College Station Medical Center

EHRIntelligence | January 29, 2020

Adequate EHR certification could have prevented the recent Practice Fusion opioid prescribing kickback scheme, according to Jacob Reider, MD, former ONC official and CMIO at Allscripts. Jacob Reider, MD, former ONC official and CMIO at Allscripts offered his thoughts on Practice Fusion’s kickback scheme which was aimed at increasing opioid prescriptions during the peak of the opioid crisis, resulting in a record-breaking $145 million fine. Reider believes proper EHR certification cou...

Digital Healthcare

DECISIO | March 28, 2022

DECISIO has appointed Major General Elder Granger, M.D. to the company's Board of Directors. Dr. Granger is currently President and CEO of The 5Ps, LLC, a healthcare, education, and leadership consulting organization. Prior to his retirement from the US Army, Dr. Granger served as the Deputy Director of TRICARE Management Activity, a Department of Defense (DoD) field activity responsible for operating the Military Health System as a fully integrated healthcare system within DoD. He was re...

Health Technology

Netsmart | September 23, 2022

Netsmart, the developer of the industry-leading CareFabric® platform for human services, post-acute care providers and payers announced its intent to apply to join the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement to become a Qualified Health Information Network. By supporting TEFCA, Netsmart continues its decade-long advancement of interoperability strategies to facilitate an open exchange of longitudinal healthcare data that will benefit individuals receiving care across the healthcar...

Health Technology

Honeywell | May 27, 2022

Honeywell announced the signing of a non-binding memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Narayana Hrudayalaya Limited to identify, assess and collaborate on opportunities for the latter's digital transformation journey. This will enable Narayana Health to offer technology-driven, affordable and accessible healthcare for all. The MoU is subject to definitive agreements to be executed between Honeywell and Narayana Health. "These are times of great promise and even greater opp...