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- Patient Care, Hospitals' Future At Stake As Smaller Hospitals Lag Behind Larger Ones In Electronic Health Records
Electronic health records have been hailed as a great boon to patients and health-care providers, but the next phase of their implementation poses obstacles for many small, independent hospitals, Jennifer Bresnick reports for EHR Intelligence....
- Report: Electronic Health Records Haven't Cut Health Costs
The conversion to electronic health records isn't producing savings in health-care costs predicted by a 2005 report, and it's had mixed results in improving efficiency and patient care, according to a RAND Corporation report. The company's...
- Electronic Health Records Are Helping Nurses Provide Better Care, Big Study Finds
Electronic health records are helping nurses get better health outcomes and are improving nursing care, the first big study on the subject has found. The study conducted by the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing involved 16,000 nurses at 316...
- Funds Available For Critical-access Hospitals, Rural Health-care Providers Through New Federal Program
Critical-access hospitals, physician-owned organizations and rural health-care providers are now eligible for federal funds that will help them implement necessary infrastructure and information-technology systems, the U.S. Department of Health and Human...
- Medical Records A Key Factor In Patient Safety
Whether it's a nursing home resident needing a procedure, or tracking medications for a hospital inpatient, medical records are a crucial component to successful treatment. Right now, LifeBridge Health has hybrid medical records systems, which include...
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Companies partner to accelerate adoption of electronic health records in rural hospitals
Anthelio, a health information-technology support company, and Heartland, a hospital information-systems vendor, have partnered to speed up implementation of electronic health records at rural hospitals so the facilities can get federal incentives, reports Ken Terry of Information Week Healthcare. Heartland CEO Angela Franks said the partnership's purpose is to "migrate its customers to a more sophisticated, cloud-based electronic health record system called Centriq . . . as quickly as possible."
Anthelio will provide "migration services," including training and testing and supplement rural facilities' "sparse IT resources." The company expects to bring Centriq to 500 hospitals in two years. Franks said said Heartland focuses exclusively on rural hospitals, providing them with systems tailored to health-care organization in rural places. "Rural America has been largely ignored in terms of what they've done in these small hospitals," she said. "These hospitals go from paper to paperless in 12 months, and they truly are the embodiment of what the country is trying to get to with the electronic health records." (Read more)
Anthelio will provide "migration services," including training and testing and supplement rural facilities' "sparse IT resources." The company expects to bring Centriq to 500 hospitals in two years. Franks said said Heartland focuses exclusively on rural hospitals, providing them with systems tailored to health-care organization in rural places. "Rural America has been largely ignored in terms of what they've done in these small hospitals," she said. "These hospitals go from paper to paperless in 12 months, and they truly are the embodiment of what the country is trying to get to with the electronic health records." (Read more)
- Patient Care, Hospitals' Future At Stake As Smaller Hospitals Lag Behind Larger Ones In Electronic Health Records
Electronic health records have been hailed as a great boon to patients and health-care providers, but the next phase of their implementation poses obstacles for many small, independent hospitals, Jennifer Bresnick reports for EHR Intelligence....
- Report: Electronic Health Records Haven't Cut Health Costs
The conversion to electronic health records isn't producing savings in health-care costs predicted by a 2005 report, and it's had mixed results in improving efficiency and patient care, according to a RAND Corporation report. The company's...
- Electronic Health Records Are Helping Nurses Provide Better Care, Big Study Finds
Electronic health records are helping nurses get better health outcomes and are improving nursing care, the first big study on the subject has found. The study conducted by the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing involved 16,000 nurses at 316...
- Funds Available For Critical-access Hospitals, Rural Health-care Providers Through New Federal Program
Critical-access hospitals, physician-owned organizations and rural health-care providers are now eligible for federal funds that will help them implement necessary infrastructure and information-technology systems, the U.S. Department of Health and Human...
- Medical Records A Key Factor In Patient Safety
Whether it's a nursing home resident needing a procedure, or tracking medications for a hospital inpatient, medical records are a crucial component to successful treatment. Right now, LifeBridge Health has hybrid medical records systems, which include...