Dr. David Blumenthal, the Obama Administration’s chief Health IT official, visited Maine Medical
Center’s Emergency Department in late July as HealthInfoNet announced that the state of Maine
has begun operations of the nation’s largest statewide electronic health information exchange.
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SpotlightMeeting the challenge of emerging healthcare information technology and reformPatients aren’t the only ones who sometimes feel adrift in the sea of information that surrounds them. Healthcare providers can feel overwhelmed‚ too. Across the board‚ there’s a growing sense of “the more we know‚ the more we need to know” as the complexity and quantity of information grow. For healthcare providers‚ revenues are down and staffs are being cut as patients put off elective procedures. But at the same time, expenses are rising‚ so healthcare providers need to do more with less. Add a number of new government regulations‚ new technologies‚ and wide-ranging plans for healthcare reform – ARRA‚ ICD-10‚ preventable readmissions‚ MS-DRGs‚ state initiatives‚ and health information exchanges (HIEs) – and it’s no wonder that providers are feeling the pain. »READ MORE
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