Tag: ehr
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ER docs spend more time looking at EHRs than interacting with patients
Emergency doctors spend significantly more time entering data into electronic health records than they do with patients, a study published this month in the American Journal of Emergency Medicine finds. read more Source: ER docs spend more time looking at EHRs than interacting with patients
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How integrated patient data helps one hospital look to the future
Robust electronic health record systems and an ability to funnel mounds of other disparate electronic patient data into usable bedside information are at the heart of what many U.S. hospitals… read more Source: How integrated patient data helps one hospital look to the future
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Medical device tax takes center stage in budget showdown
GOP senators lead by Utah’s Orrin Hatch stuck to their word that they’d work to repeal the 2.3 percent medical device tax that went into effect January as part of the Affordable Care Act–House Republicans included the provision in their bill to fund federal agencies into the next fiscal year, passed by the House late…
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Embracing Risk: Will it Bring Value to Healthcare?
How will the public and private sectors work together as the U.S. healthcare system adapts to changes that are intended to make it more responsive to patients and improve patient outcomes? On September 17, a panel of five providers, entrepreneurs and public officials gathered at the offices of New York-based ZocDoc, an online medical care…
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Looking for a few good mHealth entrepreneurs
Wireless provider Sprint is seeking startups with “big ideas for improving health care using mobile technology.” Early-stage mobile technology companies from across the United States are… read more Source: Looking for a few good mHealth entrepreneurs
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Eyes Wide Shut – Teaching to the Meaningful Use Stage 2 Test
According to Twitter analytics, one of my more engaging tweets recently stated that Meaningful Use is stifling innovation by requiring that health IT vendors and healthcare providers employ very specific tactics to capture and report on clinical data capture and interoperability standards compliance – ostensibly to engage and empower the patient, and improve coordination of…
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Market Disruption Imminent as Hospitals and Physicians Aggressively Adopt Patient Portal Technology
Approximately 50 percent of U.S. hospitals and 40 percent of U.S. physicians in ambulatory practice possess some type of patient portal technology, mostly acquired as a module of their practice management or electronic health record system. While the availability of patient portals does not necessarily translate into active provider or patient use, the technology is…
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Patient portal use to skyrocket 221%
The market for patient portal technology is expected grow significantly over the next five years to $898.4 million in 2017, according to analysis from Frost & Sullivan. That represents growth of 221.1 percent growth from $279.8 million in 2012. read more Source: Patient portal use to skyrocket 221%
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Sotera Wireless describes their ViSi mobile healthcare monitoring system
Sotera’s ViSi monitor can detect and measure a persons five core vital signs: blood oxygen levels, heart rate, blood pressure, sken temperature and respirati… Video Rating: 5 / 5 Learn why so many nurses trust their careers to the travel nursing experts at American Mobile Healthcare. For more information on how you can become a…
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Collaborative Care: The Second Wave of Clinical Mobility
Going mobile is no longer an option, it’s an expectation. Collaborative workflows (where providers of all types not only share data but collaborate in stream… Video Rating: 5 / 5