Electronic Health Records News

EMC Helps Denver Health Transform Healthcare Delivery And Improve Financial Health (redOrbit)
Eligibility ReVerification System (ERV) — The number of uninsured patients Denver Health treats each year increases annually, making it critical to capture all available insurance reimbursements. The ERV system automates the formerly manual processes for collecting patient information and submitting claims, helping Denver Health recoup the maximum reimbursements from insurers. Since its …

VA, Kaiser plan to link electronic medical records (San Diego Union-Tribune)
A pilot program linking two of the largest electronic medical record systems in the country will be launched in San Diego County in mid-December by Kaiser Permanente and the federal Department of Veterans Affairs.

E-records companies say 2010 looks good (The Wichita Eagle)
Pulse Systems and MedAppz, both Wichita electronic health records companies, are expecting business to be good in 2010, thanks to health care reform and Medicare incentives.

Zynx Health partners with Healthcare Solutions Division of Keane for EHR integration (News-Medical-Net)
Zynx Health, the market leader in providing evidence-based and experience-based clinical decision support solutions, today announced its partnership with the Healthcare Solutions Division of Keane, Inc., allowing the integration of Zynx Health solutions with Keane s OptimumTM electronic health records (EHR) system.

Florida Agency for Health Care Administration Launches Electronic Health Records Portal For Medicaid Providers (WCTV Tallahassee)
Florida is the first state to offer claims-based electronic health records of Medicaid recipients to their treating providers.

North Shore-LIJ funding electronic health records system (Queens Courier)
In an effort to improve the quality of health care in its hospitals, the North Shore-LIJ Health System will be subsidizing up to 85 percent of the cost of installing and maintaining an Electronic Health Records (EHR) system.

Florida Agency for Health Care Administration Launches Electronic Health Records Portal For Medicaid Providers (WCTV Tallahassee)
Florida is the first state to offer claims-based electronic health records of Medicaid recipients to their treating providers.

Florida Agency for Health Care Administration Launches Electronic Health Records Portal For Medicaid Providers (WCTV Tallahassee)
Florida is the first state to offer claims-based electronic health records of Medicaid recipients to their treating providers.

Why electronic health records have far to go (ZDNet)
Rather than being a hit piece at the current Administration’s aims, the report focuses on the best practices of groups like Kaiser Permanente and the Cleveland Clinic, which have spent years adapting their work to the technology. Do these things and you can make things work.

Florida Agency for Health Care Administration Launches Electronic Health Records Portal for Medicaid Providers (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
TALLAHASSEE, Fla.—-Senior officials from Florida s Agency for Health Care Administration will announce the launch of the Florida Medicaid Health Information Network powered by Availity at a press conference on Thursday, November 19.