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		<title>Justin Barnes Meaningful Use Statement</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 17:08:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Statement by Justin Barnes, chairman emeritus of the Electronic Health Record Association and vice president of marketing, corporate development and government affairs at Greenway Medical Technologies, on the issuance of the CMS/ONC Meaningful Use Final Rules.
The final Stage One Meaningful Use rulings on electronic health record (EHR) functionality by the Office of the National Coordinator [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EHR Scope&#8217;s Preliminary Comments on the Final Rules on Meaningful Use*</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 15:41:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[July 13, 2010
The Final Rules for Meaningful Use have been released today, July 13, 2010.  Of course, it may be considered a must read for all physicians, or at least for all physicians who have been anxiously waiting since February 17, 2009 to learn how they can earn an additional $44,000 just by treating their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Does the Death of 20 Polo Ponies Have to do With EHRs?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2009 16:09:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ehrsteve</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few weeks ago 21 horses of the Venezuelan Polo Team mysteriously died at the US Open Polo Champion Tournament in Florida. In the time since the tragic events unfolded, a Florida pharmacy admitted it created the wrong dosage of a mineral supplement for the animals. It&#8217;s unclear if the dosage mistake was due to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EHRs and Going Green</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2009 16:33:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ehrsteve</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It has been cited that hospitals in the U.S. alone generate some 6,600 tons of waste paper everyday, some 80-95% of that ending up in landfills. ]]></description>
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		<title>Indianapolis Citywide Health Information Exchange Improves Health Care</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2008 15:29:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Indianapolis boasts the Regenstrief Medical Record System and the Indiana Network for Patient Care, the nation’s only citywide health information exchange. The system contains data on about 9.6 million patients. The system provides emergency department physicians rapid access to a patient’s information at any one of the 25 participating hospitals.
Electronic Medical Records (EMRs) play a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Medical records sold as scrap paper to Utah teacher</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2008 20:27:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are lots of stories about electronic medical records being compromised, and either stolen, or mistakenly made available on the internet. Paper records, however are not immune from unauthorized disclosure. The paper records of 28 patients from Central Florida Regional Hospital ended up in the hands of a Salt Lake City elementary school teacher earlier [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Culture, Costs, and Confusion barriers to EMR adoption</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2008 14:22:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[EMRs are widely seen as a positive change in the healthcare industry. Despite this fact, physicians and hospitals are very reluctant to move into the information age. An article on the Harvard School of Public Health website acknowledges the vast benefits EMRs can provide to the US healthcare system, but points out three main barriers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Human Error to Blame for Grady Data Breach</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 19:43:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Simple human error made the private medical records of 45 patients at Grady Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia available on the internet. The hospital outsourced note transcription to a firm in Marietta, Georgia, who then outsourced it to a contractor in Nevada, who in turn outsourced it to a firm in India. Workers at the Indian [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Importance of Offsite Backups</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2008 18:46:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever thought about how your practice would survive after a disaster? What would happen if your office burned down, or burglars broke in and stole all your computers? Natural disasters, such as floods, hurricanes, and tornados also pose a threat.
Many businesses fail after disasters because they do not plan ahead. Offsite backups are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Representative Stark Introduces Health-e Information Technology Act of 2008</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2008 15:20:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Representative Pete Stark, Chairman of the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Health, introduced the Health-e Information Technology Act of 2008 (H.R.6898) on September 15th.   If passed, the act would codify certain offices and committees which would make recommendations on standards for interoperability, privacy and security, as well as maximizing the utility for [...]]]></description>
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