Q: Physicians are afraid of EMR (Electronic Medical Record) project failure, so why should their practice go through the headache of integrating EMR now?
A: Murphy’s law states that if anything can go wrong, it will, and EMR integration is no stranger to this rule. However, project failure is certainly avoidable if the practice takes the [...]

I read an article on the MEDITECH website regarding Parkview Adventist Medical Center and their approach to EHR (Electronic Health Record), “Small Hospital is Big News.” The article states, “The facility and its CIO Bill McQuaid have been making regional and national headlines for undertaking a secure, cost-effective, and meaningful approach to EHR use.” [...]

I think it’s great that the federal budget proposed on Monday, February 10, 2010 included $110 million for healthcare IT. But is the money going where we need it and is it enough? OK, you’re right. I’m asking the question because I don’t think so.
The money is earmarked to strengthen healthcare IT policy coordination [...]

With the excitement of Navin R. Johnson (Steve Martin) in the 1979 film “The Jerk” I was thrilled to see the government release the definition of meaningful use at the end of 2009. The nearly 600 page document was as big as the phonebook that contained Navin R. Johnson’s new listing and made him “somebody” [...]

I struggled for a week trying to come up with a topic for this week. Driving home last night from a Cub Scout meeting it came to me… a Top 10 to get us into 2010! Now, what stories in healthcare IT? Surely ARRA and HITECH. And defining and refining “meaningful use.” What about the [...]