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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
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EHRs can ID phenotypes for genetic research
Electronic health records can be helpful tools for identifying phenotypes for genetic and other research, according to a new study published in the Journal of the American Informatics Association .
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Tight battles under way for inpatient EHR dominance
Four developers of electronic health-records system are in a tight battle to become the most popular developer of complete, inpatient EHR systems that hospitals use to achieve meaningful use and receive Medicare EHR incentive payments, an analysis…
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Tavenner reaffirms CMS will look into improper billing by EHR users
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will begin to conduct billing audits of providers who use electronic health records, according to a news alert issued this week by law firm Mintz Levin. read more