GE purchased MedPlexus in 2010 in order to provide a cloud-based EHR targeted at small practices. Now, less than two years later, GE has announced that it will no longer support Centricity Advance after June 30, 2012. Multiple postings on the web describe this change. Here’s the story from InformationWeek Healthcare. This decision was made,…

A number of enhancements to the EHR Ratings are now available. AmericanEHR Partners uses a five point rating scale to report EHR satisfaction ratings across 12 categories including Satisfaction, Overall Usability, Support Experience, and nine others. Until now, it has not been possible to compare an EHR product rating to a benchmark measure. With the…

For most medical practices, a local hospital interface that allows patient information to be sent and received can be a great benefit when trying to proactively coordinate and manage patient care. In an effort to improve patient care and reduce health system costs, new care models such as Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) and Patient Centered…

Templates are an EHR functionality that can either enhance or inhibit clinical documentation. If templates work right, they are a terrific benefit to users of EHR systems; however, templates must be easy to create, modify, and customize. Some users are very happy and others very dissatisfied with their EHR’s ability to manage templates. Over the…

The American Medical Association (AMA) just released a new online program addressing health IT and workflow redesign. The topics covered, through 3 modules lasting less than 10 minutes each, include electronic prescribing, pre-visit planning, and point-of-care documentation. The program is nicely produced. It includes video/audio, transcripts of the content, and links to resources. This post…

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the latest statistics on Medicare & Medicaid payments to eligible professionals, hospitals, and critical access hospitals (through December 31, 2011). These data are reported here. Through 12/31/2011, payments were as follows: Medicare Only providers: $331M Medicaid Only providers: $362M Medicaid/Medicare Hospitals (Medicare payment): $1.0B Medicaid/Medicare Hospitals…