Category: EHR

Roughly four out of five U.S. physicians (78 percent) using electronic health records reported that their system enhanced their overall patient care, according to research recently published in Health Services Research. read more …read more

The Institute of Medicine has released a proposed model to help hospitals and others assess the potential financial benefits of adopting electronic health records. read more …read more

The following is a guest post by Dr. Deborah Peel, Founder of Patient Privacy Rights. There is no bigger advocate of patient privacy in the world than Dr. Peel. I’ll be interested to hear people comments and reactions to Dr. Peel’s guest post below. I look forward to an engaging conversation on the subject. Clearly…

Every day, medical technology is being developed and implemented at an increasingly rapid pace – look no further than the evolution of electronic health records (EHRs) for proof. Yet, the developers of these ever-changing technologies are rarely physicians, nor are physicians consulted. If these innovators truly want to make a product that will change the…

. I wrote in Monday’s Curbside Consult about a reader’s comments to my recent EPtalk piece. His comments were similar to those shared by many physicians I meet, so I’m responding to some of them. As background, my organization is seven years into its ambulatory EHR journey (many more on the hospital side) so we’re…

The Department of Defense has decided to retain its current electronic health record system through the end of 2018, according to a solicitation document, the Washington Business Journal‘s “Fed Biz” reports on January 3rd. The Department of Defense is seeking to keep the Composite Health Care System, its core medical information system as well as…

I always love hearing from the CEO of EHR vendors. One that never disappoints is a man that most people in the EHR world have probably never heard of. His name is Michael Archuleta and he’s the Founder and CEO of a company called ArcSys (RedPlanet is their EHR). In response to my article on…

Let’s take a bold, but realistic look at what we can expect in 2014 when it comes to healthcare IT, EMR and HIPAA. It will be fun to look back at the end of 2014 to see if I’m right. Hopefully you’ll add your 2014 predictions in the comments. HIPAA Omnibus Poster Children – In…

Technology will be central to hospitals’ efforts to engage patients in their care and meet Meaningful Use requirements, according to Joey Hobbs, CIO of Community Hospital Anderson, in a recent post to healthsystemCIO.com. read more …read more

In spite of their benefits, electronic medical records are flawed because so many of their features are tied to billing, not care, according to Ira Nash, senior vice president and executive director at North Shore-LIJ Medical Group. read more …read more