Category: EHR

Atlas MD today launches Atlas.md EMR, a web-based app designed so that direct primary care physicians can operate their own insurance-free practices. Doctors can get started in minutes by signing up for a free 30-day trial. The EMR requires no additional hardware to operate. With cross-platform design, doctors can access Atlas.md conveniently from any web-enabled…

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT has issued guidance to help healthcare workers connect a clinical mishap or unsafe condition that could be related to an electronic health record. read more …read more

ONC’s Health IT Policy Committee has agreed with its Tiger Team’s recommendations that the proposed accounting of disclosures rule, including its creation of an “access report,” is overbroad. read more …read more

What’s going on with the Veterans’ Administration (VA) these days? The VA, with its vast electronic health record system, seemed ahead of the curve. It was a trendsetter, spearheading patient access to EHRs with the adoption of its MyHealtheVet access pilot. It increased veterans’ access to mental healthcare by launching a videoconferencing program. Veterans, who…

An opinion piece in the Annals of Internal Medicine compares the act of improperly using electronic health records (EHRs) to texting while driving. “As when driving, physicians need to be alert… read more …read more

An automated tool integrated into an electronic health record to predict patients at risk of hospital readmission can help to reduce such rates, according to a new study published in the Journal of Hospital Medicine. read more …read more

One thing’s for sure about patient portals: They’re a hot commodity. What’s less clear is how much good they’re doing for health care. The popularity of patient portals stems from Meaningful Use Stage 2 patient-engagement requirements. The market for the products is expected to approach $900 million by 2017, up from $280 million in 2012,…

New research finds that electronic health records have great potential to link genes to specific diseases and identify previously unknown connections between the two. read more …read more

We all know that October 1, 2014 is the date when ICD-10 will go live in the US (if you didn’t know that shame on you, but you know now). There have been plenty of rumblings that ICD-10 is going to be delayed…again. In fact, I even hypothesized that the Healthcare.gov debacle could prompt HHS…

Electronic health record use continues to plague the Veterans’ Administration, with incomplete EHR documentation of opioid prescriptions leading to patient misuse and hospitalizations at San Francisco VA Medical Center, according to a recently published report by the U.S. Department of Veterans’ Affairs Office of Inspector General. read more …read more