Category: Analytics
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CNA: Sutter’s New EMR System Has Disrupted Patient Care
Introduction of a new electronic medical records (EMR) system at Sutter corporation East Bay hospitals has produced multiple problems with safe care delivery that has put patients at risk, charged the California Nurses Association (CNA). Introduction of a new electronic medical records (EMR) system at Sutter corporation East Bay hospitals has produced multiple problems with…
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Health IT hiring remains a challenge
Healthcare IT remains a hot job market, according to a recently released survey by HIMSS Analytics. read more …read more Source: Health IT hiring remains a challenge
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Yale Benefits from Integration of Epic, Clinical Trial Management System
An issue that continues to plague academic medical centers is the lack of interoperability between electronic health record systems and specialized clinical trial management software. Without interoperability, teams running trials often have to double-enter data into the two systems. An issue that continues to plague academic medical centers is the lack of interoperability between electronic…
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HIMSS releases health IT data for research, education
Universities and many governments will now have free aceess to 2011 data from the HIMSS Analytics database, which has information about health IT use at about 5,400 hospitals and 26,000 affiliated ambulatory facilities. read more …read more Source: HIMSS releases health IT data for research, education
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More doctors adopt electronic health records
The nation’s top Health IT official is lauding the nation’s doctors for more widely adopting electronic health records in the past few years, but he and new studies say more work is needed to help the systems communicate with each other. …read more
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EHRs Key to Transcriptionists’ New Career Paths, Survey Finds
Eighty-seven percent of medical transcriptionists indicated that in order to transition to documentation roles in electronic health records (EHRs), new skills and knowledge gaps need to be identified, according to a survey released today by the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) and the Association for Healthcare Documentation Integrity (AHDI). Eighty-seven percent of medical transcriptionists…
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New national survey raises question over long-term success of health information exchange
While record numbers of hospitals and doctors participate in electronic health information exchange efforts, which enable medical histories to follow patients as they move between healthcare providers, the long-term success of these programs is in question. Source: New national survey raises question over long-term success of health information exchange
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Is There a Role for EHR Simulation in Medical Training?
After creating a simulation of their Epic EHR, researchers at Oregon Health & Science University are studying the number and types of errors clinicians miss when reviewing simulated cases in the ICU. Over-sedation was the least-recognized error (16%) and only 32% of the participants recognized inappropriate antibiotic dosing. Could making simulation a regular part of…
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Bon Secours Ambulatory Clinics Achieve Stage 7 Recognition
Thirty-one Va.-based Bon Secours Health Systems ambulatory clinics have been recognized by the Chicago-based Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) for reaching HIMSS Analytics Stage 7, the highest level on the Electronic Medical Record Adoption Model, the model used to track EMR progress at hospitals and health systems. Thirty-one Va.-based Bon Secours Health Systems…
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A Utah HIE’s Path to Accreditation—and Beyond
The Utah Health information Network’s Jan Root shares the story of the journey of her HIE organization, which has evolved forward from an early-stage CHIN 20 years ago to a leading-edge, statewide HIE today. And she talks about why accreditation makes sense for HIE leaders seeking to ensure the confidence of their communities. Recently, HCI…