Category: EHR
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Poor prescription documentation in EHR jeopardizes patient safety at VA hospital
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
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EHR and HIT News for December 3rd
Today’s EHR and HIT update includes news from Inovalon on a strategic agreement they’ve entered into with Greenway Medical Technologies, Partnership news between Hello Health and Orange Health Solutions, as well as customer acquisition news from Hyland Software. Greenway Medical Technologies and Inovalon Enter into Strategic Agreement Inovalon, Inc. has announced that Greenway Medical Technologies…
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Rural Hospitals Achieving Success: An Amazing Journey
This webinar provides high-level overview of strategies for Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) to apply in the successful participation in the Meaningful Use (MU) Incentive Program. November 27, 2013 49:43 640 480 Audience: Providers & Professionals …read more
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Providing Patient-Specific Education Resources – Challenges and Solutions
This webinar covers the importance of providing patient-specific education resources and introduces the MedlinePlus Connect tool, a free Web application that can be integrated with EHRs/EMRs to provide patient-specific education resources in multiple languages. November 27, 2013 33:39 640 480 Audience: Providers & Professionals …read more
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Journal addresses, publishes ‘next-generation’ EHR research
The American Journal of Managed Care has now weighed in on the impact of electronic health records and health IT with a special issue devoted to research on the subject. read more …read more
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Why Provider Imaging Strategies Are Being Shaken Up
As providers continue to image enable EMRs, they are taking a much closer look at their PACS vendors’ functionality and enterprise archive strategies that will eliminate storage silos and improve interoperability. As part of two separate studies-PACS Technology 2013: New Versions Stepping Up? and Image Archive 2013: Finding Out What Is in Store for VNA-KLAS…
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CMS must act now on guidance for ‘unforeseen’ MU hardship exceptions
There appears to be a big disconnect between desire and reality when it comes to Stage 2 of the Meaningful Use Incentive Program. On one hand, you’ve got the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT, which earnestly wants to forge on with Stage 2 on time in January 2014. Stage 2, as you…
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EHR lab cost info can reduce order rates, slash spending
Newly published research shows that providing physicians with the price of lab tests via electronic health records can lead to a reduction in the ordering rates of such tests. read more …read more
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EHRs can measure non-clinical processes that may affect care
Electronic health records can record not only clinical care, but non-clinical information to assess patient-physician interaction and determine how that may impact patient care, according to a new study in Health Services Research. read more …read more
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Study: Benefit of patient portals ‘unclear’
Patients increasingly are embracing the concept of patient portals, but it’s still unknown whether the portals actually improve outcomes, increase patient satisfaction or create efficiencies, according to new research published in the Annals of Internal Medicine. read more …read more