Category: EHR

Data sharing by hospitals is rising, but varies by the type of clinical information exchanged and recipient, according to a new study published in the August issue of Health Affairs. read more Source: Hospital electronic health data exchange on the rise

It’s time again for my roundup of interesting EMR, EHR, and Healthcare IT tweets. Today’s tweets all come from Nick Dawson. I don’t know Nick really well, but see him online quite a bit. Plus, I did a Google Plus hangout with him after TEDMED. He’s a very interesting guy and these tweets illustrate some…

Real-time, electronic health record-based risk stratification can reduce hospital readmissions, according to a new study published online in BMJ Quality & Safety. read more Source: EHR risk stratification can reduce readmissions

The momentum surrounding the adoption of integrating smart pumps and EMR technology is outweighing the myriad of integration challenges facing providers.  In a recent report entitled Smart Pump/EMR Integration: Not Easy, but Worth the Effort, early adopters share their insights, progress, and the impact this technology is having in their organizations. “Providers make it clear…

At the Healthcare Forum, Dr. Farzad Mostashari posited an important question: Can healthcare step on a scale today?  Embedded in this question is the idea that healthcare should have a simple way to measure the quality of care it provides.  Dr. Mostashari suggested that most practices today can’t step on the proverbial scale.  However, the…

Regular readers of FierceEMR know that I tend to be cynical about new developments. I don't take them at face value and delve deeper to see if there's anything in addition going on behind the scenes. And so it is with the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT's new “legal” guidance on EHR…

Think Beyond the Text: Understanding HIPAA and Its Revisions By Terry Edwards Every day, an increasing number of physicians and other health care providers are exchanging clinical information through a wide range of modes, including smart phones, pagers, CPOE, e-mails, texts and messaging features in an EMR. It’s no surprise that hospital and health system…

Incorporating clinical decision support predictive tools into electronic health record use can “significantly” decrease the use of antibiotics for respiratory tract infections, according to a study published this week in JAMA Internal Medicine. read more Source: CDS tools reduce unnecessary antibiotic use, strep tests

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT has released its first guide to help electronic health record buyers and users understand vendor contracts. read more Source: ONC issues guidance on EHR vendor contract terms

Though it seems that much of the healthcare industry is finally on board with making the transition from paper to digital records, the transformation comes with a high price. Much anticipated, and sometimes hyped, electronic health record system rollouts cost millions of dollars and often end up causing chaos, frustration, even firings at hospitals across…