Epocrates announced its entrance into the EHR market today at HIMSS 2010 with a press release. A few points that the press release stressed were
Easy, Accessible and Affordable
Mobile and Web-based
Targeting small or solo practices
Meets Meaningful Use software requirement
Meets HIPAA compliance requirement
The twitterverse is abuzz with this new announcement. The small ambulatory practices are behind [...]
New Meaningful Use Interim Standards Require Encryption Capabilities
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Anybody building or implement EHR with Meaningful Use as a goal should consider MU and HIPAA as parallel objectives. HIPAA compliance should not be new to anybody involved in delivering care to patients or those who fall under the definition of Business Associates. Encryption requirement under [...]
After reading John Halamka’s blog titled A history of our healthcare future, I got an idea. You can actually put together a video of what a patient might experience, if all the Meaningful Use criteria do become rules and the healthcare delivery processes change as intended. Is it a desirable future? I am sure everybody [...]
