After spending thousands of dollars on an EHR system, computers, IT infrastructure, installation, and staff training, most providers hope that they never have...
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Are the requirements for eligible hospitals and professionals doing enough to help reduce disparities in healthcare? The answer to that question is no although...
(Reuters) – Small and rural U.S. hospitals are most at risk of not satisfying certain federal requirements for using electronic health record systems...
Over the past few years, I’ve talked quite a bit about the growing need for health care practitioners to use electronic health records (or EHR). Here are...
If the patient experience is defined as nothing more than a problem to be solved, then there is already an even bigger problem at hand. The shift toward more...
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...
“Until today, many therapists have questions, concerns and fears about EMRs and its delayed them from implementing one of the most useful tools theyll...
An ever-expanding amount of the nation’s medical records — millions of prescriptions, medical reports and appointment reminders — are now computerized...
Cost of EHR Systems Outweigh Financial Benefits, Survey Finds Although most physicians believe that electronic health record systems can improve patient...
That suddenly ubiquitous square of blocks and splotches seen on advertisements, magazines, and even the sides of vans and trucks might be the key to collecting...
As the EHR Incentive Programs move forward, subsequent stages of meaningful use aim to increase patient engagement and the flow of information between...
Study Finds Data Exchange Growing Through EHR Adoption New research, published recently in Health Affairs, from the Office of the National Coordinator for...
EHR algorithms scanning patient records for signs of diabetes can identify sufferers more than 90% of the time, and predict the exact date of a diagnosis for...
Health information exchange (HIE) between hospitals and other providers increased 41 percent between 2008 and 2012, according to newly released research from...
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...
Although more than half of hospitals were sharing information with providers outside of their organizational affiliations as of 2012, only some were exchanging...













