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05/08 - North Dakota hospitals build integrated electronic record
North Dakota may be predominantly rural and sparsely populated, but some hospitals in the state are looking to move to the head of the healthcare IT adoption curve. The University of North Dakota’s Center for Rural Health won a $1.6 million grant last year from the federal Health Resources and Services Administration, and is using the money to implement electronic health record systems at three critical access hospitals, or CAHs, in the state’s northeast region.
05/08 - Louisiana Rural Health Information Exchange Counts First Success
Delhi Hospital, a small rural hospital in Delhi, La., recently became the first successful pilot site of the Louisiana Rural Health Information Exchange (LARHIX) after patient information was transmitted between Delhi and the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in Shreveport.
12/07 - Richland Parish Hospital's Partnership with Dairyland
Richland Parish Hospital is proud to announce the recent partnership with Dairyland Healthcare Solutions (DHS) of Glenwood, Minnesota. Richland Parish Hospital has been working toward an implementation of a new health information system (HIS) for two years and is excited about moving toward the goal of an electronic health record with DHS. Richland Parish Hospital began using the new health information system on March 1, 2007.
4/07 - Survey: IT Seen As Means To Safer Patient Care
Reducing medical errors is the top reason for implementing information technology at healthcare delivery systems across the country, according to the 18th annual HIMSS Leadership survey released today.
1/07 - HHS Releases Progress Report On Federal Healthcare IT Goals
Since 2004, the United States has made strides toward automating its healthcare system, according to a report released Wednesday by the Department of Health and Human Services.
11/06 - AHIC Begins Setting HIT Goals For 2007
The American Health Information Community on Tuesday began the work of establishing goals for 2007 aimed at helping the healthcare industry adopt information technology. At the top of the list were funding and privacy issues.
8/06 - Regulation Changes Permitting The Donation Of Technology
The Office of Inspector General of HHS (OIG) and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), each published the long-awaited final regulations creating parallel safe harbors to the Anti-kickback Statute (AKS) and exceptions to the Stark law regarding health information technology. The regulations may open the door to nonmonetary donations of technology to physicians and other health care providers, enabling their adoption of e-prescribing and electronic health records (EHRs).
5/06 - Advisory Panel Makes Recommendations On IT Adoption Projects
The American Health Information Community, a 17-member public-private sector group charged with advising the government on ways to speed IT adoption, made recommendations in the areas of electronic health records, chronic care improvement, consumer empowerment and biosurveillance.
3/06 - Tips For Healthcare IT Funding
A major barrier to entry into the world of electronic medical records for most physician practices is funding. Although there is promise of some grant funding opportunities from the federal level in the future, substantial dollars will be difficult at best to secure. When developing a funding strategy, be sure to include sources not only from the federal and state levels but also from foundations, corporations, health plans, pharmaceuticals, private donors, and others.
10/05 - HHS Awards Three Contracts To Speed Healthcare IT Adoption
The government today awarded three contracts totaling $17.5 million to encourage widespread adoption of information technology in healthcare. The contract awards follow the government's request for proposals this spring to develop a method to certify healthcare IT tools; harmonize health information standards; address variations in privacy and security laws in business policies and states; and test prototypes for a national health information network.
8/05 - Federal Advisory Group Moves Closer to Healthcare IT Recommendations
The government should eliminate regulations that prevent hospitals from sharing information technology tools with physicians, give healthcare entities incentives to adopt IT and encourage adoption of standards to help disparate information systems communicate, a federal advisory body said Wednesday.
8/05 - Embracing Health IT in Rural Communities
Information technology holds the promise of reducing health care disparities for those living in rural communities. We can measure our success in building an IT infrastructure by the provision of quality care in these communities challenged by long distances and scarce medical resources.
7/05 - Government Eyes Role in Spurring Personal Health Records Adoption
The nation’s largest healthcare purchaser is seeking industry feedback on what role it can play to help Medicaid beneficiaries store and manage their health information electronically through personal health records.
4/05 - Patient Safety Still Driving I.T. Demand
Add two more surveys to the growing list of evidence that the issue of medical errors prevention/patient safety is the biggest factor affecting information technology decisions in health care over the long haul.
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