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Missouri Health Connection (MHC) and provider organizations throughout Missouri are partnering on an online statewide provider survey. Please take a few minutes to fill this out and complete by May 31, 2012.  More

EXCERPT: "...Studies show that errors are much less likely if a doctor clicks to select medications from an onscreen list and sends the prescription data via computer to the pharmacy. Rainu Kaushal, a professor of medical informatics at Weill Cornell Medical College, led a study published in 2010 in which she and four colleagues followed prescriptions issued by a sample of providers in outpatient settings in New York. (Providers included physicians, physician assistants and nurse practitioners.) Some were prescribing electronically for the first time, and some continued to use paper. The researchers found an astonishing 37 errors for every 100 paper prescriptions, versus around 7 per 100 for those who used e-prescribing software. These errors didn’t even include legibility issues, when the pharmacist couldn’t read the handwriting with confidence and called the provider to clarify..."  More

Missouri Health Connection (MHC) is seeking a full or part-time IT intern to assist with the development and implementation of the state of Missouri’s Health Information Network. The IT intern will work closely with the MHC IT Project Director, President and CEO, work groups and other MHC staff to facilitate the design, development, implementation and support of the statewide network. This paid position is based in MHC’s Columbia, Missouri office. More

MO HIT Assistance Center Helps Providers Qualify for Meaningful Use and EHR Incentives More

Missouri Health Connection is seeking a full-time, experienced Finance Director to join our team.  Full job description and application instructions are available  here: http://missourihealthconnect.org/current-job-openings   Deadline for applications is Monday, March 26.  More

Opinion piece by Ezekiel Emanuel, "An unsung victory in healthcare," in Reuters: "It’s now been a year since the administration released the regulations specifying meaningful use and what it takes to be certified — the nuts and bolts of implementing the law. The results have been nothing short of spectacular...  More

Release from the HIT Assistance Center:  More