EHRs

As hospitals and health systems work toward full ICD-10 compliance, some providers have already mapped out their plan of attack.

Healthcare leaders can navigate compliance of CMS' new two-midnight rule through a new diagram, according to a Craneware blog post.

Electronic health record systems are inherently vulnerable to certain types of reporting errors and, as the Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General notes in a new report, can make it easier to commit fraud, according…

The error rate for HealthCare.gov transmitting consumer information to insurers has fallen to less than 1 percent since the beginning of this month, according to a blog post written by CMS Director of Communications Julie Bataille.

Within integrated delivery networks, connectivity is essential. This involves data, or electronic connectivity, which is mostly achieved today through electronic health records. It also includes, although often not thought about, physical connectivity, or transporting tangible materials throughout the system to…

Electronic medical records have many benefits, and certainly a future where a patient's medical record travels with her from facility to facility, improving coordination and reducing duplicative care, is a desired one. However, many providers who are going through or…

On July 15, Farzad Mostashari, MD, the national coordinator for health IT, appeared on NPR's All Things Considered to promote electronic health records as a tool to improve patient safety.

An online system connecting primary care providers and specialists at San Francisco General Hospital helped shorten wait times for specialty services and improved the coordination of care, according to a commentary in the New England Journal of Medicine.

In "HIMSS13: Health IT Leaders Seek Interoperability Solutions," Marion Jenkins, executive vice president at 3T Systems, summarized the key topics discussed at the Health Information Management Systems Society Annual Conference held in New Orleans, March 3-7, 2013.

The American Medical Association and McKesson have announced that they have entered into a licensing relationship to offer healthcare systems a consistent way to identify and track molecular diagnostic tests.