Category: EHR

In less than shocking news there are two reports from AmericanEHR Partners suggesting that tablets are of greater use for clinical purposes than smartphones. The two reports, “Mobile Usage in the Medical Space 2013″ and “Tablet Usage by Physicians 2013″, reveal that the most common activity of physicians who use an EHR and  a smartphone…

Tired of suffering in silence, physician practices are turning to the editorial pages of their local newspapers to publicize their concerns with their electronic health records. read more …read more Source: Practitioners vent EHR concerns in newspaper op-eds

Undue reliance on electronic health record data without actually examining a patient can have negative consequences on care, according to a recent article in the Atlantic, by Richard Gunderman, M.D.,… read more …read more Source: Voice recognition error causes EHR misdiagnosis

Electronic health record alerts have helped providers at Stanford Hospital & Clinic to significantly cut back on the use of blood products over the last four years. read more …read more Source: CPOE alerts help Stanford curb blood use

Top News The HIMSS EHR Association announces the EHR Developer Code of Conduct, which is available for companies that develop complete EHRs. Principles include (a) communicating product information accurately; (b) designing products with patient safety in mind; (c) participating in a Patient Safety Organization for reporting and reviewing patient safety problems; (d) sharing product-related best…

Today’s EHR and HIT News includes updates from eClinicalWorks on an expanded relationship with Horizon Healthcare, partnership news from, healthcare IT support and systems company, ITelagen, as well as customer acquisition news from SRS. New Jersey’s Horizon Health Center Selects eClinicalWorks for Care Ooordination eClinicalWorks has announced that Horizon Health Center, a Federally Qualified Health…

The Electronic Health Record Association, a collaboration of more than 40 EHR companies, announced an EHR Developer Code of Conduct, developed by the Association as a reflection of its members’ commitment to supporting safe healthcare delivery, fostering continued innovation, and operating with high integrity in the market for EHR users and their patients and families.…

Six Legacy Health hospitals and their ambulatory clinics, located in Portland, Ore. and Vancouver, Wash., have been recognized by the Chicago-based Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) for reaching HIMSS Analytics Stage 7, the highest level on the Electronic Medical Record Adoption Model, the model used to track EMR progress at hospitals and health…

The usability of electronic health-record systems varies widely, and developers of EHRs that do a lot of handholding after the sale score highest on usability ratings, according to a report by health information technology market researcher KLAS… …read more Source: KLAS report says top EHR developers give strong support

Today’s EHR and HIT news includes customer acquisition news from Mountain Medical Technologies, who has announced the Black Canyon Surgical Center as a customer, as well as news from iSALUS Healthcare on their new Vice President of Client Engagement. Black Canyon Surgical Center Goes Paperless with Cyramed ASC EHR System Mountain Medical Technologies has announced…