Five success factors to a successful Tablet deployment in Healthcare

Paul Russo, Senior Global Deployment Manager from Motion Computing had laid out 5 key steps to successful deployment of Tablets in Healthcare.

Recommendations for healthcare organizations implementing ICD-10 testing programs

HIMSS/WEDI ICD-10 National Pilot Program made recommendations in their report about ICD-10 testing.

Meeting the Healthcare Mandates using Cloud-based Solutions

Illustration from Innotas Cloud Solutions.

Best practice strategies for agile healthcare integration

Infor, the world’s third-largest supplier of enterprise applications and services, has put together a white paper around strategies for agile healthcare integration.

10 Mistakes to avoide with EHRs

A recent Medscape article listed the 10 most common mistakes made by physicians with regard to their electronic health records:

The following are 10 mistakes that physicians commonly make with EHRs:

1. Thinking a site visit to a practice that is using the same EHR product isn't worth the effort.
2. Signing an unvetted contract with a vendor. 
3. Neglecting to perform a workflow analysis before implementing EHRs.
4. Undertraining other physicians and staff on EHR use.
5. Refusing to purchase a laboratory or device interface.
6. Entering too much data into the EHR.
7. Doing EHR-related work staffers should be doing.
8. Using shortcuts and workarounds while using EHRs.
9. Creating "shadow" paper documents and believing they are more accurate than EHR information.
10. Accepting inefficiency as the new status quo.

Best User Interface Designs in Medical Software

SoftwareAdvise.com reached out to EHR providers and asked them to show their best and most user-friendly User Interfaces for each of these three categories – desktop, tablet, and smartphone. The following were selected as favorite (Top 10).

Guidelines for implementing secure messaging

The Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) for Health Information Technology has issued guidelines for implementing Direct Project specifications for secure messaging.

Six smart ways to implement technology on the road to achieve meaningful use

In an article by Benjamin Harris, for Healthcare IT News, he writes a piece about "How to harness technology to succeed with attestation".

The article discusses meeting meaningful use requirements can be a daunting challenge, and as the federally mandated dates for IT adoption loom nearer, many providers are scratching their heads about how best to attest. Anita Karcz, MD, chief medical officer at IHM Services Company, MEDITECH’s strategic ally for clinical, quality and regulatory reporting, shares some thoughts on smart ways to implement technology on the road to meaningful use:

1. Don't ignore the human side
2. Take a fresh approach
3. Do it with data
4. Recognize the importance of education
5. Remember the roles
6. Minimize risk, maximize benefit

5 steps to succeeding in ICD-10 Remediation

Prepare, practice, assess & test are excerpts from the Fierce Practice Management eBook: ICD-10 Implementation for Physician Practices.

How to use WebID to create Single Sign On (SSO) across Healthcare Systems

Shahid Qadri, a Data Scientist and Software Developer for Applied informatics Inc. Qadri works on health data integration and semantic web and when I heard that he created a solution (which won second place) for an ONC single sign on challenge.

5 Steps to building a successful Health Information Exchange

NEXTGEN Healthcare has put together a White Paper with insider tips on creating an HIE that improves clinical integration; enhances patient safety;and achieves enterprise, community, and statewide healthcare connectivity.

ICD-10-CM/PCS Implementation Toolkit

This ICD-10-CM/PCS Implementation Toolkit, from The American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA), provides many of the necessary tools and documents needed for successfully implementing ICD-10-CM/PCS.

Improving usability of EHR systems: AMIA Recommendations

In response to mounting evidence that use of electronic medical record systems may cause unintended consequences, and even patient harm, the AMIA Board of Directors convened a Task Force on Usability to examine evidence from the literature and make recommendations. A position paper was developed by the AMIA and published by the Journal of American Medical Information Association outlining 4 major recommendations.

Six Lessons Learned About Hospital Smartphone Integration

Amcom Software, a subsidiary of USA Mobility, Inc. has published a white paper that presents lessons learned from integrating smartphones with hospitals communication network. They have learned important lessons that can help other facilities make a smooth transition. At the end of the day, the goal is to get the right message to the right person, on the right device, at the right time.

A Preview of the Six Lessons

1. While the idea of completely replacing all pagers hospital-wide with smartphones gets people talking, it’s probably not a realistic goal

2. The many different communication devices in today’s hospitals need to be supported because they aren’t going away

3. Integration with the existing enterprise communications backbone is crucial for messaging accuracy and the effective use of smartphones (and other mobile devices)

4. Smartphones are enabling a paradigm shift in the way hospital staff communicate as well as how they work

5. Encryption is essential to protect patient privacy and meet industry compliance requirements

6. Opportunities for clinical collaboration are improved by integrating smartphones with nurse call and other point-of-care systems

Best Practices in Securing Hospitals IT systems from the inside

Paul Christman, Vice President, Public Sector Sales and Marketing at Dell, speaks about three key elements of internal controls that help ensure that Hospitals' IT systems are as strong inside a hospital's corridors as it on the outside.