Category: EHR
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Survey: Doctors overwhelmingly favor mobile devices and apps for EHRs
In a national survey, primary care and internal medicine physicians indicated a strong preference for electronic health record (EHR) usability on their mobile devices, according to an announcement… read more …read more Source: Survey: Doctors overwhelmingly favor mobile devices and apps for EHRs
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Non-intrusive EHR alert increases flu vaccination rates
Using a “gentle” electronic health record flu prompt not only increased the number of flu vaccinations children received, but also improved the documentation explaining why the vaccine was not administered, according to a new study. read more …read more Source: Non-intrusive EHR alert increases flu vaccination rates
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EHR and HIT News for June 3rd
Today’s EHR and HIT news includes customer acquisition updates from Healthland, who has signed Washington’s Ocean Beach Hospital as an EHR customer as well as news from MEDITECH on a recent KLAS report. Ocean Beach Hospital Selects Healthland for EHR Solution Healthland has that Washington’s Ocean Beach Hospital has selected the Healthland Centriq electronic health…
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EHRs can ID ‘missing’ high-risk patients
Electronic health records can help identify high risk pregnancy patients so that they can receive treatment before suffering medical complications, according to a new article published in Johns Hopkins Public Health. read more …read more Source: EHRs can ID 'missing' high-risk patients
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EMR Change Agent, EMR Workflow, and Volume Billing Driven EMR
EMR can be a powerful agent of change in the right hands: In April, I attended Dr. Peter B… bit.ly/17CXWnN via @gehealthcareit — Keith W. Boone (@motorcycle_guy) May 31, 2013 I think the article took a little different take on the tweet than I did when I first read it, but I love the idea…
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Morning Headlines 6/3/13
Westchester hospitals’ sale price over $54 million Westchester, NY-based Sound Shore Medical Center is expected to be acquired by Montefiore Medical Center for only $54 million after the hospital falls more than $200 million into debt. Contributing factors included a disproportionate population of uninsured patients, and a 2011 EMR install that have caused major delays…
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Bon Secours notifies patients of breach
Bon Secours Hampton Roads Health System is contacting more than 5,000 patients on behalf of its Bon Secours Mary Immaculate Hospital in Newport News, Va., to let them know of an electronic health records security breach. …read more Source: Bon Secours notifies patients of breach
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Providers: Test your EHR backup plan frequently
Physicians need to ensure that they are properly backing up the data in their electronic health record systems, and also know how to restore that data. read more …read more Source: Providers: Test your EHR backup plan frequently
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EHR adoption up but doc satisfaction lags
More physicians than ever are using electronic health record systems, but they're not as happy with them as they used to be, according to a new survey by Physicians Practice. read more …read more Source: EHR adoption up but doc satisfaction lags
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Feds move nearer to patient-safety framework for health IT
Now that a majority of healthcare providers have installed electronic health-record systems, the federal government is inching closer to adopting a regulatory and patient-safety framework for computerized healthcare devices. …read more Source: Feds move nearer to patient-safety framework for health IT