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Achieving Meaningful Use
November 17, 2009 11:33 AM
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Frank Irving
Guest commentary from Celwyn C. Evans, a senior partner at Greencastle Associates Consulting in Malvern, Pa. With the passage of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) and the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH)
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Building a Foundation for Health Care Transformation
November 12, 2009 10:56 AM
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Frank Irving
Evidence-based medicine will improve the quality of care and impact of each health care dollar spent. Guest commentary from Marc Perlman, g lobal vice president, Healthcare and Life Sciences Industry, Oracle The U.S. health care industry is challenged
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MGMA Pleased with House Vote on Health Reform
November 9, 2009 12:56 PM
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Frank Irving
Guest commentary from William F. Jessee, MD, FACMPE, president and CEO of the Medical Group Management Association The Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) is pleased that the House has voted favorably on H.R. 3962 (The Affordable Health Care for
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'More is Better' Only Applies to Technology
September 21, 2009 11:28 AM
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Frank Irving
Guest commentary by Andrew Schuyler, chief medical officer at MEDecision. In a recent article on the San Francisco Chronicle 's Web site, Dr. Deepak Chopra speculates that a lot of what's wrong with health care today can be attributed to the false notion
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Health Care Reform
September 8, 2009 12:10 PM
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Frank Irving
Guest commentary by Ward Keever, executive director of executive services for CTG HealthCare Solutions. Mr. Keever serves on ADVANCE's editorial advisory board. The hot topic for this summer has been health care reform. It has consumed our Congress as
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Patient Safety: Getting the Name Wrong May be Fatal
August 13, 2009 10:48 AM
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Frank Irving
Guest commentary by Dr. Bruce Lambert, University of Illinois at Chicago professor, Department of Pharmacy Administration, and president, Pharm I. R., Inc.; and Dr. Leonard A Shaefer, IBM chief scientist, Global Name Recognition After taking Flomax, used
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E-prescribers Pass 100,000 Milestone
April 24, 2009 1:46 PM
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Frank Irving
Surecripts, operator of the nation's largest electronic prescribing network, reported on April 22 that more than 100,000 prescribers are now routing prescriptions electronically in the United States. Surescripts made the announcement in conjunction with
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Keeping Digital Medical Records Secure
April 17, 2009 4:27 PM
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Frank Irving
By now, just about everyone in the industry knows that the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA)'s provisions include more than $20 billion in funding for technology investments by health care organizations. However, some of the deeper implications
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Will the Weight of EMRs Break IT?
April 9, 2009 4:53 PM
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Frank Irving
Guest commentary from Alex Adamopoulos, executive vice president and COO of Exigen Services Pulling together as a nation to overhaul an aging, often paper-based medical records system is long overdue. We can all agree it will create jobs, pump money into
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For EHR Implementation, the Time to Act is Now
March 26, 2009 2:37 PM
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Frank Irving
Guest commentary from Thomas L. Pettibone, founder and managing partner of Transition Partners. President Obama's economic recovery package allows for billions of dollars for health care IT investment. As the recovery package begins to be distributed,
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EHR Rework Ahead
March 25, 2009 11:27 AM
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Frank Irving
A large majority of readers -- 65 percent -- who answered ADVANCE 's online opinion poll during the past month said they need to rework their existing EHR plans in light of the HIT provisions of the recently enacted American Recovery and Reinvestment
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Change Can’t Happen with Technology Alone
March 3, 2009 11:39 AM
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Frank Irving
Guest commentary by Michael L. Cowan, MD, chief medical officer at BearingPoint and former surgeon general of the U.S. Navy It's official. The economic recovery package has been signed and $19 billion is marked for health information technology. But,
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Consumers Need All of the Facts in the Privacy Debate
February 26, 2009 1:06 PM
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Frank Irving
Guest commentary by David St. Clair, founder and CEO, MEDecision The economic stimulus package that President Obama has signed contains upwards of $20 billion to create electronic health records for most Americans within five years. The president has
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States Tripled Number of HIT Bills Enacted in 2007-08
December 17, 2008 1:21 PM
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Frank Irving
According to a report released last week by the bipartisan National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL), lawmakers around the country introduced more than 370 bills relating to health information technology (HIT) during an 18-month period between
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Inside the Pepsi Center
July 22, 2008 6:54 PM
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Frank Irving
Prior to his Mideast trip, Barack Obama made news by announcing his plan to accept the Democratic nomination at an open-air event to be staged at Denver's INVESCO Field at Mile High. On Aug. 28, Obama will give his acceptance speech before a crowd expected
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