Category: EHR

Boston-based Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) has reached goals related to the adoption of electronic health technology, thanks to a program that incentivizes salaried physicians who achieve specific quality improvement targets. Boston-based Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) has reached goals related to the adoption of electronic health technology, thanks to a program that incentivizes salaried physicians who…

EHRs integrated with clinical prediction rules can improve quality of care, contain costs and reduce overtreatment, according to a new study–but physicians aren’t quite yet on board. read more Source: Clinical prediction rules could improve quality, reduce costs–if only docs would use them

A combination of government oversight and industry action is needed to avert the “unintended consequences” of electronic health record use that adversely impact patient safety, according to Sue Bowman, senior director of coding policy and compliance for the American Health Information Management Association. read more Source: Government, industry need to act to avoid ‘unintended consequences’…

At Massachusetts General Hospital, a program offering modest financial incentives to salaried physicians went a long way toward helping the facility to meet goals for electronic health record adoption, improved quality and efficiency and communication with patients. read more Source: At Mass General, internal financial incentives key to EHR, tech adoption

MacPractice, a Dragon Dictate Medical for Mac reseller partner, has announced immediate availability of Dragon Dictate Medical for Mac to users of MacPractice MD, DC, DDS and 20/20. Dragon Dictate Medical for Mac is designed specifically for small- to mid-sized practices to help accelerate adoption of MacPractice’s electronic medical record system, MacPractice EMR. Dragon Dictate…

A few days ago Harvard Business Review’s Blog Network published “You Can Win Without Differentiation” and it reminded me of the many lectures I’ve given over the past few years on why the health IT industry tolerates hundreds of EHR and EMR companies that don’t really differ much from each other. A key point made…

Who would have thought that something so simple as copy and paste could have such serious consequences? read more Source: EHR copy and paste? Better think twice

The U.S. Department of Defense is moving forward in its purchase of a new electronic health record system, inviting vendors via a solicitation to come to the Washington, D.C.-area and demonstrate their products. read more Source: DoD back in the market for new EHR system

Are teachers of family medicine being forced to teach to EMR templates? According to one blogger, the answer is a decided “yes” — and it’s probably not a good thing. In a posting on the blog for the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine, Bill Cayley, Jr., MD. argues: “With the increasing use of electronic…

Today’s EHR and HIT news includes updates from Henry Schein Micro MD and MDeverwhere on a agreement between the two firms as well as news of a new cloud based platform from eClinicalHealth. Henry Schein MicroMD & MDeverywhere Sign Agreement To Offer Customers A Single Point Clinical and Revenue Cycle Management Solution To Automate […]…