More Clinical Laboratories Exploring Lab Hubs and LOINC to Connect with Doctor’s Offices and HIEs

Pathology groups and medical labs see lab hubs as a way to reduce to cost to interface with EMRs and HIEs It’s no secret that clinical laboratories and pathology groups are being asked to interface their laboratory information systems (LIS) to the electronic medical record (EMR) systems of office-based physicians and other types of providers. Blame it on HITECH, Meaningful Use, and the substantial monetary incentives offered by the federal government. Right now, tens of thousands of doctors...

Hospital CIOs Pessimistic about Pace of EHR Adoption, as Numbers Show Mixed Story

CIOs across America are concerned that their hospitals might not make the 2015 meaningful use deadline For all the excitement about hospital and physician adoption of electronic health record (EHR) systems, many CIOs of the nation’s leading health systems and hospitals are pessimistic about their organization’s ability to meet “meaningful use” (MU) requirements by the year 2015. This is probably not news to most pathologists and clinical laboratory managers working in hospital laboratories....
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