Two electronic health record experts from the UCF College of Medicine are among the first nationally recognized healthcare professionals to be certified in helping providers become documented patient-centered medical homes to improve the quality of medical care. The National Committee for Quality Assurance recently released the names of its first certified Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) […]

An early report on Monday’s tragedy in Oklahoma points to just how far this nation has come in a short time on health information exchange. The scouring winds of the massive tornado that struck Moore, Okla., a southern suburb of Oklahoma City, tore off part of the roof of Moore Medical Center a satellite of the Norman Regional […]

The global health information technology market is expected to reach $56.7 billion by 2017, with the U.S. and Canada accounting for the largest share. A May report by research firm MarketsandMarkets said the two nations are expected to account for the largest share of health IT investments because of a higher demand for integrated health […]

  It is with great pride that the UCF REC introduces one of our Meaningful Use Vanguards, Raj Desai, into the Spring 2013 Health IT Fellows Class! Over 70 letters of intent were submitted to the Office of the National Coordinator for the Inaugural Health IT Fellow Class. Of those, 28 champions from 18 states […]

Physicians face a meaningful use requirement for their electronic health record systems that at least 5% of their patient population access their medical records through a patient portal. Many are concerned that simply offering access through the Internet isn’t going to be enough of a draw to meet that threshold. The potential answer: a mobile […]

U.S. healthcare system reaches important milestone – 50% of eligible providers are using EHRs meaningfully.   Wall Street Journal |U.S. NEWS | May 22, 2013, 12:03 a.m. ET Electronic Health Data Gaining Favor By LOUISE RADNOFSKY   More than half of U.S. doctors have switched to electronic health records and are using them to manage […]

Federal incentives have helped push electronic prescribing, which the vast majority of physicians are now doing.   The physician who is not writing at least some prescriptions electronically is quickly becoming rare. Sixty-nine percent of U.S. office-based physicians prescribed electronically in 2012, up from 58% in 2011, according to a May 6 report by Surescripts, […]

Nearly half of medical professionals eligible for the meaningful use program have received an incentive check, according to the latest numbers released by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. CMS said 255,772 out of an estimated 527,000 health care professionals got a total of $5.2 billion in incentive payments as of March. Of those, […]

We, Alan’s Regional Extension Center and College of Medicine family, feel a deep emptiness in our hearts at the thought of his passing.  He was an esteemed co-worker and colleague and a valued friend who will be sincerely missed, and always remembered, by everyone who knew and loved him. His genuine devotion to improving the […]

Healthcare institutions should emulate best-of-breed privacy polices developed by financial services firms rather than other hospitals, recommends William Tanenbaum, partner at New York-based technology law firm Kaye Scholer LLP. When it comes to privacy and data security, healthcare institutions face tremendous exposure to regulatory violations and monetary damages, Tanenbaum said in a news release. Tanenbaum advises […]