Pete Palmer joins MedAllies as chief security officer
FISHKILL, N.Y., May 29, 2013–Pete Palmer, CISSP, has joined MedAllies as chief security officer. He will be responsible for the oversight and ongoing management of MedAllies’ information security...
View ArticleCCHIT, KLAS might signal new era in EHRs
Two stories that have hit in the last 48 hours illustrate how the status quo in EHRs is being upset. First off, as John Lynn broke late Tuesday night—first as a rumor and then as a confirmed fact—on...
View ArticleDocs, stop whining, start e-prescribing
The whining is getting old. Per Surescripts, in 2012, the latest year for which statistics are available, about 69 percent of physicians nationwide used e-prescribing technology in one way or another,...
View ArticleJoin me for some upcoming speaking gigs
Hey all. I bet you thought I abandoned this blog when I took the job with MedCity News in April. I kind of did, because this is a health IT blog, and the people who pay my salary want me … Continue...
View Articleathenahealth, eClinicalWorks, Epic, NextGen Healthcare and Surescripts First...
Five Healthcare IT Leaders Adopt Carequality Interoperability Framework McLEAN, VA. (January 21, 2016) – Carequality, an initiative of The Sequoia Project, today announced initial implementers of the...
View ArticleSurescripts Deal Connects EMR Vendors And PBMs To Improve Price Transparency
I’m no expert on the pharmacy business, but from where I sit as a consumer it’s always looked to me as though pharmaceutical pricing is something of a shell game. It makes predicting what your airline...
View ArticleePrescribing and Combating the Opioid Crisis
Healthcare Scene recently sat down with Paul Uhrig, Chief Administrative, Legal and Privacy Officer for Surescripts, to talk about the Opioid Crisis and how technology like ePrescribing including...
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