October 19, 2020
Via: The Medical NewsChildren who are later diagnosed with autism and/or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder visit doctors and hospitals more often in their first year of life than non-affected children, suggesting a potential new way to identify the conditions early. The findings from […]
March 10, 2020
Via: Forbes“To the curious incident of the dog in the night-time.” “The dog did nothing in the night-time.” “That was the curious incident,” remarked Sherlock Holmes. The nation’s largest hospital systems have remained curiously quiet concerning a recent proposal from the […]
December 3, 2019
Via: Health Data ManagementThe implementation of a visual aid in an electronic health record ordering system resulted in a significant reduction in duplicate orders for both laboratory and radiology tests. Results of a study, involving emergency department clinicians at Boston’s Beth Israel Deaconess […]
November 21, 2019
Via: The Medical NewsIn fall 2009, several dozen of the best minds in health information technology huddled at a hotel outside Washington, D.C., to discuss potential dangers of an Obama White House plan to spend billions of tax dollars computerizing medical records. The […]
Innovation, Patient Experience
June 19, 2019
Via: The Medical NewsWhen Pamela DeSalvo read the clinical note from her doctor’s visit, the words on the page hit her hard: “clinically morbidly obese.” She knew she was overweight, but seeing those three words together shocked her. It also inspired her to […]
Innovation, Patient Experience
March 19, 2019
Via: The Medical NewsWhen Don Cue developed a bladder infection last fall, he called his longtime urologist’s office for a urine culture and antibiotics. It was a familiar routine for the two-time prostate cancer survivor; infections were not uncommon since he began using […]
March 18, 2019
Via: Health Data ManagementData gathered from more than 12,000 nurses at 353 hospitals in four states reveal that those working in less favorable healthcare environments are dissatisfied with their electronic health record systems. Penn Nursing’s Center for Health Outcomes & Policy Research (CHOPR) […]
February 5, 2019
Via: Health Data ManagementThe largest healthcare provider in the Baltimore-Washington metropolitan area is urging Congress to take action when it comes to the link between electronic health record usability and patient safety. MedStar Health has drafted a letter to Senate and House committees […]
November 14, 2018
Via: Health Data ManagementThe nation’s largest physician group is calling for an end to electronic health record “abuse” which is relegating doctors to the role of data entry clerks and leading to widespread professional burnout. According to the American Medical Association, the problem […]
June 20, 2018
Via: HITECH AnswersThe last few years have been challenging for the electronic health record (EHR). While the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act succeeded in transitioning the US healthcare system mostly away from paper¹, the resulting electronic systems […]
February 5, 2018
Via: EmrAndHipaaHow did you do in the first year of reporting under the Quality Payment Program? Are you expecting a negative payment adjustment under the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)? Or did you only submit the minimum data necessary in 2017 […]
December 11, 2017
Via: HITECH AnswersPick your cliche to describe a major event this past week: Another domino is falling. The dawn of a new era. The news that Vanderbilt University Medical Center, home to one of the most esteemed academic informatics programs in the […]
November 2, 2016
Via: The Medical NewsResearchers are exploring ways to help clinicians and investigators use and share routinely collected medical data (such as information in electronic health records) to improve care and advance clinical research. In a recent article, experts note that with the development […]
August 24, 2016
Via: Health Data ManagementDo you know how many medical devices are in your hospital or group practice? Do you know where they are? Do you know if they have embedded encryption and if it is turned on? Do you know these aren’t just […]
January 29, 2016
Via: HITECH AnswersLast year, the Administration and Congress took two extraordinary steps to put patients at the center of how we pay for care and support physicians. First, the Administration set a goal that 30 percent in 2016 and 50 percent in […]
July 16, 2015
Via: EmrAndHipaaWhile electronic health records (EHRs) have been in existence since the late 1960s, it wasn’t until almost 30 years later that the Institute of Medicine (IOM) concluded that healthcare would be safer with computerized physician order entry, estimating that […]
July 10, 2015
Via: emrandehrnews.comHealth data security and patient engagement are top priorities for the nation’s hospitals, according to results of the 17th annual HealthCare’s Most Wired™ Survey, released today by the American Hospital Association’s Health Forum and the College of Healthcare Information […]
May 8, 2015
Via: emrandehrnews.comSometimes things are so ill-advised, in hindsight, that you wonder what people were thinking. That includes HHS’ willingness to give out $30 billion to date in Meaningful Use incentives without demanding that vendors offer some kind of interoperability. A staggering […]
May 4, 2015
Via: EHR & EMR - http://www.emrandehr.com/feed/Early warning systems–such as the popular Modified Early Warning System (MEWS) used in many hospitals–form one of the first waves in the ocean of analytics we need to wash over our health care system. Eventually, health care will elegantly integrate […]
April 17, 2015
Via: EHR & EMR - http://www.emrthoughts.com/feed/To earn a 2015 incentive payment and avoid a 2016 payment adjustment, first-time participants should: Begin their 90-day reporting period no later than April 1, 2015 and attest by July 1, 2015 Eligible hospitals that miss this deadline can still […]