I recently read an article about a keynote who predicted 80% of hospitals will fail stage 2 attestation.*  There are obviously many factors that con contribute to such a failure but I am passionate that the educational efforts for our implementations are partly to blame for missed goals.  You see,…

“I’m sorry, our system is down.” -  One sentence that makes any CIO’s blood pressure skyrocket. Today hospital staffs have been trained to use systems and rely on electronics for just about everything they need to do to get their job done. But what happens when those systems go down?…

Many people live by the proverb “it is a poor workman who blames his tools”. But reporting technology has advanced so rapidly, it is a good time to examine your tools and skills. Employing up-to-date tools and techniques can speed you through your report backlog.

In a recent survey by KPMG,…

Meritage ACO, Marin General Hospital (MGH), and other community providers have  deployed a real-time multidisciplinary mobile care navigation network that has enabled multiple caregivers, from diverse locations, to seamlessly collaborate on care, create safe transition plans, and engage patients…

HISP and Direct Messaging solutions continue to dominate conversations in the Healthcare IT community. The first in the series of deadlines is slated for July 1^st to meet the Meaningful Use Stage 2 Transition of Care requirement.  This date is quickly approaching and many hospital organizations are…

Your hospital has spent a lot of time and money trying to go paperless. And yet, you’re still printing, scanning and manually entering data for paper documents, in clinical departments, registration and the back office. Plus, people are still filling in Word, PDF and other unmanaged electronic forms. No…

With a strong urgency to improve compliance in care plans, the nursing leadership team at White Plains Hospital decided to take action by appointing a nurse informaticist to manage the shift in care plan compliance. When conducting an evaluation of its current state, White Plains Hospital found that…

Interoperability is a complex topic, not to mention it's constantly changing. Having the ability to fully integrate your systems, and having the ability to connect your HIS to any vendor or receiving system is quite a feat.

Understandably so, many of the technologies out there…

As our hospital moves toward meeting ARRA EHR Meaningful Use requirements, we’re looking for ways to boost our patient safety with the latest technology.

We identified forms management as one area where we could improve. We decided to go with Siemens EDM to better manage our…

According to a recent Meritalk report, 82% of health IT executives report that their organizations are not prepared for a downtime. Not only does this raise major concern in the area of patient care, but also brings into question the economics of some of these…

Know the Right Math... and Choose the Right Path

Enhanced patient care, streamlined CMS quality reporting, smoother processes, incentive payments…these are among the rewards awaiting you at the elusive end of the Meaningful Use rainbow. But to…

Today, organizations are faced with meeting multiple internal and external integration demands. Meaningful Use Stage 2 has brought a whole new set of requirements for healthcare facilities.

Each initiative and supporting requirement adds another…

We all know that good health is a balancing act across all aspects of our lives:  nutrition, life purpose, physical fitness, emotional well-being and connection to…

Given all its challenges and complexities, even the most educated and experienced among us can use a little extra help when it comes to MU. For the uninitiated and for those involved in the program who occasionally wake up at night with their head spinning, here’s a…

HIMSS 2014 Conference - John Glaser From Siemens

Here are a few of the things that Siemens Healthcare has planned for HIMSS 2014!…

2013 was an exciting year for the healthcare industry! Many organizations have achieved Meaningful Use stage 1 and are now beginning to move toward meeting stage 2. While Meaningful Use stage 2…

Is your report backlog growing beyond your capacity?  Do users complain of slow turnaround?  Are you having trouble finding staff with the necessary skills in report construction, data analytics and healthcare…

The healthcare industry has seen many changes in the management of patient information.  Electronic documentation is progressively replacing paper; handwritten orders are being replaced with computerized provider order entry.  Use of health information technology (HIT) that once was optional has now become essential to streamline care, access up-to-date evidence-based care recommendations, make patient data more accessible through…

Data Breaches happen across a multitude of industries, and occur more often than many would like to admit. The healthcare industry has been particularly susceptible to breaches. Most recently, University of Washington Medicine’s Medical Center found themselves trying to clean up…

The Meaningful Use Move to Structured Data Recording and Automated Abstraction

Do you enjoy the freedom and flexibility of chronicling a case in your own words in the patient record?  Do you feel you can reflect patient details at a high level in your own narrative reporting?  With Meaningful Use’s move to…