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The 17 model health IT communities that are testing certain interventions for specific conditions and populations will be able to document and share their results through the Beacon Evidence and Innovation Network. more

Michael Fain, D.O., opened Indian Creek Family Health Center in Brookville a decade ago, and began using an electronic health record (EHR) system on day one. But when the opportunity came to recoup some of that investment, he didn’t hesitate. more

Comment on "Electronic Health Records and Clinical Decision Support Systems" In this issue of the Archives, Romano and Stafford report on the effect of electronic health records (EHRs)—both with and without clinical decision support (CDS)—on physician adherence to evidence-based guidelines. more

December 17, 2010 By Kenneth Adler, MD, Rick Harper, PhD, Robert Hoyt, MD A patient shows up at the emergency room unconscious and unable to give a history. Another patient arrives at his primary care physician's office 3 days after an emergency room visit, and the primary doctor has received no information. A specialist sees a third patient for a consultation and receives none of the critical records needed to help her make the consultation efficient and effective. These scenarios and many others like them, unfortunately, are all too commonplace. The consequences of incomplete information at the point-of-care can be inconvenience, inefficiency, increased costs, and adverse, even life-threatening outcomes for patients. more

With federal funds, the state’s two Regional Extension Centers (RECs) can help you adopt or improve an Electronic Health Records system. The more

 May 18, 2010 Axolotl Provides Complete Interoperability, Community-Wide Virtual Health Record and EMR for the Centegra Physician Network San Jose, CA May 18, 2010 - Centegra Health System, the region's leading healthcare ... more

Federal agencies have awarded three “buckets of money” to help you and Indiana advance technologically Health information technology (HIT) holds promise to better coordinate patient care, reduce costs, improve quality – and daily life for physician practices. That’s the idea behind development of a variety of federal HIT grants under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, and Indiana is seeing a flow of those dollars. To date three rounds of grant funding have sent funds to our state. more

The AMA has provided these answers to basic questions about the health information technology (HIT) incentives available under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act or stimulus bill.* Keep reading ISMA Reports for details about qualifying for this federal funding. more

Industry Leaders to Guide Development of Prescription History Service for HIEs ALEXANDRIA, Va. and ST. PAUL, Minn. – Feb. 16, 2010 – Surescripts, The Nation’s E-Prescription Network, today announced it has formed a committee to help guide the company’s development of a prescription history service for health information exchanges. The HIE Advisory Committee will help Surescripts to engage, listen and work out the operational details of a prescription history service for HIEs and other appropriate community entities. Surescripts intends to facilitate a connection to multiple data sources in a way that supports both meaningful use and shared objectives for patient safety, privacy and security. more