MEDI-Talk

healthsystemCIO.com: Bill Rieger, CIO, Flagler Hospital, Chapter 3

by administrator on March 27, 2013, at 1:48 pm

When he started as CIO at Flagler in 2010, Bill Rieger found himself in an interesting situation. Not only was it his first CIO role, but it was the first time the hospital had named a CIO. Instead of having big shoes to fill, Rieger had “a blank slate,” and he has leveraged that . . . → Read More: healthsystemCIO.com: Bill Rieger, CIO, Flagler Hospital, Chapter 3

Make plans to attend a MUSE Peer Group JAM session

by administrator on March 27, 2013, at 12:15 pm

Check out the sessions and register here: http://www.museweb.org/peer_group_jam_sessions

Module Leader Name Date Time – Eastern BMV/eMAR Kelly Lippold March 28, 2013 2:00 PM EMR Patricia Gillespie April 3, 2013 3:00 PM EDM Michael Froebel, R.N. April 10, 2013 3:00 PM NMI/Interoperability Art Houser April 11, 2013 12:00 PM ADM Kendra Slayton April 18, 2013 . . . → Read More: Make plans to attend a MUSE Peer Group JAM session

MUSE: 2013 Hospital Site Visit

by administrator on March 18, 2013, at 11:50 am

DOCTORS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL PRESENTS: Challenges and Triumphs in 6.x May 28, 1 pm – 5 pm Registration fee $40 Doctors Community Hospital has been a MEDITECH site since 1994, first on the Magic platform and, since December of 2011, using 6.05. Prior to the 6.0 conversion, the hospital had been running a third-party vendor’s’ EMR/CPOE . . . → Read More: MUSE: 2013 Hospital Site Visit

MEDITECH: Higher Education

by administrator on March 8, 2013, at 11:42 am

April 11-12, 2013 @ MEDITECH’s Canton Facility

Thursday, April 11, 1:30-2:30pm

6.1: Staging You For Success (All Platforms) Brian Schuller, Senior Supervisor, Marketing Support

MEDITECH’s 6.1 Release features a number of re-engineered solutions, including: Community-Wide Scheduling, Authorization and Referral Management, Registration, Abstracting, Patient Accounting (formerly Billing/Accounts Receivable), Quality Management/Risk Management, and Surgical Services (formerly . . . → Read More: MEDITECH: Higher Education

HISTalk: Best in KLAS

by administrator on December 17, 2012, at 12:51 pm

Just in case you missed Inga’s Friday morning post, here are the Best in KLAS winners for 2012. Notable factoids from it: (a) it was not surprising that Epic was by far the highest-ranked product suite, but McKesson Paragon beat Cerner to come in at #2, while the usual other big-hospital contender Allscripts finished next . . . → Read More: HISTalk: Best in KLAS

healthsystemCIO.com – KLAS: Epic and Cerner Gobbling Market Share

by administrator on August 13, 2012, at 3:17 am

Epic and Cerner have moved into first and second place, respectively, for EMR market share in the over 200 bed market, according to findings from a new KLAS study entitled Clinical Market Share 2012: Meaningful Use Momentum Continues.

KLAS reports that Allscripts, McKesson, Meditech, and Siemens signed new customers but in the end lost market . . . → Read More: healthsystemCIO.com – KLAS: Epic and Cerner Gobbling Market Share

Epic & Meditech: Distant Cousins?

by administrator on July 23, 2012, at 4:18 pm

Chris O’Neal is Managing Partner at KATALUS Advisors. KATALUS Advisors is a strategic consulting firm focused on the healthcare vertical. We serve healthcare technology vendors, hospitals, and private equity groups in North America, Europe, and the Middle East. Our services span growth strategies in new and existing markets, M&A due diligence, market analysis, and . . . → Read More: Epic & Meditech: Distant Cousins?

The Nerdy Nurse: MEDITECH Nurse Leader and Home Health Conference

by administrator on July 16, 2012, at 1:50 pm

Recently I had the honor of speaking at the MEDITECH Nurse Leader and Home Health Conference. For those of you who are not already familiar, MEDITECH is a leading provider of hospital based EMRs (Electronic Medical Records). They offer a cost effective solutions to assist healthcare organizations with providing collaborative care across the continuum and meeting . . . → Read More: The Nerdy Nurse: MEDITECH Nurse Leader and Home Health Conference

International Electronic Patient Record Market Shows Promising Growth Opportunities

by administrator on April 13, 2012, at 11:13 am

In its inaugural international report, healthcare technology research firm KLAS discovers that the international EPR market is still opening and providers face a host of vendor options, from country-specific to large commercial offerings.

Electronic patient record (EPR) buying and selling energy outside of Northern America is still developing for most countries, with a majority . . . → Read More: International Electronic Patient Record Market Shows Promising Growth Opportunities

Medical e-record use mandate drawing nearer

by administrator on February 2, 2012, at 4:08 am

Technology will be playing a bigger role in patient care than ever before.

Healthcare professionals and their related associates have been mandated by the federal government to abide by “meaningful use” of electronic medical records (EMR) by the end of 2014.

EMR is the electronic version of the paper medical record. Information about a . . . → Read More: Medical e-record use mandate drawing nearer