EHRs

A Healthcare Billing and Management Association survey found that more than half of healthcare providers, 51 percent, report being "somewhat" ready for the ICD-10 transition set to take place Oct. 1, 2015, according to an ICD-10 Monitor report.

St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto has selected Spok Critical Test Results Management service to allow physicians to receive their patients' radiology reports more quickly.

WNC Data Link, a regional health information exchange in North Carolina, ended operations in September.

Health IT is helping accountable care organizations achieve their many clinical and population health goals. According to a recent survey from Premier, 66 percent of ACOs said technology improved care quality, 63 percent said it improved preventive screening and vaccination…

CMS has announced the dates of three weeks of end-to-end ICD-10 testing.

More than 95 percent of federally qualified health centers have EHRs, according to recent data from the Health Resources Service Administration. Additionally, 85 percent of FQHCs report their providers have received at least one meaningful use incentive payment.

ICD-10 is certainly no quick fix for EHR vendors' interoperability woes, but it is a step in the right direction.

Earlier this month, a final rule from HHS officially confirmed Oct. 1, 2015 as the compliance deadline for U.S. healthcare providers to begin using the ICD-10 coding system.

The Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange has begun a survey to gauge how ready the healthcare industry is for the ICD-10 transition. After the survey closes Aug. 21, the results will be compiled into an industry report to provide insight…

Two teaching hospitals in the Netherlands have awarded Agfa HealthCare a bid to implement components of its ICIS enterprise imaging clinical information solution as the hospitals collaborate to implement a new electronic health record, according to a news release.