Category: Patient Engagement
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Doctors and their online reputations
The New York Times, March 22, 2013if ((!document.images && navigator.userAgent.indexOf(“Mozilla/2.”) >= 0) || navigator.userAgent.indexOf(“WebTV”)>= 0) {document.write(”);document.write(‘‘);}Since starting his blog, KevinMD, nearly 10 years ago, Dr. Kevin Pho has become a rock star among the health care set, one of the few doctors recognizable by first name only. A primary care doctor, Dr. Pho presides over…
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EHR and HIT News for March 28th
Today’s EHR and HIT news includes updates from iPatientCare on the release of an updated version of their Patient Portal. There is also news of a product update from iMedicora as well as some personnel news from DataMotion on two additions to its management team. iPatientCare Announces Launch of 2nd Generation of Patient Portal and…
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Boulder hospital stymied by computer problems
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Does Patient Interaction Lock a Doctor In to an EHR?
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about EHR vendor lock in. I think this was prompted by some stories I’ve heard of EHR vendors holding clinics EHR data “hostage” when the clinic chooses to switch EHR software. I heard one case recently that was going to cost the clinic a few hundred thousand dollars to…
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Docs limit patient EMR access
Even as policmakers are pushing patient engagement , a new survey signals doctors may not be ready to relinquish control of their patients' medical record. read more
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In push to go paperless, don’t forget about paper entirely
While it's laudable for hospitals today to be “all electronic” and meeting the advanced stages of electronic adoption in HIMSS' EMR adoption model –the highest levels of EHR use… read more
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The doctor is in (well, logged in)
Surfing the Web in his all-white Dumbo loft, Dr. Jay Parkinson, 37, looks like any other young tech visionary. He has a trim beard and thick-framed glasses. He wears slim-fitting black outfits and jaunty scarves. He speaks with a measured, “This American Life”-like cadence. And he’s a firm believer in the utopian promise of the…
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The Cardio Service Line, Rebooted
This article appears in the March 2013 issue of HealthLeaders magazine.As healthcare leaders pay more attention to what their patients want and need, the tactics for caring for cardiology patients are changing. Those responsible for cardio service lines are placing more emphasis on patient behavior. Closely and loosely aligned partners, often practicing in the community…
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Clinical Device Assesment Service Brochure
As U.S. hospitals move through the phases of the EMR Adoption Model, the ability to capture and manage patient data from intelligent medical devices will quickly become a necessity in order to advance patient safety and better clinicaloutcomes.
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EHR data still ‘too fragmented’ for secondary uses
While electronic health record data has the potential to be reused to identify which patients may be eligible to participate in clinical trials, the data capture is too incomplete and “fragmented” to be relied on for such a secondary use, according to new research published in BMC Medical Informatics & Decision Making . read more