9 Ways Hospitals Can Use Electronic Health Records to Reduce Readmissions
Editor’s note: Second in a two-part series from SHM’s Information Technology committee offering practical recommendations for improving electronic health records (EHRs) to reduce readmissions. The first article appeared in the September issue of The …
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“Access Denied” – Understand How Your Electronic Health Records Are …
Earlier this week, my colleague Dianne Bourque commented on a small medical practice’s inability to access its patients’ medical records one July day after its EHR vendor blocked the practice from pulling the data stored in the EHR. In the Boston Globe …
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The Ebola Patient Was Sent Home Because of Bad Software
Updated 10/5/14: Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital released a second statement on October 3 stating that “the patient’s travel history was documented and available to the full care team in the electronic health record (EHR), including within the …
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SecondOpinionExpert Launches Nation’s First Sharable, Patient-Centric …
DANA POINT, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Every day, tens of thousands of Americans seek treatment at hospital emergency rooms or meet with a new physician. They all face a similar dilemma: They are unable to quickly and seamlessly share their medical …
