Category: Patient Engagement
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Regional HIE outlines roadmap for protecting data upon dissolution
Health information exchanges considering closing their doors may wish to pay heed to how regional Wisconsin Health Information Exchange (WHIE) is protecting patient data in its possession now that it has ceased operations.
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Morning Headlines 4/25/13
FDA Device Surveillance to Tap Phone App The FDA will overhaul its FDA Adverse Event Reporting System in part by launching a smartphone app for streamlined adverse event reporting by physicians. Electronic health records key to patient care quality improvement In England, a survey of physicians reveals that 94 percent believe that patients should have…
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Some Meaningful Use menu objectives more popular with docs
Some of the menu objectives available for Meaningful Use attestation are more popular with eligible professionals than others, according to an analysis of Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services data by San Antonio, Texas-based electronic health record vendor Sevocity. read more
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Optimizing Electronic Medication Administration Records
In June, BIDMC goes live with Electronic Medication Records (EMAR) on one ward to be followed by 3 other wards, ensuring we meet our 10% Meaningful Use Stage 2 target by the reporting period October 1-December 31, 2013.
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EMR Implementation Saved Canada Healthcare System $1.3B Since 2006, Study Says
A report by consulting firm Pricewaterhouse Coopers LLP (PwC), commissioned by the Canada Health Infoway—a not-for-profit organization tasked with accelerating the development of electronic medical records (EMR) across Canada—has found $1.3 billion in savings from the implementation of EMRs by family physicians across Canada over the last six years.
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3 Alert Fatigue Suggestions
Many of you will remember my previous post about Patient Alert Fatigue . Managing alert fatigue with patients, doctors, nurses, and other healthcare professionals is a really important subject. Let me offer some suggestions that will hopefully help those creating EMR and other healthcare software deal with alert fatigue. These three simple suggestions will go…
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Colorado Beacon project: Primary care improvements through sharing and coaching
The Colorado Beacon Consortium made gains in quality improvement as physician practices adopted electronic health records and joined a health information exchange known as Quality Health Network (QHN), according to a case study published by The Commonwealth Fund. read more
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Feds aim to audit 5% of participants in EHR program
About one in 20 participants in the federally funded electronic health-record incentive payment program can expect to be audited for compliance with meaningful use and other program criteria, a federal official said Monday.
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New licensing agreement to promote discovery in health IT and improve economic Growth
The Regenstrief Institute Inc., an international leader in electronic medical records and health information exchange research, development and operations, is licensing its Indiana Network for Patient Care and DOCS4DOCS clinical results delivery software to a subsidiary of the Indiana Health Information Exchange. This licensing agreement represents the single most significant transfer of discovery out of…