May 21: Rusk County Jail to go digital with medical records
By Alex Byrd abyrd@news-journal.com HENDERSON — Rusk County Commissioners voted unanimously Tuesday in favor of a $34,000 transition from paper […]
May21: Ownership of the Electronic Health Record: a Tug of War?
In some countries such as the US, the medical practitioner still has ownership of the paper medical record, but this
May 21: New Platform Integrates Advance Directives With Electronic Medical Records
Many patients and their family caregivers do not take the time to prepare an advance directive, which often results in
May 21: Is your Health Organisation building an eHealth “Web” or “Waterfall”?
The image associated to this blog post shows two typical (very simplified) structures of an eHealth environment with the same
May 21: Doctors’ use of E-records more than doubles
by Steven Reinberg, Healthday Reporter Government programs to defray costs help physicians install these electronic systems, report says. (HealthDay)—Almost 80
May 21: Federal ‘Biosurveillance’ Plan Seeking Direct Access to Americans’ Private Medical Records
By Barbara Hollingsworth (CNSNews.com) – The federal government is piecing together a sweeping national “biosurveillance” system that will give bureaucrats
May 21: 2 Arroyo Solons File New Bill Making Patient Records Electronic
Mother-son House tandem files bill seeking to encode personal health info. Survival in a health or medical emergency depends much on
May 20: How might EHR integration affect health IT vendor selection?
How does a Stage 7 hospital improve on its adoption of EHR technology? For Tampa General Hospital (TGH), the answer
May 20: EHR Use Surges at Health Centers
More than nine out of 10 federally qualified health centers reported having electronic health records systems in 2013 compared with
May 20: Surgeon Cuts Vendors Out Of EHR Quest
When spine surgeon Dr. Lloyd Hey couldn’t find commercial EHR software that met his needs, he hired a full-time programmer
May 20: 90% of Ohio hospitals take part in health information exchange
Providers in Ohio are working together to provide health information exchange (HIE) capabilities that now cover the vast majority of
May 20: Healthcare IT Priorities: No Breathing Room
Regulatory requirements have gone from high priority to the only priority for healthcare IT. Healthcare has always been a highly