Tag: ehr
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Citizen Mostashari reflects on service to (and exit from) federal government
In his first public address since stepping down as the national coordinator for health IT, Farzad Mostashari, M.D., delivered a relatively subdued speech to attendees at the annual CHIME CIO forum in Scottsdale, Ariz. on Wednesday evening. Stay tuned for full coverage of Mostashari’s CHIME13 address tomorrow on FierceHealthIT.com and in the daily FierceHealthIT newsletter.…
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Meaningful Use Menu Measure # 7: Medication Reconciliation
OBJECTIVE: The EP who receives a patient from another setting of care or provider of care or believes an encounter is relevant should perform medication reco… Video Rating: 0 / 5
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LIVE from the CHIME Fall CIO Forum: Post-ONC, Dr. Mostashari Offers Bracing Comments to CIOs
Just days after ending his tenure as National Coordinator for Health IT, Farzad Mostashari, M.D. on Oct. 9 shared unvarnished comments, insights, and asides with an attentive audience at the CHIME Fall CIO Forum, being held this week in Scottsdale, Arizona. Most newsworthy were his comments around what he sees as the severe improbability of…
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Could This Be the Social Networking Platform Health IT Leaders Have Been Waiting For?
Many provider organizations have been looking for enterprise social networking tools, but haven’t found ones that met their needs. Next Wave Connect has 27 organizations as founding members, including Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Rush University Medical Center, Seattle Children’s Hospital and Sharp HealthCare. At the last HIMSS meeting in New Orleans, I saw a great presentation…
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Live from the CHIME Fall CIO Forum: CEO Branzell on Advocacy and Change
Russell P. Branzell, CEO of the Ann Arbor, Mich.-based College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME), spoke with HCI’s Mark Hagland during the CHIME Fall CIO Forum, being held at the Westin Kierland Resort and Spa, in the Phoenix suburb of Scottsdale. After six months as CHIME’s CEO, Branzell shared his perspectives on the policy…
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Can ‘Big Data’ Help Increase Drug Safety?
Research at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai suggests that drugs could be repurposed to improve drug safety, including lowering the risk of heart attacks. Using the Food and Drug Administration’s Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS), a hospital electronic health records database, and an animal model, a team of researchers at the Icahn…
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Live from the CHIME Fall CIO Forum: CHIME Board Chairman Hickman Looks at the Future of the CIO Role
George T. “Buddy” Hickman, executive vice president and CIO of Albany (N.Y.) Medical Center and board chair of the Ann Arbor, Mich.-based College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME), and chair of the CHIME Foundation board, spoke exclusively on Wednesday, Oct. 9 with HCI Editor-in-Chief Mark Hagland, during the CHIME Fall CIO Forum, being held…
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Surveyed Physicians: EHR Systems are “Too Cumbersome”
Physicians are not big fans of electronic health records (EHRs), saying they are too cumbersome to operate and a big reason for their job dissatisfaction, a new survey from the Santa Monica, Calif.-based nonprofit research organization, the RAND Corporation, reveals. Physicians are not big fans of electronic health records (EHRs), saying they are too cumbersome…
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Sutter, Geisinger team with IBM to study heart failure prediction
Healthcare giants Sutter Health and Geisinger Health System are teaming up with IBM research to study heart failure prediction thanks to a $2 million research grant from the National Institutes of Health. read more Source: Sutter, Geisinger team with IBM to study heart failure prediction
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EHRs have both positive, negative effect on physician satisfaction
There’s a love/hate relationship between physicians and electronic health records, according to a study of physician satisfaction by RAND Health. In data gathered from 30 physician practices in… read more Source: EHRs have both positive, negative effect on physician satisfaction