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  • Wrong-Patient Medication Errors Examined by the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority

    Wrong-Patient Medication Errors Examined by the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority

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    Over 800 wrong-patient medication errors were reported to the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority in a six-month period with errors most common during the transcribing and administration phases and least often during the dispensing and prescribing phases, according to information in the June Pennsylvania Patient Safety Advisory released today. “While often thought to occur only during…

  • Kadlec Regional Medical Center Puts Computer Carts Through Head-to-Head Testing

    Kadlec Regional Medical Center Puts Computer Carts Through Head-to-Head Testing

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    Mobile computer carts aren’t commodities. Their differences, whether minor or major, affect caregivers’ abilities to care for patients. So, when Kadlec Regional Medical Center in Richland, WA implemented its electronic medical record (EMR) system, it put multiple carts through their paces in everyday use. The EMR system replaced a system in which the physicians’ notes…

  • Kadlec Medical Center Puts Computer Carts Through Head-to-Head Testing

    Kadlec Medical Center Puts Computer Carts Through Head-to-Head Testing

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    Mobile computer carts aren’t commodities. Their differences, whether minor or major, affect caregivers’ abilities to care for patients. So, when Kadlec Regional Medical Center in Richland, WA implemented its electronic medical record (EMR) system, it put multiple carts through their paces in everyday use. The EMR system replaced a system in which the physicians’ notes…

  • Medicaid expansion deepens GOP intraparty rifts

    Medicaid expansion deepens GOP intraparty rifts

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    The different positions taken by various Republican governors on the health law’s Medicaid expansion underscore the political divisions in play. original article source From: http://www.news-medical.net/news/20130604/Medicaid-expansion-deepens-GOP-intraparty-rifts.aspx

  • Federal judge lifts ban on Medicare releasing individual doctor data

    Federal judge lifts ban on Medicare releasing individual doctor data

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    A federal judge has lifted the ban on Medicare releasing data on individual doctors to the public. The end on the 33-year ban — after the publishers of The Wall Street Journal sued to end it — could mean closer scrutiny of doctor practices in the program. original article source From: http://www.news-medical.net/news/20130604/Federal-judge-lifts-ban-on-Medicare-releasing-individual-doctor-data.aspx

  • EHRs could use an infusion of mobile technology

    EHRs could use an infusion of mobile technology

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    The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) is at the forefront of our nation's health IT efforts. ONC is actively supporting the adoption of health IT and… read more …read more Source: EHRs could use an infusion of mobile technology

  • Massachusetts HIE Update

    Massachusetts HIE Update

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    Yesterday, the HIT Council met to review Massachusetts Healthcare IT progress. Here is the presentation we used. The meeting began with a presentation from Holyoke Medical Center, describing an ideal subnetwork – a local HIE that meets the needs of local stakeholders while also connecting to the state HIE, enabling any authorized stakeholder in the…

  • Morning Headlines 6/4/13

    Morning Headlines 6/4/13

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    Mass EHR mandate draws criticism, impact remains unclear A change introduced with the Massachusetts’ health reform law is coming under recent fire. The change requires physicians to demonstrate proficiency in the use of CPOE, e-prescribing, and EHRs as a standard of eligibility for medical licensure in the state. Secure health data helping patients, doctors improve…

  • Study highlights cost benefit of expanding Medicaid

    Study highlights cost benefit of expanding Medicaid

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    An independent study released today on the economic impact of Medicaid expansion under healthcare reform found that states’ share of the cost of expanding Medicaid under reform would be lower than the cost of providing uncompensated care to their… original article source From: http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20130603/NEWS/306039947

  • Jonathan Bush’s Plea to Regulators: Free the Data

    Jonathan Bush’s Plea to Regulators: Free the Data

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    At the Omni Shoreham regency ballroom at Health Datapalooza IV, Jonathan Bush, CEO of the Watertown, Mass.-based EHR software company, athenahealth, urged the government to release Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) data more freely, to a packed, supportive crowd of approximately 2,000. At the Omni Shoreham regency ballroom at Health Datapalooza IV, Jonathan…