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Paperless in Orlando Florida.....the Movement Continues - June 24, 2010
Orlando Florida -- Meera Sutaria of Ashburn grew tired of trying to read the scribbled handwriting from the mounds of patient documents. So when she opened her optometry practice, she left behind the clutter and waste of paper from her former employer.
In the office that she opened in December, even the standard paper eye chart has been replaced with a wall-mounted digital projector that sits behind the patient and reflects letters from an eye test against a facing mirror.
"Our whole office is paperless. That was kind of a no-brainer decision for me," said Sutaria, who graduated from the Pennsylvania College of Optometry at Salus University in 2007.
That decision has put her Brambleton business, InSight Eye Optique, at the forefront of a national agenda to better utilize information technology in the health-care industry.
When President Obama signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act last year, the statute included a provision that each person in the United States should have an electronic medical record by 2014.
A survey released in December by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, however, reported that fewer than half of the office-based doctors who participated used an electronic medical-record system. Critics said the plan and its aggressive timeline could make it more difficult to use health-care information technology.
David Blumenthal, who heads the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, said that he understands concerns about putting health-information technology into practice but that the success of the initiative relies on health-care professionals participating.
"The success of this health [information technology] journey depends on people: people who are passionate about improving patient care, and who are supported in making those improvements," he said in a statement.
Although investing in technology can be a sizable endeavor for medical practices with years of service, Sutaria said, it will benefit patients.
Her business features a retreat room where a patient can relax in an automated massage therapy chair before an appointment or after having pupils dilated. Fruit- and vegetable-based beverages that could help stimulate eye health are offered.
By using a digital-refraction system, a device that measures prescriptions for eyeglasses or contact lenses, that is integrated with a patient's medical information, Sutaria said, she is able to compare the effectiveness of a prescription and change it, if necessary, without significant delay.
The device is controlled by a wireless keypad and can instantly switch between prescriptions and recall a patient's prescription history within seconds. Sutaria said patients notice the difference immediately.
"They're more likely to get that new pair of glasses," she said, because they see better.
Sutaria said the increased efficiency has allowed patients to spend more time with her than waiting for service. She also reduced the errors and delays that stockpiling handwritten documents caused at her former employer's.
"I don't know what it'd be like to go back," she said. "I'd probably hate it."
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EMR Consultancy ImplementHIT Positions St.Vincent Health to Achieve Cost Savings & Federal Stimulus Incentives - June 23, 2010
Orlando Florida --
LOS ANGELES - (Business Wire) ImplementHIT, a consulting group specializing in empowering hospitals and large physician practices to implement electronic medical records (EMR) systems, announced today that, following successful implementation of AllscriptsTM Enterprise EHR v11, they are beginning the second phase and ongoing online training at St.Vincent Health. A nonprofit health care system, St.Vincent is sponsored by Ascension Health, the largest Catholic health system in the nation. It is Indiana's largest healthcare employer, with 16 hospitals serving 45 counties in central Indiana.
ImplementHIT possesses unparalleled expertise with Allscripts EHR systems, including the latest Enterprise EHR v11. In June 2009, ImplementHIT was selected to help St.Vincent move the entire organization of nearly 300 providers from Allscripts EHR Version 10 to Enterprise EHR v11. St.Vincent recognized this rollout would require significant specialized support and configuration to be functional in their environment. They also required an effective training solution that would protect physician productivity and drive adoption. Physician adoption would lead to cost savings, increased productivity and attainment of federal financial ARRA stimulus incentives.
This project included subsequent integration of the sophisticated and complex v11 Note module. To ensure physicians utilized the full power of this EMR, ImplementHIT leveraged their online training platform to develop custom training that conformed to St.Vincent’s workflows.
“This Allscripts EHR is very complex,” said Margaret S. Cornwell, RDMS, PMP, Manager of the Allscripts Team for St.Vincent Health. “With the Note module in particular, I believe we’re ahead of the industry with what we’ve designed,” she said.
With ImplementHIT, St.Vincent has reduced their training time requirements by 30 percent in the first phase, enabling physicians to focus on treating patients. For St.Vincent this was critical because physicians can continue generating revenue by staying in the clinic instead of leaving for more training. Physicians have been able to participate in ImplementHIT’s online training when most convenient for them and outside of clinic hours. With ImplementHIT, they transitioned from a 100 percent onsite instructor-led live training session to a hybrid approach that incorporates online learning. This hybrid learning program leverages the best of onsite training for specific educational objectives with the online component customized to their configurations and workflows and the specialty-specific context of the learner.
St.Vincent is on track to demonstrate meaningful use to access federal ARRA stimulus incentive funding. In addition to measuring the effectiveness of the training program by the learner’s ability to achieve meaningful use, satisfaction scores from learners, and assessments by onsite support personnel have demonstrated a significant benefit. Physicians have found the training convenient and practical prior to go-live. Physician trainers note that onsite training has become far more efficient because learners have a foundation of prior knowledge. EHR support staff report physicians are better capable of achieving pre-implementation patient volumes in less time during go-live support. Because physicians generate revenue by staying in the clinic, St.Vincent has realized a savings of over $6 for every $1 invested into the training solution.
With this rollout successful, ImplementHIT will implement a second phase of online training based on their patent-pending technology. This will further reduce the online training time a projected 50 percent, and help St.Vincent achieve meaningful use of Allscripts Enterprise v11. More details on this technology will be available when it is approved by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
“We have been pleased to work with St.Vincent Health and they have been a great partner in the success of this project,” said Dr. Andres Jimenez, CEO, ImplementHIT. “We’ve succeeded because of their team’s contribution and the incomparable capabilities of our staff. ImplementHIT consists of experts in clinical and medical informatics, Ph.D.-level proficiency in online education, and deep hands-on Allscripts experience. With a team of physicians on staff, we understand how doctors use Allscripts EMR systems, so we make the absolute most of their training, while reducing time required,” said Jimenez.
“We fully customized our training to St.Vincent’s specific workflows and configurations of Allscripts, even including unique specifics for their specialties. Because we enable them to monitor physicians post-implementation, they can easily analyze EMR adoption, and we can use this to recommend steps for even greater efficiency,” said Jimenez.
Dr. Jimenez is a former clinical director of content and online training for Allscripts.
“I believe this will enable us to demonstrate meaningful use. The definition of meaningful use has expanded so hospitals and systems need to do a ‘big bang’ complete implementation,” said Cornwell. “To receive the ARRA stimulus funding, doctors need to be using most of the functionality in three to five years. This makes the education pressure on our clinicians much broader and more imminent, but ImplementHIT’s computer-based training has helped tremendously. The output and return of what we have received for ImplementHIT has been a great value,” said Cornwell.
About ImplementHIT
ImplementHIT (www.ImplementHIT.com) specializes in helping hospitals and large physician practices make the best use of technology, including Electronic Medical Records (EMR) systems. Led by a team of physicians skilled in all phases of EMR implementation, ImplementHIT focuses on content development and training and includes Ph.D-level proficiency in online training to help physicians most effectively use EMRs. Solutions include implementation planning, clinical content development and optimization, comprehensive online training and EMR implementation leadership. Experts in Allscripts, including Enterprise EHR v11 and v11 Note, ImplementHIT reduces implementation and training costs for hospitals and enables meaningful EMR use to achieve federal stimulus money.
Allscripts, Allscripts Enterprise EHR are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Allscripts-Misys Healthcare Solutions, Inc. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners.
ImplementHIT
Becky Sheetz-Runkle
703-501-0533
br@implementhit.com
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A dedicated customer team
A website customized for your institution
A full portfolio of robust solutions
Easy setup, implementation and maintenance
Simple ordering and delivery
Technology training
Flexible financing options
Sencilo HealthIT Solutions Professional Services makes it easy.
In addition to providing high-quality technology at a low cost, Sencilo HealthIT Solutions Professional
Services can help you plan your healthcare computing from the ground up. By working with you from the initial construction phases, we can help you save time and money and lead to a truly customized solution.
Sencilo HealthIT Solutions Professional Services offers complete services that include:
Design
Procurement
Installation
Training
Maintenance
Support
About Us
Sencilo HealthIT Solutions is a Florida-based integrator specializing in EHR Cost Cutting storage, security and managed services solutions. Sencilo delivers a comprehensive portfolio of products from best-of-breed hardware and software from multiple manufacturers including Allscripts, VMware, Dell Fujitsu EMC, Hitachi, Symantec, IBM, HP, Cisco, Microsoft, Gateway Sencilo has offices throughout Florida including: Orlando Lake Mary Daytona, Medical City solutions include Security "meaningful use" "meaningful usage" EMC HP IBM Quantum Compliance Gartner Magic Quadrant Quadrent LTO Daytona Beach Deland Melborne Tampa Clearwater, Dragon, Voice Recognition, Dragon Dictation
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Pediatricians Commonly Misdiagnose Kids - June 23, 2010
Orlando Florida --
By Salynn Boyles
WebMD Health NewsReviewed by Laura J. Martin, MDJune 23, 2010 -- Just over half of pediatricians responding to an anonymous survey acknowledged making at least one diagnostic error a month, and just under half said that at least once a year they made errors that harmed patients.
The survey involved 726 academic and community-based pediatricians or pediatric residents practicing in Houston or Cincinnati.
Diagnosing viral illness as bacterial infection was the most commonly reported diagnostic error, closely followed by failure to recognize the side effects of medication.
In all, 55% of the pediatric residents, 48% of the pediatricians working at academic centers, and 53% of community-based pediatricians reported that they had misdiagnosed viral illness as bacterial infection.
Antibiotics are useless for the treatment of colds, flu, or other viral infections, yet they are widely prescribed. The CDC and other health groups identify antibiotic overuse as one of the most significant public health problems.
“Prescribing antibiotics when they are not needed increases the risk for antibiotic resistance and it puts patients at risk for side effects,” Baylor College of Medicine pediatrician and study co-author Geeta Singhal, MD, tells WebMD.
Slideshow: Childhood Illnesses Every Parent Must Know
Study First to Explore Misdiagnosis in Kids
Published in the July issue of the journal Pediatrics, the study is among the first to explore the frequency, types, and causes of diagnostic errors in pediatric practice.
Slightly more than half of the academic center pediatricians and pediatric residents who responded to the survey reported misdiagnosing side effects of medicines taken by their young patients.
Singhal says adverse reactions to certain cough syrups and antihistamines are commonly misdiagnosed.
For example, first-generation antihistamines like the drugs Dimetapp and Benadryl typically make children sleepy, but they might have the opposite effect in children under age 2. Antihistamine-related hyper behavior in a very young child is often misdiagnosed, Singhal says.
Other key findings from the survey included:
When asked to identify the reasons for diagnostic process errors, about half of the doctors (48%) cited a lack of information of the patient’s medical history or failure to review medical charts.
Just over 40% said failure by the parent or caregiver to seek medical attention in a timely manner contributed to the diagnostic error and 39% cited failure to follow up on abnormal diagnostic lab tests.
The pediatricians and pediatric residents cited better access to electronic health records and closer follow-up of patients after initial treatment as strategies most likely to reduce diagnostic errors in pediatric practice.
Electronic Records: ‘No Silver Bullet’
Study co-investigator Hardeep Singh, MD, MPH, says electronic medical records will help address the lack of coordination among medical providers, which is a major contributor to misdiagnosis in both general and pediatric medicine.
Johns Hopkins University Medical School neurologist David Newman-Toker, MD, PhD, who has studied diagnostic errors, agrees. But he tells WebMD that much more is needed.
“It is clear to me after studying this issue that there is not going to be a single silver bullet that does away with diagnostic errors,” he says. “We will need multifaceted interventions to tackle the problem.”
Newman-Toker says it is no big surprise that the diagnostic errors are common in pediatric medicine, just as they are in general medicine.
In a commentary published in the Journal of the American Medical Association last year, Newman-Toker and Johns Hopkins colleague Peter J. Pronovost, MD, PhD, write that diagnostic errors result in as many as 40,000 to 80,000 hospital deaths each year in the United States.
“I would think the risk of a fatal misdiagnosis is lower in children, because children have far fewer life-threatening medical conditions,” he says.
He adds that parents or caregivers who think their child’s illness has been misdiagnosed should never hesitate to discuss their concerns with the child’s physician.
Singh and Singhal agree.
“Families and caregivers know their children best,” Singhal says. “If they don’t understand the diagnosis or have concerns, it is important to talk to the pediatrician.”
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Sencilo HealthIT Solutions eHealthcare Architecture: More than technology With Sencilo HealthIT Solutions eHealthcare Architecture, you can leverage the same productivity tools and technology resources that have transformed business. And you get a full portfolio of services too. By working with Sencilo HealthIT Solutions, you can get:
A dedicated customer team
A website customized for your institution
A full portfolio of robust solutions
Easy setup, implementation and maintenance
Simple ordering and delivery
Technology training
Flexible financing options
Sencilo HealthIT Solutions Professional Services makes it easy.
In addition to providing high-quality technology at a low cost, Sencilo HealthIT Solutions Professional
Services can help you plan your healthcare computing from the ground up. By working with you from the initial construction phases, we can help you save time and money and lead to a truly customized solution.
Sencilo HealthIT Solutions Professional Services offers complete services that include:
Design
Procurement
Installation
Training
Maintenance
Support
About Us
Sencilo HealthIT Solutions is a Florida-based integrator specializing in EHR Cost Cutting storage, security and managed services solutions. Sencilo delivers a comprehensive portfolio of products from best-of-breed hardware and software from multiple manufacturers including Allscripts, VMware, Dell Fujitsu EMC, Hitachi, Symantec, IBM, HP, Cisco, Microsoft, Gateway Sencilo has offices throughout Florida including: Orlando Lake Mary Daytona, Medical City solutions include Security "meaningful use" "meaningful usage" EMC HP IBM Quantum Compliance Gartner Magic Quadrant Quadrent LTO Daytona Beach Deland Melborne Tampa Clearwater, Dragon, Voice Recognition, Dragon Dictation
Network Backup appliance Data Recovery Backup Health IT Healthcare IT Digital Hospital Allscripts Patient Data electronic health record P4P rules and the HITECH Act PayerView Rankings practice management tools $44,000 in Medicare or $66,000 in Medicaid from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act eClinicalWorks, Allscripts, NextGen, GE Centricity, and Meditech Electronic Healthcare IT Medical Records EHR Clinical Practices eClinicalWorks Allscripts Florida EMR, EHR, electronic medical record, health, records, practice management systems solutions, medication services, PHR Otolaryngology, Orthopaedics, pediatrics, eprescribe, dermatology, electronic documention, CCI edits, CPT codes, ICD 9 Codes, ICD 10 codes, comploiance, electronic medical records, Pain Nuerosurgery, Urology, Ophthalmology, Cardiology, Billing, Appointment Scheduling, clinicalworks, eClinicalWorks, solutions for physicians, hospitals, clinical education and medical services Computerized Patient CPR, Order Entry, CPOE, Document Clinical Information Informatics, Computer-based, SOAP, HIT, Healthcare Encounter Forms, web based, online, clinical rules database, electronic prescribing, e-prescribing, eprescribing, athenaClinicals, certified EMR, certified EHR, HITECH Act VAR Reseller Dealer hipaa privacy doctor, healthcare performance management, data security, hosting, arra, free, InterFAX, MyWay, HIPPA, EasyPayMedicare, MedicAID, SureScripts, FNC, billing, superbill iMedica Tiger on Windows, eprescribe pqri simple practice management revenue cycle e-cw e-clinicalworks greenway emds nextgen ge sage athena epic klas Dragon NaturallySpeaking speech recognition Google Health, Microsoft Healthvault Health Internet certified "meaningful use" violations HealthPresence Health Presence Sencilo “transformative” telemedicine medicaid medicare Seminole County Medical Society Orange county Orlando Medical News Trusted Advisor e-Prescription e-Rx CareTracker paperless scanning document storage hippa audits iscribe document scanning fi-6130 fi-6040 CCHIT ARRA surescript
Dragon Naturally Speaking Review - Triple Your Writing Speed Instantly - June 22, 2010
Orlando Florida --
This Dragon Naturally Speaking review is simply the review of the most well known brand in speech recognition software. Unless you've been out of town for a while, Dragon Naturally Speaking will have been on your radar since you first thought of purchasing speech recognition software.
It's the industry standard for more than one reason.
Creation of the voice profile is at once intuitive and comprehensive. The more time you spend getting this right, the better DNS will understand your voice.
The commands you can issue to Dragon Naturally Speaking are a delight. You can go to virtually any web page and just speak the link name to 'click' on it. Sites with lots of graphics may confuse the software, but that's very rare indeed.
If you've set-up your voice profile correctly and in depth, speaking for dictation purposes is incredible. I dare you not to be astounded when you first try this out. You can talk at normal conversation speed without slowing down or pronouncing your words slowly and carefully. As long as you don't slur or talk too fast you will be understood. Pretty much like any conversation you may have.
What makes it the best?
95%+ accuracy
Ability to create documents, emails, letters at 3 times the normal typing pace
Easy to learn
The most fully featured software
Supports Bluetooth
Can sync hand held devices with PC to use on the go
You'll have to do some editing, it's not perfect, but it's such a small amount of editing that you won't really mind.
Nuance Communications have done a fantastic job and this Dragon Naturally Speaking review has been an eye-opener to write.
DNS has got speech recognition software right at last. It's head and shoulders above its competitors and it the only thing that may put you off is that it's a little more expensive than its rivals. But as my old dad used to say to me, 'you gets what you pay for'.
Save Time, Make Money and Succeed with Dragon Naturally Speaking and welcome to the world of incredible voice to text software.
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Iain_Duigan
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Sencilo HealthIT Solutions eHealthcare Architecture: More than technology With Sencilo HealthIT Solutions eHealthcare Architecture, you can leverage the same productivity tools and technology resources that have transformed business. And you get a full portfolio of services too. By working with Sencilo HealthIT Solutions, you can get:
A dedicated customer team
A website customized for your institution
A full portfolio of robust solutions
Easy setup, implementation and maintenance
Simple ordering and delivery
Technology training
Flexible financing options
Sencilo HealthIT Solutions Professional Services makes it easy.
In addition to providing high-quality technology at a low cost, Sencilo HealthIT Solutions Professional
Services can help you plan your healthcare computing from the ground up. By working with you from the initial construction phases, we can help you save time and money and lead to a truly customized solution.
Sencilo HealthIT Solutions Professional Services offers complete services that include:
Design
Procurement
Installation
Training
Maintenance
Support
About Us
Sencilo HealthIT Solutions is a Florida-based integrator specializing in EHR Cost Cutting storage, security and managed services solutions. Sencilo delivers a comprehensive portfolio of products from best-of-breed hardware and software from multiple manufacturers including Allscripts, VMware, Dell Fujitsu EMC, Hitachi, Symantec, IBM, HP, Cisco, Microsoft, Gateway Sencilo has offices throughout Florida including: Orlando Lake Mary Daytona, Medical City solutions include Security "meaningful use" "meaningful usage" EMC HP IBM Quantum Compliance Gartner Magic Quadrant Quadrent LTO Daytona Beach Deland Melborne Tampa Clearwater, Dragon, Voice Recognition, Dragon Dictation
Network Backup appliance Data Recovery Backup Health IT Healthcare IT Digital Hospital Allscripts Patient Data electronic health record P4P rules and the HITECH Act PayerView Rankings practice management tools $44,000 in Medicare or $66,000 in Medicaid from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act eClinicalWorks, Allscripts, NextGen, GE Centricity, and Meditech Electronic Healthcare IT Medical Records EHR Clinical Practices eClinicalWorks Allscripts Florida EMR, EHR, electronic medical record, health, records, practice management systems solutions, medication services, PHR Otolaryngology, Orthopaedics, pediatrics, eprescribe, dermatology, electronic documention, CCI edits, CPT codes, ICD 9 Codes, ICD 10 codes, comploiance, electronic medical records, Pain Nuerosurgery, Urology, Ophthalmology, Cardiology, Billing, Appointment Scheduling, clinicalworks, eClinicalWorks, solutions for physicians, hospitals, clinical education and medical services Computerized Patient CPR, Order Entry, CPOE, Document Clinical Information Informatics, Computer-based, SOAP, HIT, Healthcare Encounter Forms, web based, online, clinical rules database, electronic prescribing, e-prescribing, eprescribing, athenaClinicals, certified EMR, certified EHR, HITECH Act VAR Reseller Dealer hipaa privacy doctor, healthcare performance management, data security, hosting, arra, free, InterFAX, MyWay, HIPPA, EasyPayMedicare, MedicAID, SureScripts, FNC, billing, superbill iMedica Tiger on Windows, eprescribe pqri simple practice management revenue cycle e-cw e-clinicalworks greenway emds nextgen ge sage athena epic klas Dragon NaturallySpeaking speech recognition Google Health, Microsoft Healthvault Health Internet certified "meaningful use" violations HealthPresence Health Presence Sencilo “transformative” telemedicine medicaid medicare Seminole County Medical Society Orange county Orlando Medical News Trusted Advisor e-Prescription e-Rx CareTracker paperless scanning document storage hippa audits iscribe document scanning fi-6130 fi-6040 CCHIT ARRA surescript
Look, No Hands! The “Dragon Dictation” App on the IPad - June 22, 2010
Orlando Florida --
June 21, 2010 by Free iPad
The Apple corporation is once more making its way to the front of the crowded technology market with such innovative products as the iPad. This most unique device, allows users to access the most user friendly interface currently on the market. Although most buyers are using this unit to access news and informational services — such as NPR and USA Today, there are additional applications (apps) that have recently surfaced, designed to make this experience all encompassing. A great example of this is the Dragon Dictation program offered by the Nuance group for the iPad. It requires a wireless connection to the internet (WiFi or 3G are preferred) in order to function properly.
This app will transcribe the human voice directly to text. This is perfect for those persons who are required to send long email messages and aren’t at a full sized keyboard to complete this activity. Instead, the Dragon Dictation software will take the spoken words and translate those into text on the screen. It is great for emails or documents that are lengthy in nature. There is no typing involved at the outset (although corrections later may need some), with only the human voice used as the input.
It is very easy to get started on this process. Make sure that you are connected to the internet and in a quiet place. This will avoid the possibility of disturbing others and reduce the amount of noise that is “heard” by the microphone. Put on the headset and then power up the iPad and open Dragon Dictation. There will be a large recording button on the screen that needs to be tapped. This will start the dictation. The program will automatically transcribe the spoken words at the Nuances server location. Once finished, simply tap the record button again to stop the transcription.
The biggest problem that most users have with this app is learning how to speak properly for the computer. For a normal human voice, the brain is trained to filter out most of the filler parts of speech to make sense of the words spoken by another. This is not the case for a machine, which does not have the mental acuity enjoyed by most humans. Words to avoid such as “uhs”, “ums” and “ers” take practice and aren’t always easy to overcome for many people. It is certainly possible with practice to be able to voice-type 40 words per minute. But this takes time, so training your voice is certainly something to think about.
Once the transcription session is complete, it is then possible to review the text before actually sending off the document or email. Many words can automatically be fixed by the built in dictionary/thesaurus which gives the user the option of using a selected group of words instead of the one selected. At times, however, the correction won’t already be loaded and a manual fix has to be done. Using the keyboard on the unit, the selected word can be highlighted and deleted or simply fixed. Either way, users are able to revise and edit the message before copying and pasting into an email message.
Of course there are other uses for this application. Business users of course favor the ease of composing long strings of texts without the cumbersome use of the tiny keyboard. But online entrepreneurs and social marketing mavens use this handy device to send out updates to their social networks, including facebook, twitter and myspace. It is a great use of a new technology to keep in touch with the many friends on the virtual online community. You will be impressed once the voice training period is over and this program runs so efficiently for the needs of most user.
About the only complaint that purchasers have made is the size of the record button after the app is started. Recall that by tapping the screen on this icon, recording was initiated and stopped. At the outset, it was very large and easy to spot. However, once the program is running, it appears as a tiny spot at the top of the text page. Users found this much harder to navigate and sometimes the first paragraph of the text was disrupted because the cursor found its way into this area, instead of stopping the app itself.
The only other drawback is the inability of desktop users of dragon dictation to train this version. At this point in time, it will take voice training before the full effects can be felt. This appears to be a small price to pay for such a handy item. Professionals enjoy the ease of use that it provides, allowing them to free up some more time to devote to their work. Since maintaining contact with associates is so important in this age of information exchange, the Dragon Dictation can really help with this problem. Most of all, by allowing clients to speak, instead of type, the documents created will most likely be completed a whole lot faster.
This is one application that seems to be a perfect fit for the hardware it was designed for. Most buyers seem to think that with a few minor software adjustments, it will be an essential part of any business kit. The Apple corporation seems to have hit another home run with the iPad. What are they going to come out with next to impress potential buyers?
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For more information please call (407) 494-4EHR (4347) or visit us at: http://www.sencilo.com and let us "Uncomplexify your Information
Technology"
Sencilo HealthIT Solutions eHealthcare Architecture: More than technology With Sencilo HealthIT Solutions eHealthcare Architecture, you can leverage the same productivity tools and technology resources that have transformed business. And you get a full portfolio of services too. By working with Sencilo HealthIT Solutions, you can get:
A dedicated customer team
A website customized for your institution
A full portfolio of robust solutions
Easy setup, implementation and maintenance
Simple ordering and delivery
Technology training
Flexible financing options
Sencilo HealthIT Solutions Professional Services makes it easy.
In addition to providing high-quality technology at a low cost, Sencilo HealthIT Solutions Professional
Services can help you plan your healthcare computing from the ground up. By working with you from the initial construction phases, we can help you save time and money and lead to a truly customized solution.
Sencilo HealthIT Solutions Professional Services offers complete services that include:
Design
Procurement
Installation
Training
Maintenance
Support
About Us
Sencilo HealthIT Solutions is a Florida-based integrator specializing in EHR Cost Cutting storage, security and managed services solutions. Sencilo delivers a comprehensive portfolio of products from best-of-breed hardware and software from multiple manufacturers including Allscripts, VMware, Dell Fujitsu EMC, Hitachi, Symantec, IBM, HP, Cisco, Microsoft, Gateway Sencilo has offices throughout Florida including: Orlando Lake Mary Daytona, Medical City solutions include Security "meaningful use" "meaningful usage" EMC HP IBM Quantum Compliance Gartner Magic Quadrant Quadrent LTO Daytona Beach Deland Melborne Tampa Clearwater, Dragon, Voice Recognition, Dragon Dictation
Network Backup appliance Data Recovery Backup Health IT Healthcare IT Digital Hospital Allscripts Patient Data electronic health record P4P rules and the HITECH Act PayerView Rankings practice management tools $44,000 in Medicare or $66,000 in Medicaid from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act eClinicalWorks, Allscripts, NextGen, GE Centricity, and Meditech Electronic Healthcare IT Medical Records EHR Clinical Practices eClinicalWorks Allscripts Florida EMR, EHR, electronic medical record, health, records, practice management systems solutions, medication services, PHR Otolaryngology, Orthopaedics, pediatrics, dermatology, electronic documention, CCI edits, CPT codes, ICD 9 Codes, ICD 10 codes, comploiance, electronic medical records, Pain Nuerosurgery, Urology, Ophthalmology, Cardiology, Billing, Appointment Scheduling, clinicalworks, eClinicalWorks, solutions for physicians, hospitals, clinical education and medical services Computerized Patient CPR, Order Entry, CPOE, Document Clinical Information Informatics, Computer-based, SOAP, HIT, Healthcare Encounter Forms, web based, online, clinical rules database, electronic prescribing, e-prescribing, eprescribing, athenaClinicals, certified EMR, certified EHR, HITECH Act VAR Reseller Dealer hipaa privacy doctor, healthcare performance management, data security, hosting, arra, free, InterFAX, MyWay, HIPPA, EasyPayMedicare, MedicAID, SureScripts, FNC, billing, superbill iMedica Tiger on Windows, eprescribe pqri simple practice management revenue cycle e-cw e-clinicalworks greenway emds nextgen ge sage athena epic klas Dragon NaturallySpeaking speech recognition Google Health, Microsoft Healthvault Health Internet certified "meaningful use" violations HealthPresence Health Presence Sencilo “transformative” telemedicine medicaid medicare Seminole County Medical Society Orange county Orlando Medical News Trusted Advisor e-Prescription e-Rx CareTracker paperless scanning document storage hippa audits iscribe document scanning fi-6130 fi-6040 CCHIT ARRA surescript
Pick the Right EHR or Face Not Getting CMS Rebates - June 22, 2010
Orlando Florida -- The temporary electronic health records certification program being developed this summer likely will be in existence for only about 18 months, but certifiers could get busy in a hurry.
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology estimates approximately 93 commercial and open source Complete EHRs, and 50 EHR Modules, need to be tested and certified under the temporary program, according to the final rule setting up the program.
Self-developed EHRs also will be certified. ONC estimates only about eight large group practices with at least 50 physicians and 30 hospitals may seek to have their in-house systems certified. "We believe that this estimate is generous and that a good portion of the eligible professionals and hospitals who would likely seek to qualify for incentive payments with self-developed Complete EHRs could only do so for meaningful use Stage 1," according to the rule. Efforts to maintain homegrown systems to comply with later meaningful use stages likely would be time and cost prohibitive, regulators believe. Companies like Allscripts and GE have the available developement funds to pull this off, however one major player in the EHR business who does not wish to be identified said, "we are looking to sell out because there is no way for us to be compliant on our shoe-string R&D budget." A Orlando Allscripts partner, Sencilo HealthIT Solutions says, "we have seen this several times before, the smaller fish are going to go away, so we are warning our clients now, pick the right EHR supplier or face not getting CMS rebates."
The rule establishing a temporary EHR certification program is available for now at federalregister.gov/inspection.aspx, and will be published June 24 in the Federal Register.
For more information please call (407) 494-4EHR or visit us at: http://www.sencilo.com and let us "Uncomplexify your Information Tecnology"
Why Sencilo HealthIT Solutions
When it comes to your healthcare computing needs, Sencilo HealthIT Solutions's main objective is to provide a turnkey solution
that can essentially sustain itself. When you choose Sencilo HealthIT Solutions, you don't just gain a vendor who provides you
with technology. You get a business partner who walks with you through every step of the process
Sencilo HealthIT Solutions eHealthcare Architecture: More than technology With Sencilo HealthIT Solutions eHealthcare Architecture, you can leverage the same productivity tools and technology resources that have transformed business. And you get a full portfolio of services too. By working with Sencilo HealthIT Solutions, you can get:
A dedicated customer team
A website customized for your institution
A full portfolio of robust solutions
Easy setup, implementation and maintenance
Simple ordering and delivery
Technology training
Flexible financing options
Sencilo HealthIT Solutions Professional Services makes it easy.
In addition to providing high-quality technology at a low cost, Sencilo HealthIT Solutions Professional
Services can help you plan your healthcare computing from the ground up. By working with you from the initial construction phases, we can help you save time and money and lead to a truly customized solution.
Sencilo HealthIT Solutions Professional Services offers complete services that include:
Design
Procurement
Installation
Training
Maintenance
Support
About Us
Sencilo HealthIT Solutions is a Florida-based integrator specializing in EHR Cost Cutting storage, security and managed services solutions. Sencilo delivers a comprehensive portfolio of products from best-of-breed hardware and software from multiple manufacturers including Allscripts, VMware, Dell Fujitsu EMC, Hitachi, Symantec, IBM, HP, Cisco, Microsoft, Gateway Sencilo has offices throughout Florida including: Orlando Lake Mary Daytona, Medical City solutions include Security "meaningful use" "meaningful usage" EMC HP IBM Quantum Compliance Gartner Magic Quadrant Quadrent LTO Daytona Beach Deland Melborne Tampa Clearwater
Network Backup appliance Data Recovery Backup Health IT Healthcare IT Digital Hospital Allscripts Patient Data electronic health record P4P rules and the HITECH Act PayerView Rankings practice management tools $44,000 in Medicare or $66,000 in Medicaid from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act eClinicalWorks, Allscripts, NextGen, GE Centricity, and Meditech Electronic Healthcare IT Medical Records EHR Clinical Practices eClinicalWorks Allscripts Florida EMR, EHR, electronic medical record, health, records, practice management systems solutions, medication services, PHR Otolaryngology, Orthopaedics, Pain Nuerosurgery, Urology, Ophthalmology, Cardiology, Billing, Appointment Scheduling, clinicalworks, eClinicalWorks, solutions for physicians, hospitals, clinical education and medical services Computerized Patient CPR, Order Entry, CPOE, Document Clinical Information Informatics, Computer-based, SOAP, HIT, Healthcare Encounter Forms, web based, online, clinical rules database, electronic prescribing, e-prescribing, eprescribing, athenaClinicals, certified EMR, certified EHR, HITECH Act VAR Reseller Dealer hipaa privacy doctor, healthcare performance management, data security, hosting, arra, free, InterFAX, MyWay, HIPPA, EasyPayMedicare, MedicAID, SureScripts, FNC, billing, superbill iMedica Tiger on Windows, eprescribe pqri simple practice management revenue cycle e-cw e-clinicalworks greenway emds nextgen ge sage athena epic klas Dragon NaturallySpeaking speech recognition Google Health, Microsoft Healthvault Health Internet certified "meaningful use" violations HealthPresence Health Presence Sencilo “transformative” telemedicine medicaid medicare Seminole County Medical Society Orange county Orlando Medical News Trusted Advisor e-Prescription e-Rx CareTracker paperless scanning document storage hippa audits iscribe document scanning fi-6130 fi-6040 CCHIT ARRA surescript
Certification: Final Rule on the Temporary Program - June 21, 2010
Orlando Florida --
Jun 21, 2010 09:14 am | posted by Kevin Heubusch | ARRA & Electronic records
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT released a final rule Friday establishing the temporary program for EHR certification under the meaningful use incentive plan. The rule establishes the means by which EHR products will be certified for use in the program.
Organizations will apply to become ONC-Authorized Testing and Certification Bodies in a multistep process. If approved, they will test and certify EHR products on criteria specific to the meaningful use program. Vendors may submit both complete systems and individual modules.
Current certification from the Certification Commission for Health Information Technology does not apply to the meaingful use program. For its part, CCHIT has stated its intention to become an authorized certification body for the program.
ONC proposed a temporary program to speed the certification process in advance of the meaningful use program start this October. In the final rule, ONC announced its intention to sunset the temporary program on December 31, 2011. Many commentors had asked ONC to establish a target date for the start of the permanent program.
ONC expects to publish a final rule on the permanent program in the fall.
More information on the temporary program is available on the federal health IT Web site. The rule’s official publication in the Federal Register is scheduled for June 24.
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For more information please call (407) 494-4EHR (4947) or visit us at: http://www.sencilo.com and let us "Uncomplexify your Information
Technology"
Sencilo HealthIT Solutions eHealthcare Architecture: More than technology With Sencilo HealthIT Solutions eHealthcare Architecture, you can leverage the same productivity tools and technology resources that have transformed business. And you get a full portfolio of services too. By working with Sencilo HealthIT Solutions, you can get:
A dedicated customer team
A website customized for your institution
A full portfolio of robust solutions
Easy setup, implementation and maintenance
Simple ordering and delivery
Technology training
Flexible financing options
Sencilo HealthIT Solutions Professional Services makes it easy.
In addition to providing high-quality technology at a low cost, Sencilo HealthIT Solutions Professional
Services can help you plan your healthcare computing from the ground up. By working with you from the initial construction phases, we can help you save time and money and lead to a truly customized solution.
Sencilo HealthIT Solutions Professional Services offers complete services that include:
Design
Procurement
Installation
Training
Maintenance
Support
About Us
Sencilo HealthIT Solutions is a Florida-based integrator specializing in EHR Cost Cutting storage, security and managed services solutions. Sencilo delivers a comprehensive portfolio of products from best-of-breed hardware and software from multiple manufacturers including Allscripts, VMware, Dell Fujitsu EMC, Hitachi, Symantec, IBM, HP, Cisco, Microsoft, Gateway Sencilo has offices throughout Florida including: Orlando Lake Mary Daytona, Medical City solutions include Security "meaningful use" "meaningful usage" EMC HP IBM Quantum Compliance Gartner Magic Quadrant Quadrent LTO Daytona Beach Deland Melborne Tampa Clearwater, Dragon, Voice Recognition, Dragon Dictation
Network Backup appliance Data Recovery Backup Health IT Healthcare IT Digital Hospital Allscripts Patient Data electronic health record P4P rules and the HITECH Act PayerView Rankings practice management tools $44,000 in Medicare or $66,000 in Medicaid from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act eClinicalWorks, Allscripts, NextGen, GE Centricity, and Meditech Electronic Healthcare IT Medical Records EHR Clinical Practices eClinicalWorks Allscripts Florida EMR, EHR, electronic medical record, health, records, practice management systems solutions, medication services, PHR Otolaryngology, Orthopaedics, pediatrics, dermatology, electronic documention, CCI edits, CPT codes, ICD 9 Codes, ICD 10 codes, comploiance, electronic medical records, Pain Nuerosurgery, Urology, Ophthalmology, Cardiology, Billing, Appointment Scheduling, clinicalworks, eClinicalWorks, solutions for physicians, hospitals, clinical education and medical services Computerized Patient CPR, Order Entry, CPOE, Document Clinical Information Informatics, Computer-based, SOAP, HIT, Healthcare Encounter Forms, web based, online, clinical rules database, electronic prescribing, e-prescribing, eprescribing, athenaClinicals, certified EMR, certified EHR, HITECH Act VAR Reseller Dealer hipaa privacy doctor, healthcare performance management, data security, hosting, arra, free, InterFAX, MyWay, HIPPA, EasyPayMedicare, MedicAID, SureScripts, FNC, billing, superbill iMedica Tiger on Windows, eprescribe pqri simple practice management revenue cycle e-cw e-clinicalworks greenway emds nextgen ge sage athena epic klas Dragon NaturallySpeaking speech recognition Google Health, Microsoft Healthvault Health Internet certified "meaningful use" violations HealthPresence Health Presence Sencilo “transformative” telemedicine medicaid medicare Seminole County Medical Society Orange county Orlando Medical News Trusted Advisor e-Prescription e-Rx CareTracker paperless scanning document storage hippa audits iscribe document scanning fi-6130 fi-6040 CCHIT ARRA surescript
Five Hospital Employees to Be Fired Over HIPAA Violations - June 21, 2010
Orlando Florida --
Friday, June 11, 2010
Tri-City Medical Center’s chief executive says the hospital has sent letters of intent to fire five employees, and has disciplined a sixth, for allegedly posting information about hospital patients online.
The health care district did not specify what kind of patient information was posted to the online site, reported to be Facebook, but hospital CEO Larry Anderson said in a statement that it did not involve patient names, photographs or “similar identifying information.”
Anderson also didn’t specify who was fired, but the North County Times has reported that the five terminated employees were nurses. A call to the California Nurses Association was not immediately returned.
An investigation is ongoing, according to Tri-City, which says it will take further disciplinary action to prevent similar incidents in the future.
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act forbids health care workers from obtaining or sharing “personally identifiable” information about patients. It specifically protects patients’ names, medical record numbers and health status, among other identifiable information.
In May 2007, Tri-City fired 10 employees for taking cell phone pictures of at least one patient’s X-ray without permission.
— Heather Chambers
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For more information please call (407) 494-4EHR (4947) or visit us at: http://www.sencilo.com and let us "Uncomplexify your Information
Technology"
Sencilo HealthIT Solutions eHealthcare Architecture: More than technology With Sencilo HealthIT Solutions eHealthcare Architecture, you can leverage the same productivity tools and technology resources that have transformed business. And you get a full portfolio of services too. By working with Sencilo HealthIT Solutions, you can get:
A dedicated customer team
A website customized for your institution
A full portfolio of robust solutions
Easy setup, implementation and maintenance
Simple ordering and delivery
Technology training
Flexible financing options
Sencilo HealthIT Solutions Professional Services makes it easy.
In addition to providing high-quality technology at a low cost, Sencilo HealthIT Solutions Professional
Services can help you plan your healthcare computing from the ground up. By working with you from the initial construction phases, we can help you save time and money and lead to a truly customized solution.
Sencilo HealthIT Solutions Professional Services offers complete services that include:
Design
Procurement
Installation
Training
Maintenance
Support
About Us
Sencilo HealthIT Solutions is a Florida-based integrator specializing in EHR Cost Cutting storage, security and managed services solutions. Sencilo delivers a comprehensive portfolio of products from best-of-breed hardware and software from multiple manufacturers including Allscripts, VMware, Dell Fujitsu EMC, Hitachi, Symantec, IBM, HP, Cisco, Microsoft, Gateway Sencilo has offices throughout Florida including: Orlando Lake Mary Daytona, Medical City solutions include Security "meaningful use" "meaningful usage" EMC HP IBM Quantum Compliance Gartner Magic Quadrant Quadrent LTO Daytona Beach Deland Melborne Tampa Clearwater, Dragon, Voice Recognition, Dragon Dictation
Network Backup appliance Data Recovery Backup Health IT Healthcare IT Digital Hospital Allscripts Patient Data electronic health record P4P rules and the HITECH Act PayerView Rankings practice management tools $44,000 in Medicare or $66,000 in Medicaid from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act eClinicalWorks, Allscripts, NextGen, GE Centricity, and Meditech Electronic Healthcare IT Medical Records EHR Clinical Practices eClinicalWorks Allscripts Florida EMR, EHR, electronic medical record, health, records, practice management systems solutions, medication services, PHR Otolaryngology, Orthopaedics, pediatrics, dermatology, electronic documention, CCI edits, CPT codes, ICD 9 Codes, ICD 10 codes, comploiance, electronic medical records, Pain Nuerosurgery, Urology, Ophthalmology, Cardiology, Billing, Appointment Scheduling, clinicalworks, eClinicalWorks, solutions for physicians, hospitals, clinical education and medical services Computerized Patient CPR, Order Entry, CPOE, Document Clinical Information Informatics, Computer-based, SOAP, HIT, Healthcare Encounter Forms, web based, online, clinical rules database, electronic prescribing, e-prescribing, eprescribing, athenaClinicals, certified EMR, certified EHR, HITECH Act VAR Reseller Dealer hipaa privacy doctor, healthcare performance management, data security, hosting, arra, free, InterFAX, MyWay, HIPPA, EasyPayMedicare, MedicAID, SureScripts, FNC, billing, superbill iMedica Tiger on Windows, eprescribe pqri simple practice management revenue cycle e-cw e-clinicalworks greenway emds nextgen ge sage athena epic klas Dragon NaturallySpeaking speech recognition Google Health, Microsoft Healthvault Health Internet certified "meaningful use" violations HealthPresence Health Presence Sencilo “transformative” telemedicine medicaid medicare Seminole County Medical Society Orange county Orlando Medical News Trusted Advisor e-Prescription e-Rx CareTracker paperless scanning document storage hippa audits iscribe document scanning fi-6130 fi-6040 CCHIT ARRA surescript
A Guide to Implementing Backup HIPAA Data Offsite Guidelines - June 21, 2010
Orlando Florida --
With new regulations in play more and more companies are considering backup HIPAA data offsite solutions. In some cases it’s the law and in other’s our health records are one thing most of us want to keep private. The reason for this consideration involves the HIPAA legislation, its effects on the health care industry, what those effects mean for data storage, and what medical offices need to consider. By reviewing this information on backup HIPAA data offsite storage, you may be better prepared to make choices about your storage solutions.
To understand the issue, you may need background on the HIPAA legislation. HIPAA, or the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, became law in 1996. The purpose of the law was to ensure people would maintain health care coverage if they changed jobs. However, Title II of the law dealt with Administrative Simplification, specifically how to deal with electronic data about health care. Obviously, the passage of the law had a drastic effect on the health care industry. And probably more importantly paved the way for an increase in backup HIPAA data offsite providers.
Because of the Administrative Simplification portion of the law, medical facilities today must take great care when dealing with a patient’s electronic files. For example, HIPAA required a hierarchical approach to data access. Physicians might be able to access patient information that would not be available to the nurse. Protecting the data from unauthorized access became crucial. As a result, the law has affected the way data storage backups are handled in the medical field. As a consequence backup HIPAA data offsite services have had to adjust there service offerings.
Today, data storage for these facilities must be carefully controlled. HIPAA requires that all of the data be backed up and that data must be secured with 100% reliability. The government wants to make sure no one gets into your personal medical records. That means, however, that backup HIPAA data offsite storage facilities must take special precautions to ensure the service they provide meets these requirements.
If you’re looking for offsite-backup for HIPAA data storage, you should look for a few factors. Make sure to find out if the storage service specializes in this type of data storage. There are many that do. You should also ask about the back up process, security, and storage to make sure you are comfortable with how the data will be handled.
Conclusion
Overall, the HIPAA law has changed the way medical facilities deal with patients’ electronic medical information. Remember to do careful research on any storage service before trusting them with your data, especially when you’re dealing with this sensitive data. Armed with this knowledge, hopefully, you’ll feel confident to make a wise storage decision.
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For more information please call (407) 494-4EHR (4947) or visit us at: http://www.sencilo.com and let us "Uncomplexify your Information
Technology"
Sencilo HealthIT Solutions eHealthcare Architecture: More than technology With Sencilo HealthIT Solutions eHealthcare Architecture, you can leverage the same productivity tools and technology resources that have transformed business. And you get a full portfolio of services too. By working with Sencilo HealthIT Solutions, you can get:
A dedicated customer team
A website customized for your institution
A full portfolio of robust solutions
Easy setup, implementation and maintenance
Simple ordering and delivery
Technology training
Flexible financing options
Sencilo HealthIT Solutions Professional Services makes it easy.
In addition to providing high-quality technology at a low cost, Sencilo HealthIT Solutions Professional
Services can help you plan your healthcare computing from the ground up. By working with you from the initial construction phases, we can help you save time and money and lead to a truly customized solution.
Sencilo HealthIT Solutions Professional Services offers complete services that include:
Design
Procurement
Installation
Training
Maintenance
Support
About Us
Sencilo HealthIT Solutions is a Florida-based integrator specializing in EHR Cost Cutting storage, security and managed services solutions. Sencilo delivers a comprehensive portfolio of products from best-of-breed hardware and software from multiple manufacturers including Allscripts, VMware, Dell Fujitsu EMC, Hitachi, Symantec, IBM, HP, Cisco, Microsoft, Gateway Sencilo has offices throughout Florida including: Orlando Lake Mary Daytona, Medical City solutions include Security "meaningful use" "meaningful usage" EMC HP IBM Quantum Compliance Gartner Magic Quadrant Quadrent LTO Daytona Beach Deland Melborne Tampa Clearwater, Dragon, Voice Recognition, Dragon Dictation
Network Backup appliance Data Recovery Backup Health IT Healthcare IT Digital Hospital Allscripts Patient Data electronic health record P4P rules and the HITECH Act PayerView Rankings practice management tools $44,000 in Medicare or $66,000 in Medicaid from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act eClinicalWorks, Allscripts, NextGen, GE Centricity, and Meditech Electronic Healthcare IT Medical Records EHR Clinical Practices eClinicalWorks Allscripts Florida EMR, EHR, electronic medical record, health, records, practice management systems solutions, medication services, PHR Otolaryngology, Orthopaedics, pediatrics, dermatology, electronic documention, CCI edits, CPT codes, ICD 9 Codes, ICD 10 codes, comploiance, electronic medical records, Pain Nuerosurgery, Urology, Ophthalmology, Cardiology, Billing, Appointment Scheduling, clinicalworks, eClinicalWorks, solutions for physicians, hospitals, clinical education and medical services Computerized Patient CPR, Order Entry, CPOE, Document Clinical Information Informatics, Computer-based, SOAP, HIT, Healthcare Encounter Forms, web based, online, clinical rules database, electronic prescribing, e-prescribing, eprescribing, athenaClinicals, certified EMR, certified EHR, HITECH Act VAR Reseller Dealer hipaa privacy doctor, healthcare performance management, data security, hosting, arra, free, InterFAX, MyWay, HIPPA, EasyPayMedicare, MedicAID, SureScripts, FNC, billing, superbill iMedica Tiger on Windows, eprescribe pqri simple practice management revenue cycle e-cw e-clinicalworks greenway emds nextgen ge sage athena epic klas Dragon NaturallySpeaking speech recognition Google Health, Microsoft Healthvault Health Internet certified "meaningful use" violations HealthPresence Health Presence Sencilo “transformative” telemedicine medicaid medicare Seminole County Medical Society Orange county Orlando Medical News Trusted Advisor e-Prescription e-Rx CareTracker paperless scanning document storage hippa audits iscribe document scanning fi-6130 fi-6040 CCHIT ARRA surescript
Customers have high expectations for Allscripts - June 21, 2010
Orlando Florida --
CHICAGO – Leadership and execution are key to the success of the Allscripts-Eclipsys merger, according to the Allscripts customers, who say the merger presents both challenges and opportunities.
Chicago-based Allscripts, a company focused on selling electronic health record systems to physician practices and community clinics, announced on June 9 it would enter the hospital market by merging with Eclipsys Corp. in a stock deal valued at $1.3 billion.
Allscripts customers say the deal is a good match. Though some caution that how the merger turns out will depend on how well Allscripts can execute. It will require strong leadership, they say.
"I continue to be impressed with Glen's leadership," said William Spooner, senior vice president and CIO of Sharp Healthcare in San Diego, referring to Allscripts CEO Glen Tullman. "It will be a great opportunity for him to demonstrate it once more."
However, Spooner's endorsement was not without reservation.
"It's good to see another enterprise vendor in the market," Spooner said. "I hope they can execute on the planned integration, yet my focus continues to be interoperabilty between Allscripts and Cerner – my two EHRs."
"I believe this merger will be positive for the healthcare industry," said Michael O'Rourke, senior vice president and CIO for Denver-based Catholic Health Initiatives, which operates 72 hospitals and is ranked as the third-largest faith-based health system in the nation. "At CHI, we recently contracted with Allscripts to provide their ambulatory health record and practice-management solution to our more than 1,000 employed physicians across the 18 states in which we have a presence.
As O'Rourke sees it, the merger of Allscripts with Eclipsys represents the ongoing evolution of the health information technology industry, which recently has been propelled by the necessity to address the exchange of health information and to meet the requirements of meaningful use.
"I think that as these two organizations combine their market strengths, it will translate into new, highly integrated services and products," O'Rourke said.
Integration will, indeed, be critical says Todd Cozzens, CEO of Picis, the Andover, Mass.-based technology company that sells high-acuity systems for emergency departments, intensive care units and operating rooms.
"On the surface it makes sense," Cozzens said of the merger. He added that proof of success would be in the rollup of products to be able to offer an enterprise-wide system that is robust.
Allscripts, he notes, is moving from working with small systems with small price points to large integrated systems.
George Brenckle, CIO at UMass Memorial Health Care, says the merger looks like a good fit to him.
"Allscripts is one of our key strategic partners, and the merger with Eclipsys will help make Allscripts a stronger, more diverse company, which can only be good for UMass Memorial Health Care," said Brenckle. "In the near term, we don't see it having any negative impact or change in focus on Allscripts as our ambulatory EHR for our employed physicians and our preferred EHR for private physicians in the community."
"We've had an outstanding partnership with Allscripts as we work to deploy Allscripts Enterprise product with our physician practices and community," said Chuck McDevitt, CIO of Self Regional Healthcare in Greenwood, S.C., which serves as the referral hospital for the seven South Carolina counties. "We don't expect that to change per our discussions with Allscripts. We can certainly see these things being a distraction but given their recent merger with Misys, it is our expectation that their level of service and support will continue to be as good as it today if not better."
Spooner said Allscripts made the merger with Misys work, and he expects it will set the stage for the Eclipsys merger.
"The Allscripts-Misys merger brought some benefits as they brought in new technical capabilities and made organizational changes to support transition to larger company and larger client base," Spooner said. "I expect that similar opportunities may present in this next stage."
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For more information please call (407) 494-4EHR (4947) or visit us at: http://www.sencilo.com and let us "Uncomplexify your Information
Technology"
Sencilo HealthIT Solutions eHealthcare Architecture: More than technology With Sencilo HealthIT Solutions eHealthcare Architecture, you can leverage the same productivity tools and technology resources that have transformed business. And you get a full portfolio of services too. By working with Sencilo HealthIT Solutions, you can get:
A dedicated customer team
A website customized for your institution
A full portfolio of robust solutions
Easy setup, implementation and maintenance
Simple ordering and delivery
Technology training
Flexible financing options
Sencilo HealthIT Solutions Professional Services makes it easy.
In addition to providing high-quality technology at a low cost, Sencilo HealthIT Solutions Professional
Services can help you plan your healthcare computing from the ground up. By working with you from the initial construction phases, we can help you save time and money and lead to a truly customized solution.
Sencilo HealthIT Solutions Professional Services offers complete services that include:
Design
Procurement
Installation
Training
Maintenance
Support
About Us
Sencilo HealthIT Solutions is a Florida-based integrator specializing in EHR Cost Cutting storage, security and managed services solutions. Sencilo delivers a comprehensive portfolio of products from best-of-breed hardware and software from multiple manufacturers including Allscripts, VMware, Dell Fujitsu EMC, Hitachi, Symantec, IBM, HP, Cisco, Microsoft, Gateway Sencilo has offices throughout Florida including: Orlando Lake Mary Daytona, Medical City solutions include Security "meaningful use" "meaningful usage" EMC HP IBM Quantum Compliance Gartner Magic Quadrant Quadrent LTO Daytona Beach Deland Melborne Tampa Clearwater, Dragon, Voice Recognition, Dragon Dictation
Network Backup appliance Data Recovery Backup Health IT Healthcare IT Digital Hospital Allscripts Patient Data electronic health record P4P rules and the HITECH Act PayerView Rankings practice management tools $44,000 in Medicare or $66,000 in Medicaid from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act eClinicalWorks, Allscripts, NextGen, GE Centricity, and Meditech Electronic Healthcare IT Medical Records EHR Clinical Practices eClinicalWorks Allscripts Florida EMR, EHR, electronic medical record, health, records, practice management systems solutions, medication services, PHR Otolaryngology, Orthopaedics, pediatrics, dermatology, electronic documention, CCI edits, CPT codes, ICD 9 Codes, ICD 10 codes, comploiance, electronic medical records, Pain Nuerosurgery, Urology, Ophthalmology, Cardiology, Billing, Appointment Scheduling, clinicalworks, eClinicalWorks, solutions for physicians, hospitals, clinical education and medical services Computerized Patient CPR, Order Entry, CPOE, Document Clinical Information Informatics, Computer-based, SOAP, HIT, Healthcare Encounter Forms, web based, online, clinical rules database, electronic prescribing, e-prescribing, eprescribing, athenaClinicals, certified EMR, certified EHR, HITECH Act VAR Reseller Dealer hipaa privacy doctor, healthcare performance management, data security, hosting, arra, free, InterFAX, MyWay, HIPPA, EasyPayMedicare, MedicAID, SureScripts, FNC, billing, superbill iMedica Tiger on Windows, eprescribe pqri simple practice management revenue cycle e-cw e-clinicalworks greenway emds nextgen ge sage athena epic klas Dragon NaturallySpeaking speech recognition Google Health, Microsoft Healthvault Health Internet certified "meaningful use" violations HealthPresence Health Presence Sencilo “transformative” telemedicine medicaid medicare Seminole County Medical Society Orange county Orlando Medical News Trusted Advisor e-Prescription e-Rx CareTracker paperless scanning document storage hippa audits iscribe document scanning fi-6130 fi-6040 CCHIT ARRA surescript
