July 02, 2012
Located in central Wisconsin, Moundview Memorial Hospital is a 25-bed critical access hospital that serves a primarily seasonal tourist patient population (the Wisconsin Dells, a major tourist area, is nearby). Earlier this year, the hospital went live with a remote-hosted set of health IT solutions designed to streamline patient care. We sat down with Cindy Buchanan, MSN, MHA, chief nursing officer at Moundview, to chat about factors that contributed to their successful implementation, their Meaningful Use journey and other topics.
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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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