Featured Report: Telemedicine Poised for Growth, but Barriers Hinder Widespread Adoption

EHR Intelliegence

23% of providers use Epic, but VA EHR is tops for satisfaction

July,17,2014

by:Jennifer Bresnick 

Nearly a quarter of physician providers with an EHR are currently using Epic Systems,according to data from the 2014 Medscape EHR Report, but the wildly popular interface doesn’t get anywhere near the highest marks for user satisfaction.  That honor goes to the VA-CPRS, the EHR used by the beleaguered Department of Veterans Affairs, with Epic left languishing in seventh place behind several of its most significant competitors. Read More

iHealthBeat

Telemedicine Poised for Growth, but Barriers Hinder Widespread Adoption

July,09,2014

by: Staff

Advocates say telemedicine is primed for wider adoption, but regulatory and reimbursement problems are getting in the way.In an iHealthBeat audio report by Kenny Goldberg, experts discussed efforts to realize the benefits of telemedicine and the policy challenges that are limiting adoption of the technology.  Read More

HIX

Employers On Private Exchanges Troubled By Employee Communication Challenges

July,18,2014by: ANDREA DAVIS

Early adopters of private health care exchanges shared their experiences this week at EBN’s Private Healthcare Exchanges conference in Chicago, with many reporting employee communication as one of their primary challenges in moving to the exchange model.

Leslie Vander Gheynst, director of KWRI human resources with realtor Keller Williams, which has 100,000 real estate agents across the U.S., says communication and education was “extremely difficult because those agents are not focused on how the health care reform bill is going to affect them.” Keller Williams replaced its mini-medical plans last December and now offers its sales associates (classified as independent contractors, or 1099 workers, for IRS tax-filing purposes) access to a private exchange through ConnectedHealth. Read More

MobiHealthNews

What will the IBM-Apple partnership mean for healthcare?

July,17,2014

by: Jonah Comstock 

When it comes to tech partnerships, it’s hard to imagine one more hard-hitting than Apple and IBM, two companies who announced this week that they would be collaborating on enterprise software for iPhones and iPads. Apple is also rolling out a new customer service and support offering specifically for enterprise customers. Read More

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