Eclipsys Corporation has announced that Kenosha, WI-based United Hospital System has selected a wide range of the company's clinical, ambulatory and performance management solutions to support patient care. As part of the net-new client agreement, UHS will implement a suite of Eclipsys' clinical applications.
This white paper is designed to provide capabilities, functionalities, and case examples for how health IT can be implemented to support the patient centered medical home.
The Medicare Telehealth Enhancement Act, House Resolution 2068, would expand Medicare reimbursement to telemedicine facilities in urban and suburban areas. The bill would also provide $30 million in grant funding for healthcare organizations.
On April 27, HIMSS published its definitions of "meaningful use of certified EHR technologies" as outlined in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. HIMSS sent a cover letter, plus two definitions: 1) meaningful users of certified EHR technologies and 2) meaningful use for hospitals, to the National Coordinator of Health IT and the Acting CMS Commissioner, within the Department of Health and Human Services, according to a HIMSS release.
Invented 16 years ago, virtual colonoscopy has become an increasingly popular alternative to standard, or optical, colonoscopy, which is typically performed by a gastroenterologist. Initially regarded as a high-tech novelty, the new procedure has in recent months received key endorsements as a first-line screening test from influential medical groups. But in February, officials at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced a preliminary decision not to cover the procedure as a mass screening test for Medicare recipients.
Tevi Troy, deputy secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services from 2007-2009, provides his thoughts on what he says are common health IT myths in this article for the Washington Post. Troy questions whether the $20 billion for EHRs in the stimulus package is worth the risk.