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- CHIME Voices Concerns over ARRA Regulations
- Wake Forest Selects Enterprise Scheduling
- Lawson to Acquire Healthvision
| CHIME Voices Concerns over ARRA Regulations Posted: 08 Jan 2010 06:31 AM PST The Ann Arbor, Mich.-based College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) has expressed “major concerns” that reporting, product certification and implementation deadlines could impact efforts to effectively implement EHRs under recently proposed federal regulations. In a statement, CHIME said that several provisions within the recently released meaningful use regulations merit closer scrutiny and will pose significant challenges for providers hoping to implement EHRs. The organization is in favor of a phased approach used to measure meaningful use of EHRs, in which first-year meaningful use criteria will apply to hospitals whenever they are eligible. However, CHIME says that the current schedule places pressure on hospitals that delay rolling out EHRs, because by 2015, all hospitals and eligible providers would need to meet Stage 3 criteria to avoid payment penalties. CHIME also expressed concern that there will be significant challenges regarding the use of Physician Quality Reporting Initiative indicators for reporting quality, and on the burden that will be placed on providers to demonstrate that they are using “certified EHR technology.” The organization is encouraging all concerned parties to comment on the proposed regulations and is planning to submit input and comments to ONCHIT. |
| Wake Forest Selects Enterprise Scheduling Posted: 08 Jan 2010 06:22 AM PST Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center has selected Reston, Va.-based QuadraMed 's Enterprise Scheduling (QES) solution to schedule hospital ancillary procedures and accelerate reimbursements. According to the company, Wake Forest Baptist will implement QuadraMed's enterprise scheduling solution to automate workflow for improved clinician and patient satisfaction, as well as increased organizational productivity. The rules-based QES system enables healthcare organizations to centralize and streamline their patient access processes, and an identity management technology for accurate patient identification, the company touts. The solution provides automated call-back reminders for patient visits and upfront medical-necessity verification to accelerate reimbursements, it adds. Wake Forest Baptist's integrated health system includes North Carolina Baptist Hospital and Wake Forest University Health Sciences, which consists of the Wake Forest University School of Medicine and Wake Forest University Physicians. With 22 affiliate hospitals, the organization is responsible for more than 1,000 acute care, rehabilitation, long-term, and psychiatric care beds, as well as outpatient services, and community health and information centers. |
| Lawson to Acquire Healthvision Posted: 08 Jan 2010 06:16 AM PST St. Paul, Minn.-based Lawson Software announced that it has agreed to acquire Dallas-based Healthvision Solutions, Inc. , through the acquisition of privately held Quovadx Holdings, Inc., its parent holding company. Healthvision provides integration and application technology and related services to hospitals and large healthcare organizations. According to the company, the acquisition of Healthvision will enable Lawson to connect multiple source systems and provide healthcare providers with quick access to clinical, financial and operational information reliably and securely, regardless of the source system The all-cash transaction of $160 million is subject to regulatory approvals and expected to close in January 2010. |
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