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.

Pronoia Health, a Texas-based boutique health IT firm, and AEGIS, a provider of health IT consulting services, announced the launch of Open Library of Health Information Exchange (OHHIE), an online ecosystem designed to accelerate connections to HIEs by facilitating the reuse of interfaces and other assets.

Healthcare Information Management and Systems Society (HIMSS) Analytics officially introduced its Continuity of Care Maturity Model at its annual conference in Orlando. The global model evaluates technology implementation and usage, data collection and analytics, and patient empowerment in optimizing clinical and financial outcomes.

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.

HIMSS Analytics released a slew of industry surveys this week, offering interesting insights on data protection and nursing informatics.

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.