Allscripts Healthcare Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ: MDRX) has announced financial results for the three and six months ended June 30, 2013. A review of second quarter highlights is provided in this article; along with an overview provided by Paul M. Black, President and Chief Executive Officer of Allscripts, of milestones achieved; and a statement of the […]
by Michael Deck Within the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009, was included HITECH, the “Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health” law. This is the section that encourages the use of Electronic Health Records (EHR) by paying bonuses to healthcare providers who purchase and use an EHR. Bonuses, however, are not […]
by Liz Seegert If there is anyone who knows what it takes to lower the cost of health care, it is former Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Donna Shalala. As someone steeped in policy for 30 years, one thing she says she knows for sure is that home health care needs to […]
By Tim Rowan At first glance, discussion of Meaningful Use of Electronic Health Records (EHR), the standard by which the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT will determine eligibility for stimulus payments to healthcare providers, is only of interest to hospitals and physicians. This could be a costly assumption for home health […]
The government’s certification program for health information technology will continue to evolve over time, according to a review of the recently released final rule for the temporary certification program, released last week. The temporary program to certify electronic health record technology went into effect on June 24 and will be replaced by a permanent certification program as soon as Dec. 31, 2011. However, the analysis by the College of Health Information Management Executives indicates that certification criteria will change, necessitating the ongoing need to certify HIT products for the foreseeable future.
