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Morning Headlines 9/17/15
HELP Committee chairman calls for flexibility in implementation of Stage 3 EHR rules
Senator Lamar Alexander (R-TN), chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, calls for a phased in approach to the creation and implementation of MU3.
Hilo Medical Center Selected as 2015 HIMSS Enterprise Davies Award Recipient
Hilo Medical Center (HI) receives the HIMSS Davies Award, being recognized for using its EHR (Meditech) to drive $35 million in cost reductions and a $4 million overall ROI while reducing hospital acquired infections and the mortality rates of patients admitted with pneumonia.
Mayo Clinic and AVIA Announce Finalists Competing for $100,000 THINK BIG Challenge
Mayo Clinic announces the finalists of its Think Big Challenge, a design competition challenging engineers to build tools that promote health lifestyles or help people living with chronic diseases.
Why are all these hospitals spending hundreds of millions of dollars on Epic and other EHRs when our surfer buddies in Hawaii have proven that even Meditech can save you millions? Stupid is as stupid does.