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• Top 10 Mistakes Users Make With Their EMR

  A recent Medscape article listed the 10 most common mistakes made by physicians with regard to their electronic health records. A survey, released by the American College of Physicians and AmericanEHR Partners...

  • Posted June 11, 2013
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• Healthcare Needs Cloud Computing

  Regulatory compliance for the healthcare industry is a hot-button issue. The overriding compliance requirements that this industry faces are dictated by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), enacted by...

  • Posted June 9, 2013
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• Fiber networks and cloud changing healthcare IT

  Fiber networks and cloud computing and changing Healthcare IT. Lafayette boasts a high-speed fiber optic network, LUS Fiber, which gives it an edge over many other small cities. The network’s bandwidth...

  • Posted June 4, 2013
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• Class Action Lawsuit Against AllScripts

  As more hospitals are adopting EHRs, many are finding that their doctors are dissatisfied with those systems. One group of doctors has a solution: Sue the EHR vendor. Four physician...

  • Posted June 1, 2013
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• How EPIC EHR May Stifle Health IT Innovation

  An article by Medical Economics discussed how Epic’s market dominance could stifle EHR and health IT innovation. EPIC is currently the EHR king with approximately 40% of the market. Much of...

  • Posted May 21, 2013
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• Healthcare IT Systems – When they’re ‘Over Hyped’

  A couple of weeks ago Forbes published an interesting article about Technology ‘Hype Cycles’.  Some of the current hyped technology in healthcare involve ‘cloud computing‘ and ‘data analytics‘. There are...

  • Posted May 15, 2013
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• EHR Magic Decertified by Department of Health

  Last month the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued a press release regarding EHR  Magic and revoking their certification. EHRMagic-Ambulatory and EHRMagic-Inpatient, both developed by EHRMagic Inc. of...

  • Posted May 13, 2013
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• Artificial Intelligence and Healthcare Analytics

  Remember IBM’s computer Watson who won Jeopardy back in February 2011?  He was out of work for a while, but now he has a new job in Healthcare Data Analytics....

  • Posted May 11, 2013
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• mHealth Sensors a 5.6 Billion Dollar Market

  Mobile health sensors, those which communicate to mobile devices, are on track to become a 5.6 billion dollar market by the year 2017. This is according to Research2Guidance who...

  • Posted April 29, 2013
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• Canadian EMRs Save $1.3 Billion

  It is important to understand the impacts Canada’s investments in health information and communications technologies are having on the health care system. To that end, Infoway developed a Benefits Evaluation framework...

  • Posted April 24, 2013
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