We are excited to announce that TempDev has been named an approved service partner for CalHIPSO. As the Regional Extension Center for California (except LA and Orange counties), CalHIPSO is responsible for helping priority primary care providers reach meaningful use. As an approved service partner, we will be providing our optimization and template development services [...]

TempDev was recently quoted about the ARRA / HITECH stimulus and the recent meaningful use guidelines in Technology Review! Click here to read the article.
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Today Allscripts & Intuit announced a deal that will integrate Allscripts Practice Management with Intuit Quicken Health systems. Last week at the Health 2.0 Conference Intuit Quicken Health was one of the best demos because you could see how it really changes the patient’s experience. I can’t wait to see it working in combination with an [...]

Today, Dell announced that they will be purchasing Perot Systems in order to improve Dell’s market share in the healthcare IT sector and increase Perot’s international presence. This is another major shift in the EHR market to include some of the big IT powerhouses, which this year has included SalesForce.com’s alliance with PracticeFusion and the [...]

Last Thursday, Dr. Blumenthal announced that meaningful use will be finalized by mid or late Spring 2010. Turns out that often quoted December 31st date is actually for a draft, after which there will be 60 days for comments and then additional revisions.
Frustrated, I went back to the initial enabling legislation in ARRA and found [...]

Anyone who has worked on EHRs for any length of time has some great stories. To implement an EHR well, you have to get a deep understanding of the fundamental dynamics of an organization. Oftentimes, you find the good along with the bad.
Here’s some of the most funny and shocking stories I’ve heard, with many [...]

Practice Fusion recently posted on their blog “An Open Letter to ONCHIT Chief David Blumenthal”. The letter contains some pretty strong language, including that CCHIT and HITSP “…have been overly influenced by the same small group of special interests, and have created at least the appearance of conflicts of interest.” With CCHIT and HITSP having [...]

We’ve long had a corporate crush on Practice Fusion – that spunky, SaaS EHR that’s also a built in HIE. You know; the free one? Practice Fusion has been the way of the future for years now, but last Wednesday the future arrived.
Practice Fusion has announced an investment by salesforce.com, an investment which the San [...]

This year has been revolutionary for organizations who invests in healthcare IT, including TempDev. To celebrate the exciting changes coming to our industry, we’re very excited to announce our new website and refreshed blog!
You’ll find a new, fresh look and feel, as well as expanded content that reflects our service lines, including:

Services – A full [...]

Over the past year, I’ve heard the frequent comment that banks successfully deployed interoperability over 10 years ago, but the healthcare industry lags far behind. Often the comment is followed up with a statement that we can go to any bank and they can instantly access our financial information, but each physician I go to [...]