April 19, 2013
East Jefferson General Hospital (EJGH) is a 450-bed, state-of the-art community hospital that serves the greater New Orleans region, served by a staff of more than 3,000, including more than 650 physicians. With a focus on patient-centered care, EJGH was recognized with its third consecutive American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) Magnet designation and was the first Magnet organization in Louisiana.
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February 19, 2013
At Fort HealthCare, we’ve got plenty of reasons to celebrate. In March, we’re scheduled to receive the highest possible award from the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) at its 2013 Annual Conference and Exhibition in New Orleans. Reaching Stage 7 is quite an achievement — especially for a relatively small organization like Fort HealthCare.
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August 01, 2012
We recently caught up with Maureen Belley, director of information services at Lowell General, to discuss their Meaningful Use attestation process and get her reactions to the proposed Stage 2 measures.
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July 12, 2012
When we began thinking about what EMR we would use to meet the upcoming Federal EMR mandates, we knew we would be taking on a challenge that was larger and more significant than most of the projects we had undertaken in the past.
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February 03, 2011
USA Today recently ran an article highlighting a federal stimulus program developed to bring broadband Internet access to rural areas of the country. President Obama reinforced the importance of this initiative in his State of the Union address last week as a requirement for attracting and keeping business in the United States. The ability for businesses in rural areas to send and receive information as quickly as their urban counterparts is vital to their continued sustainability and ultimately to the livelihood of their communities. But it’s not just about businesses; it’s about improving access to education and healthcare as well.
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January 04, 2011
CommunityWorks is a division of Cerner that focuses on
partnering with Community and Critical Access Hospitals. We’ve been working
closely with Carroll County Memorial Hospital (Carrollton, MO) since last March
and are proud to announce that CCMH become just the 4th Critical Access
Hospital in the U.S. to reach HIMSS Stage 6 on the EMR Adoption Model. This
puts them in the top 3.5% of all
U.S. hospitals in terms of EMR adoption. CCMH went live on the CommunityWorks Millennium
Software as a Service (SaaS) offering on September 1.
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