US president Donald Trump has so far been unable to repeal and replace Obamacare. It was a promise he made to the US citizens during his electoral campaign and has so far been unable to fulfill it. Interestingly, this hasn’t stopped President Donald Trump from citing protests over healthcare funding in Britain in order to [...]
U.S. President Donald Trump has signed an executive order in favor of the veterans who have transitioned from military to civilian life. The executive order that was signed in the Oval Office at the White House on January 9, 2018, in Washington, DC will work to help prevent veteran suicide by improving their mental health. [...]
American providers need clinical analytics and EMR software for value-based care, but there are hospitals abroad that want the same tools for their own quality initiatives. Sadly the high cost of quality EHR systems continues to hinder such progress in developing countries. […]
A U.S. judge has appeared skeptical to a request from numerous states wanting him to direct Trump administration to continue payments to health insurers under Obamacare. During a hearing in the federal court located in San Francisco, U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria stated he aimed at issuing […]
The new two-way data sharing is expected to assist hospitals in gaining ground on quality improvement initiatives. In a bid to assist hospitals in streamlining workflows for information governance and improving their clinical decision support, Wolters Kluwer Health has announced the integration of its ProVation Order Sets with Epic medical software. Announcing the new move, [...]
The once very popular EHR vendor eClinicalWorks has recently circulated a letter to its customers that outlines seven known parts of its Health IT system that it said could cause an EHR certification issue. A news source related to healthcare and information technology managed to procure […]
Based on a recent study, there is a dire need being felt in the US for correctional facilities to implement electronic health records (EHRs). This is because it ensures that inmates get the proper care they deserve. Per stats released by a national nonprofit group called The Treatment Advocacy Center, jails and prisons in the [...]
Many EHR vendors are offering billing services as well and this tend to confuse many of the difference between an EHR and medical billing software. In order to improve their usability and functionality, many medical billing and EHR software systems are designed to have overlapping features. The main idea behind this all is to offer [...]
It’s a fact that the U.S. spends more on health IT than many other countries. Interestingly, attitudes about interoperability here are still are mixed. A recent survey on this topic revealed that most providers (75%) think integrated systems are valuable. This was sadly lower as compare to other countries […]
According to a report released by U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services have actually overpaid more than $729 million worth of incentive payments to eligible providers that failed to meet meaningful use requirements. The officials said that this happened because the sample of [...]