Tag: ehr
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Hospitals try new tactics to reduce hospital falls
The nation’s medical workforce grapples with preventing falls in the hospital to improve patient safety. In the meantime, seniors in some places of the country are more likely to fill prescriptions for high-risk drugs, and Miami’s seniors lead the nation in filling Medicare prescriptions. From: http://www.news-medical.net/news/20131018/Hospitals-try-new-tactics-to-reduce-hospital-falls.aspx
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HIMSS Analytics: 25 Percent of Hospitals Have Shown No EHR Progress
Even though the majority of hospitals have made progress toward implementation of electronic health records (EHRs), about one-quarter of them have failed to make any progress, according to a report from HIMSS Analytics, a division of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS). Even though the majority of hospitals have made progress toward implementation…
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EHR: Donnie Parish and Charles W. Grim’s EHR Story, Cherokee Nation
Donnie Parish and Charles W. Grim explain their involvement in the Cherokee Nation EHR incentive payment story, and discuss the benefits of EHRs for the Cher…
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Decision support tool, med devices among Cleveland Clinic’s top ‘medical innovations’
The Cleveland Clinic named its top 10 medical innovations of 2014 at the hospital’s annual Innovation summit yesterday, held at the newly opened Global Center for Health Innovation, and health information technology has a solid presence on the list. read more Source: Decision support tool, med devices among Cleveland Clinic’s top ‘medical innovations’
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Encouraging Data for Meaningful Use Advocates
The debate and drama over meaningful use won’t end any time soon, even after Farzad Mostashari’s bold declaration that a timeline alteration to Stage 2 isn’t likely to come. While those in favor of changing the program will push ahead, recent data falls on the side of those in favor of keeping it intact. Last…
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HIMSS Analytics: Virtualization, voice recognition markets to watch
HIMSS Analytics’ Autumn 2013 report, “Essentials of the U.S. Hospital IT Market,” highlights the market potential and projected accelerated growth for virtualization software and speech recognition. read more Source: HIMSS Analytics: Virtualization, voice recognition markets to watch
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Usability and Electronic Health Records
User Centric is now a part of GfK! Read about our EHR Usability Consulting services by visiting http://www.gfk.com/solutions/ux/health/Pages/EHR-Usability-Co… Video Rating: 0 / 5
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Technology in healthcare: Why docs shouldn’t feel threatened
While some, such as venture capitalist Vinod Khosla, have predicted that as much as 80 percent of a doctor’s job could be replaced by computers in the decades ahead, the split in duties likely will end up more equal, a commentary published this week in National Journal argues. read more Source: Technology in healthcare: Why…
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CHIME’s 2014 public policy efforts: Meaningful Use, HIE, patient data matching on docket
Meaningful Use, information exchange, patient data matching and electronic quality measurements are among the areas of focus in 2014 for the public policy arm of The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives. read more Source: CHIME’s 2014 public policy efforts: Meaningful Use, HIE, patient data matching on docket
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HIEs Find Niche as Accountable Care Platforms
After struggling for many years to find sustainable roles in the health care system, health information exchanges, both public and private, seem to be a natural fit for the world of accountable care. Where care coordination is essential, HIEs bring disparate information about one patient together. After struggling for many years to find sustainable roles…