Category: Health IT

AHA ‘strongly opposes’ CMS proposal to make data sharing mandatory for Medicare

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VA sets 1st Cerner go-live for 2020

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KLAS: How well do patient intake solutions integrate with EHRs?

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‘Epic’ success: How Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia mastered its EHR update

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HIMSS and AMDIS Partner on a Letter to CMS and ONC on Addressing Clinician Burden Issues

HIMSS and AMDIS share the belief that much of the work that clinicians face today is unnecessarily burdensome, where burden is defined as clinician activity that does not serve patient interests, does not improve quality or safety, or regardless of int…

HIMSS Comments on CMS IPPS Proposed Rule

In this June 25 letter to Seema Verma, HIMSS leverages its members’ expertise to offer feedback on feedback on the Promoting Interoperability Programs, as well as Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) quality measurement initiatives.

VA sends early praise for Epic scheduling system

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EHR vendors stock report: Week of June 18-22

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Congress Moves Opioid Legislation, HIMSS Weighs In on Key Priorities

Congress has been hard at work over the past two weeks reviewing and advancing numerous pieces of legislation to address the opioid crisis. Here is a rundown of key activity and specific legislation endorsed by HIMSS.

AHRQ-Funded Study Discusses Challenges in Using Data from EHRs to Improve Quality of Care

The study touches on topics of usability and functionality of health information technology such as EHRs for generating electronic clinical quality measure (eCQM) reports and how the data from these reports could be used to support quality improvement.