ORLANDO—Human factor engineering can significantly impact the usability of an EHR, according to a panel during the Patient Safety Symposium of the Health Information and Management Systems Society annual conference.

ORLANDO—Lakeland Healthcare saved millions of dollars by pursuing “fast and furious” EHR implementation, said Norma Tirado, MBA, vice president and CIO, at the Health Information and Management Systems Society's annual conference.

ORLANDO--The Health Information and Management Systems Society annual conference offers members of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services the opportunity to feel the energy and buzz surrounding Meaningful Use, said Elizabeth Holland, director of the Health IT Initiatives Group at CMS, in an interview with Clinical Innovation + Technology News.

Almost half of large hospitals plan to make a new EMR purchase by 2016, but only 22 percent of those buying decisions may still be up for grabs, according to a KLAS report, Acute Care EMR 2014: The Next Buying Wave.

ORLANDO—“Better care, better health, lower cost.” Those are the priorities that should drive health IT in the next decade, according to former national coordinator for health IT, Farzad Mostashari, MD, MSc. He was part of a panel that included two other former coordinators and current coordinator Karen DeSalvo, MD, MPH, MSc.

Registries and EMRs provide a powerful tool tracking patient outcomes, resource use and other patterns but the systems may not be compatible. Organizations are developing strategies to improve interoperability and integration.

New guides aim to beef up the safety of health IT tools and systems.

Dozens of industry associations have united to lay out a case for more time and flexibility in the Meaningful Use (MU) program to ensure its success.