Category: EHR

In many movies, you just know what’s going to happen, at least in part. You predict it. You anticipate it. You know that in It’s a Wonderful Life, for instance, Clarence the angel will help George Bailey realize that life is worth living. It’s not clairvoyance on our part (who could predict the plot twist,…

Steve Jobs famously said that “laptops are like trucks. They’re going to be used by fewer and fewer people. This transition is going to make people uneasy.” Are medical professionals truck drivers or bike riders? We have witnessed truck drivers turn into bike riders in almost every computing context: Big businesses used to buy mainframes.…

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Defense need an interoperable electronic health record system–not merely a joint integrated one–in order to reduce the significant backlog of veterans’ pending disability claims, according to a new report from the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America. read more …read more    

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You might be an #HITNerd If… you consider going to the HIMSS Annual Conference the Health IT version of going to Burning Man. Find all our #HITNerd references on: EMR and EHR & EMR and HIPAA. Note: Much like Jeff Foxworthy is a redneck. I’m well aware that I’m an #HITNerd. Related Posts Blogger-Twitter Meetup…

The Office of Inspector General has ramped up its attention on the security and integrity of electronic health records in its 2014 work plan, adding two new focus areas specific to EHRs and continuing its examination of their use in other areas. read more …read more    

A new study finds that while physicians’ adoption of EMRs has grown substantially between 2009 and 2012, there’s still a big “digital divide” between large and small medical practices, according to a Commonwealth Fund study reported by iHealthBeat. But it also concluded that there are ways to close the gap, largely through cash incentives and…

The U.S. Department of Defense has kicked off procurement for its new EHR system by releasing a draft request for proposals. The new system will rely on off-the-shelf technologies and industry… read more …read more    

DoD Healthcare Management Systems Modernization (DHMSM): Draft Request for Proposal The DoD publishes an open solicitation for a new EHR that will replace all of its existing legacy systems. The usability testing scenario’s outlined within the proposal describe a medic calling up evidence-based guidelines and documenting care while providing emergency treatment to a wounded marine…

Providers of all types and sizes should work to reduce the threat of patient harm when electronic health records are used, and learn to apply best practices by relying on the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT’s new SAFER guides, according to several developers of the guides, speaking on a webinar produced by…