The debate goes on about the cost benefits of EHR software and whether it really lives up to the hype. A number of recent studies address this very question as...
Tag - EHR Adoption
A successful EHR implementation requires buy-in from all levels of the healthcare organization. While the clinical environment represents the most crucial...
Every so often, a new hospital puts out a press release boasting about its Stage 7 EMRAM designation, and the industry applauds what is undoubtedly a difficult...
The implementation of electronic health records is a national priority in the realization of health care reform. However, when not implemented correctly, EHRs...
Although meaningful use is still in its infancy with Stage 2 Meaningful Use just about to begin, valuable lessons are already emerging as eligible hospitals...
There are many key players integral to the patient experience. One specific triad of relationships that significantly affects the patient experience is the...
Physician series: EHR vendor went bankrupt right after paying As far as EHR adoption horror stories go, Dr. Andrew Bronstein, an orthopedic surgeon at The...
What population health management elements must be considered in physician EHR adoption? In part 1 of this two-part blog series, we explored the current state...
Study Finds Data Exchange Growing Through EHR Adoption New research, published recently in Health Affairs, from the Office of the National Coordinator for...
Think you left your neurotic Shakespeare professor’s obsession with plagiarism behind when you went to medical school? Think again. The same tools that can...
It’s not quite “no good deed goes unpunished” but closer to “no Epic news story goes uncommented.” Either way, the company seems to generate a mixture of...
While electronic health records (EHRs) might appear financially feasible for larger senior living providers, the paperless record-keeping technology looks to...
The tides have shifted quickly in the EHR marketplace. As adoption several years ago surpassed fifty percent, dissatisfaction began rising sharply. According...
Last week I took the #HITsm Chat topics and created a blog post about Healthcare Unbound. I enjoyed creating the post so much that I decided to do it again...
What if “electronic health records” could become “electronic health oracles” – not just recording the past, but helping to predict and influence the future...
For those opposed to EHR adoption and meaningful use in particular, EHR backlash stories and hashtags must give them a sort of pleasure akin to schadenfreude...