Brace yourselves. The proposed rule for Meaningful Use Stage 3 has been sent to the Office of Management and Budget and will be posted in the Federal Register once the office completes their review, according to a spokesperson for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).

Specialty practice staff are more likely than primary care providers to report that Meaningful Use diverts attention from other patient care priorities, according to a survey published in BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making.

January 05, 2015 -- The global medical document management systems market is estimated to be worth around $220 million in 2014 and grow at a CAGR of 13%-14% during the forecast period of 2014 to 2019. This report studies the medical document management systems market over the forecast period of 2014-2019.

More pediatricians are using EHRs but few have fully functional EHRs and most lack pediatric-specific functions.

New regulations adopted by the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine require physicians to demonstrate meaningful use of EHR systems as a condition of maintaining their medical licenses.

HIMSS Analytics has recognized three more organizations for achieving Stage 7, the highest level on the EMR Adoption Model, which is used to track EMR progress at hospitals and health systems.

Analyses of adverse events reported to two patient safety organizations demonstrate the importance of standardized adverse event reporting while offering clues on how health IT impacts patient safety.

BALTIMORE , Dec. 18, 2014 -- Total Child Health, the creator of CHADIS, has joined the Allscripts Developer Program and is now offering a certified solution for Allscripts TouchWorks® EHR that utilizes Allscripts Open APIs.