to the same system to enter chart information from their locations as well. The new system from Epic replaces older technology at Mercy called Meditech that only allowed for a partial electronic...
Why? They have money and subsidize the physicians. BD “The hurdle for most smaller physician practices has been the upfront cost,” said Dan Peterson, who oversees ProHealth Care’s EHR Advantage project. ProHealth will lease the software for its electronic health records system to doctors...
Three hospitals in the system preparing to integrate and connect with Kaiser facilities, as they will more than likely be seeing a few of their patients. This process is being done through a 3rd party offering HL7 and other transformations such as text/HL7. This is taking 2 different medical...
It is a mess today trying to figure out which medical records system might be right for you, and there are many evaluation methods available, but if you are a physician, the evaluation by an IT firm might still leave you in a quandary. It’s about as confusing as trying to look at a line by line comparison...
This would add document management to the established services already sold by HealthPort. The selection of an electronic medical records system appears to be getting a little more confusing as time rolls on. BD Document imaging and management vendor HealthPort has acquired ChartOne...