Three Key Considerations for Successfully Enabling Electronic Prescribing of Controlled Substances
David Ting
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There are many benefits to electronic prescribing of controlled substances (EPCS), including improving efficiency of clinical workflows, decreasing patient wait times at pharmacies and minimizing the potential for medication errors, inaccuracies or forgeries. However, because these medications are heavily regulated due to the risk of diversion and abuse, the DEA rule mandates that several criteria be met for EPCS.…
How does IT ensure the software they select will be adopted by their users?
Don Busiek
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An IT Director’s plate is overflowing and unfortunately, not with tasty treats. It is overwhelming for any IT professional to tackle everything on the to-do list, especially given the challenges IT faces every day: Shrinking budgets, smaller teams, increasingly complex solutions, vendor audits, 24x7 clinician support, rip-and-replace upgrades, progressively complicated demands of end users, BYOD, demanding clinicians, security concerns…the list goes on and on and on.…
HIMSS14 Takeaways: Hospitals Eyeing Electronic Prescribing of Controlled Substances
Anurag Juneja
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At HIMSS14, we had a number of in-depth conversations with IT leaders at hospitals and health systems from across the U.S. about their challenges, strategies and priorities for 2014 and beyond. One particular issue that is top-of-mind for many of the folks we talked to is electronic prescribing of controlled substances (EPCS).…
HIMSS14 Takeaway: The Increasing Role of the RN in IT Decision Making
Christopher McKay
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As I wrote about previously, I went into the 2014 HIMSS Annual Conference & Expo with certain expectations from the clinical perspective, and the show did not disappoint.…
HIMSS14 Preview: Care Coordination and Mobility Should be Hot Topics
Mae-ellen Gavin
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Bring on HIMSS14! With 37,000+ projected attendees, 300+ educational sessions and 1,200+ projected exhibitors, there is a lot to see at the 2014 Annual HIMSS Conference in a very short amount of time. I’ve been to many HIMSS over the years and try every year to create a “plan of attack”—how can I maximize my time, see everything I want to see, make connections and get up to date on all the latest technologies? I’m sure I’m not alone with that sentiment.…
HIMSS14 Expectations from the Clinical Perspective
Christopher McKay
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In reviewing the agenda for the rapidly approaching 2014 HIMSS Annual Conference & Expo, this year’s event promises to be very exciting from a clinical perspective, as it is clear that providers will have a voice.
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Common Overlooked Steps and Key Considerations to Enabling e-Prescribing of Controlled Substances
John Delcalzo
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As we discussed in our last post about secure electronic prescribing of controlled substances (EPCS), the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) passed a ruling in 2010 allowing controlled substances to be prescribed electronically—if specific criteria are met by all parties participating in e-Prescribing. These criteria include: …
Primer on Secure Electronic Prescribing for Controlled Substances
Mae-ellen Gavin
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This is the first in a series of blog posts about secure electronic prescribing in which we will offer insight, analysis and best practices for secure e-Prescribing, focused on the impact to clinical workflows, the technology requirements and the state/federal regulatory landscape.…
Imprivata HealthCon 2014: Q&A with Aivars Apsite, Technology Strategist with Metro Health
Registration for Imprivata HealthCon 2014 (May 4-6 in Boston) is now open, and the event will feature more than 30 in-depth educational sessions covering a wide range of business, product and technology issues. …
Imprivata is excited to announce Imprivata HealthCon 2014, our second user conference! Set to take place May 4-6, 2014 in Boston, Imprivata HealthCon will bring together hundreds of Imprivata customers, partners and healthcare industry experts to share their best practices and success stories in addressing critical challenges and opportunities facing today’s clinical and IT leaders. …
AHIMA 2013 Conference Takeaways: Mobility is Top-of-Mind for Healthcare IT
Seema Mathur
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One of the key takeaways from last week’s AHIMA Conference in Atlanta was the focus on mobility and instant communication in healthcare. CIOs and other IT professionals are thinking deeply about the movement of data, especially protected health information (PHI) and how to provide clinicians with the access to information they need, wherever and whenever they need it, while remaining compliant with security and industry regulations.…
Momentum Building for Desktop Virtualization in Healthcare
James Millington
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Striking that ‘just right’ balance between information access and security seems like a tougher goal than ever for healthcare IT pros. On one hand, they’re tasked with delivering fast, seamless and increasingly mobile access to patient information for doctors, nurses and other clinicians. Meanwhile, they’re dealing with budget pressures, regulatory changes and the need to accommodate some very different clinical workflows.…
New Survey: Adoption of Desktop Virtualization in Healthcare in EMEA to Outpace U.S.
James Millington
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In August, Imprivata published its 2013 Desktop Virtualization Trends in Healthcare report, the company’s third-annual survey about the adoption rates and be…
Two-Factor Authentication on iPhone 5s is Not Yet a Game-Changer for Healthcare
David Ting
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The recently introduced iPhone 5s offers a number of improvements from previous versions, including a faster processor, an off-loaded co-motion processor and an improved camera. But what some consider the most intriguing new feature for healthcare is the new fingerprint biometric scanner.…
