Tag: University
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Aintree University Hospital’s new Electronic Medical Records system
A short film with Professor Mike Pearson, head of clinical evaluation, and Ward Priestman, director of informatics, both from Aintree University Hospital NHS… Video Rating: 0 / 5 This was the master video that Launch Healthcare Solutions produced for MD Physician Services (division of the CMA). We later provided the client with 4 smal…
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SLU study reveals that access to dermatologists limited for Medicaid-insured children with eczema
A recent Saint Louis University study revealed that Medicaid-insured children with eczema, an inflammatory skin condition that affects 20 percent children in the United States, do not have easy access to dermatologists.
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University of Michigan Health System Expands ACO
A partnership designed to improve care for Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries in southeast Michigan, while making the best use of Medicare dollars, has expanded. A partnership designed to improve care for Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries in southeast Michigan, while making the best use of Medicare dollars, has expanded. Two new medical practices have joined the 1,700 doctors…
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Raising eligibility age and reforming some Medicare practices can increase sustainability, say experts
Raising the age of eligibility and reforming some Medicare practices can go a long way to making it sustainable, according to three Arizona State University healthcare policy experts.
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Better EHRs could help boost doc time at patient bedsides
Just like everybody else, doctors spend too much time behind computers–and not enough time at patients’ bedsides–according to new research from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, published this week in the Journal of General Internal Medicine .
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University of Wisconsin Online Health Information Management and Technology Degree Program Advances toward CAHIIM Accreditation
Representatives from the University of Wisconsin Bachelor of Science in Health Information Management and Technology program announced today that the online bachelor’s degree is in candidacy status, pending accreditation review by the Commission on Accreditation for Health Informatics and Information Management Education (CAHIIM).
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Dashboard technology holds potential as patient clinical decision aid
An interactive decision dashboard format developed by researchers with the University of Rochester (N.Y.) School of Medicine & Dentistry can be adapted to create a clinically realistic prototype patient decision aid, according to an article published this week in BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making . Such findings, the researchers say, represent the potential of…
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News 4/19/13
Top News Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel says his office has taken direct control of the DoD-VA EHR integration project as he acknowledges to a House subcommittee that “we’re way behind.” Hagel told the committee that he has personally blocked the DoD’s EHR request for proposal because “I didn’t think we knew what the hell we…
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Reducing preventable hospital readmissions may take longer, say researchers
Achieving widespread reductions in preventable hospital readmissions among Medicare beneficiaries may take longer than many health care professionals originally anticipated, according to researchers at Penn State, the Weill Cornell Medical College and the University of Pennsylvania.
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Analysis of doc notes in EHRs can flag drug interactions
Stanford University researchers touted success in using analysis of free-text notes in electronic health records for surveillance of drug interactions in near real time. read more