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MedVirginia Partners with Verizon for Health Information Exchange
Michael Matthews Named 2010 eHealth Advocate of the Year
Centra to Join MedVirginia's Partnership With SSA
Social Security Administration Study: $2 Million Return from HIE
Michael Matthews named to HITAC
SSA with MedVirginia demonstrates business case for interoperable EHRs
IBM, MedVirginia and Social Security Administration Unveil First Electronic Health Records Exchange for a U.S. Government Agency
HHS Announces MedVirginia First in NHIN Production
Social Security Announces NHIN Partnership with MedVirginia
MedVirginia successfully participated in the live demonstration of the Nationwide Health Information Network Trial Implementation at the AHIC meeting
VA Business Magazine features MedVirginia
Michael Matthews Speaks at 4th NHIN Forum
An Important Message from MedVirginia CEO
- Click on the link to view the letter from Michael Matthews: CEO's Message
MedVirginia Highlighted in Health Data Management
Article on e-Rx and e-Results by Gerard Filicko, MedVirginia Practice Management Executive
Article on EMR Business Case by Gerard Filicko, MedVirginia Practice Management Executive
RHIO Lab Program Overview Now Available
MedVirginia Practice Management Executive, Gerard Filicko, in Health Data Management Regarding EMR Experience
An Important Message from MedVirginia CEO
- Click on the link to view the letter from Michael Matthews: CEO's Message
Michael Matthews, CEO of MedVirginia, will be a keynote speaker at the January 2006, eHealth Initiative Foundation conference in Tampa, Florida:
This Connecting Communities Southern States Regional Forum will allow stakeholders from a variety of states to discuss and plan ways to improve healthcare through the implementation of information technology.
Michael Matthews, CEO of MedVirginia, and Sumit Nagpal, CEO of Wellogic, will jointly present at a national conference on m-Health and EOE in San Diego, CA on December 13:
The presentation, Clinical Systems Adoption: A Baseline for Usability and Clinician Acceptance, will describe the collaborative work between MedVirginia and Wellogic in developing MedVirginia Solution, central Virginia’s RHIO. MedVirginia Solution enables clinicians to receive clinical results and other community data in a patient centric format through a web-based platform. The topics reviewed in this presentation will include Electronic Health Record (EHR) contents, usability and accessibility of the EHR, support provided by the RHIO and the value a RHIO brings to a community.
Ms. Jean McGraw, VP of Finance and Operations with MedVirginia, spoke at a national conference in Las Vegas, Nevada on November 29:
The conference titled Launching and Managing Regional Health Information Organizations, brought together an impressive group of folks from around the country to review RHIO’s as an emerging entity. Ms. McGraw’s presentation was Accepting Change: Redesigning Workflow to Adopt RHIO Tools to Include the Health Information Exchange.
Survey Provides Key Benefits and Issues with RHIO's:
RHIO's are a very hot topic in healthcare today and providers are interested in how they can participate. AHIMA and AMDIS members share their insights into the benefits and issues in the attached article.
CMS to Start Physician Voluntary Reporting Program in January:
Beginning in January, 2006, physicians will be able to participate in a voluntary program regarding evidence-based quality-measure reporting for their Medicare population. For additional information, please read the attached article.
Roundtable on RHIOs Industry Experts Build the Case and Define the Roles.
Michael Matthews, MedVirginia CEO, participated with other healthcare experts in a roundtable discussion about the emergence of RHIO's and their impact on improving patient quality and reducing medical errors. Healthcare Informatics magazine partnered with the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) and the Association of Medical Directors of Information Systems (AMDIS) with underwriting support from McKesson and EMC to assemble this expert panel.
Michael Matthews, CEO of MedVirginia, is featured in the September issue of the Richmond Free Press newspaper.
Co-founders of athenahealth, Inc., are featured in the July issue of Fast Company magazine
athenahealth, Inc. Jonathan Bush and Todd Park, co-founders of athenahealth, Inc., are featured in the July issue of Fast Company magazine. Click on the link below to read the article in its entirety. athenahealth has partnered with MedVirginia to offer a state of the art revenue cycle management system that will integrate with MedVirginia Solution.
Officials Discuss Health IT at Pa. Summit
National Health IT Coordinator Dr. David Brailer and about 500 other health care professionals on Tuesday attended a summit in Pennsylvania to launch the state's effort to convert to electronic medical records and increase the use of health IT, the Harrisburg Patriot-News reports.
MedVirginia profiled in leading technology magazine!
MedVirginia was profiled in the leading technology journal, Health Data Management (May 2005 edition). Described as an "emerging RHIO (Regional Health Information Organization)", MedVirginia's progress in building its community health information exchange was noted in the article. Also discussed was MedVirginia's "modular approach" to physician information technology adoption, whereby physicians can pursue incremental steps to implementation that fit the needs and resources of the practices.
MedVirginia's CEO presents to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
Michael Matthews, CEO of MedVirginia, made a presentation to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Annual Conference on Health Information Technology in Washington, D.C. on June 9. Michael presented a case study on the Rural Virginia E-health Collaborative (RVEC), for which he serves as Principal Investigator. RVEC is an AHRQ-funded project of Rappahannock General Hospital designed to show the impact of health information technology in a rural community setting. Technologies under study include electronic prescribing, electronic referrals and electronic results delivery.
Governor's Task Force
Governor Mark Warner recently appointed the Governor's Task Force on Information Technology in Health Care. Chaired by Gil Minor of Owens & Minor, the Task Force is responsible for developing and implementing a state health information system that better uses technology and electronic health record (EHR) systems to improve the quality and cost-effectiveness of health care in Virginia.
The Task Force held its first meeting on May 24 at the General Assembly Building. Presenting to the Task Force was Michael Matthews, CEO of MedVirginia. Michael's presentation, "Clinical Information Exchange from the Physician's Perspective", discussed the importance of information technology on patient safety and costs. He also provided an overview of MedVirginia's community health information exchange, scheduled for launch on September 1, 2005.
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