Meaningful Use Stage 2 begins on January 1, 2014, and while many health-care providers have implemented electronic medical records (EMRs) in preparation, stumbling blocks exist. Here are three of them.
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Congressional hearings on mobile health-care application regulation suggest the future is bright for this technology, say mHIMSS executives Tom Martin and David Collins.
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Are your Treatment Room Keyboards Safe?

In the largest study of its kind to date, an investigation of the extent of contamination of computer keyboards in hospitals has shown that 58% are contaminated with harmful bacteria. The study, conducted under the direction of Dr. John Conly at the Ward of the 21st Century in Calgary¹, sampled 230 keyboards across 3 different ward types in 4 separate hospitals. The swabs from the keyboards were cultured and tested and found to contain harmful organisms including antibiotic-resistant strains of bacteria. When these bacteria were analyzed, they were found to be closely related to strains that cause potentially-life threatening infections in hospital patients.
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A new report suggests that 2013 may be the year of the great electronic medical records (EMR) vendor switch given that many EMRS are falling short of providers' expectations.
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Over the past year or so I’ve had the pleasure of speaking with a great many dental professionals and when the subject of HIPAA and compliance comes up, it’s one that’s been shrugged off more times than not. I don’t believe it’s from a lack of concern over security or patient privacy but rather a frustration with ever changing governmental regulations that create additional costs, headache, frustration and in the end don’t achieve the desired results they were intended.
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One of the most asked for features in today’s electronic medical record (EMR) technology is a secure built-in messaging system. This is an important feature and many providers are integrating this feature. One project aims to make that easier, Direct Project.
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Here’s one more reason to consider implementing a clinical decision- support system with interactive alerts: It improves outcomes for HIV patients, according to a study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine.
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Busy medical professionals often struggle to stay on top of it all: managing the business and handling billing often cuts into patient-care time. One solution: Get help from someone who can guide you through the process of using your technology the right way.
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Cloud computing is still a relatively new information technology concept, but it's already beginning to be relevant in health care - because it utilizes economies of scale to provide massive computing power and storage to users who sign up for the service. Here are five ways cloud competing is transforming health care.
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Doctors, it’s time to catch up: consumers are increasingly willing to interact with health information technology, according to a new survey.
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