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EHR Adoption Rate Slows, With Physicians Facing Big Hurdles For Meeting Stage 2, Survey Finds
The pace of adoption of electronic health-record systems has begun to slow, and the physicians who have adopted systems have a long way to go to meet the government's Stage 2 criteria for meaningful use of the technology, according to an authoritative survey of practices by the National Center for Health Statistics at HHS. Read More »
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EHR Adoption Tripled Since 2010, Report Shows
Ongoing debate around EHR's cost savings potential hasn't kept hospitals from adopting the technology at a rapid rate, according to a new report co-authored by Mathematica Policy Research and Harvard School of Public Health. Read More »
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EHR Adverse Events Data Cause For Alarm
Software default values, though implemented for safety, are proving in many cases to be harmful for patients if not used properly Read More »
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EHR And The VA: Part I – History
One of the earliest EHR pioneers was the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). The VA started its shift from a paper-based to computer-based records system in the 1980s (ideas for it were discussed a decade earlier). Called the Decentralized Hospital Computer Program (DHCP), the system was designed to bring consistent, standardized patient data into a locally centralized repository. Read More »
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EHR And The VA: Part II – My HealtheVet
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), a pioneer in the widespread, successful deployment of EHR, offers veterans access to their personal health records. [...] Hailed as a useful resource by many, the system has had its problems; the most serious ones have been fixed. Read More »
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EHR Association Puts Forth vendor Code Of Conduct
Calling it a landmark move, the HIMSS EHR Association, a collaboration of more than 40 EHR companies, today released an EHR Developer Code of Conduct. Read More »
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EHR Backlash Takes Aim At Ineffective, Impersonal Care
When it comes to EHR adoption, the theoretical benefits are not in line with the reality of what’s occurring in the exam room, according to Michael Jones, MD. Read More »
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EHR backlash: What happens when your staff rebels?
There’s a problem brewing at Affinity Medical Center in Massillon, Ohio. The hospital is set to go live on its brand new Cerner EHR system this weekend, but the registered nurses are feeling undertrained, short staffed, and unprepared for the transition. [...] What should a provider do when the staff simply isn’t on board after months of preparing for EHR implementation? Read More »
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EHR Burdens Leave Docs Burned Out, in Critical Condition
The electronic medical records that came with a promise of improving care efficiency are instead forcing physicians to spend more face time with a computer screen than with their patients. An observational analysis and survey of 57 primary care and specialty physicians in four states that was detailed this week in Annals of Internal Medicine shows that for every hour a physician spends providing direct clinical face time with a patient, nearly two additional hours are spent on EHRs and administrative tasks...
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EHR Certification: An Ongoing Process For ONC’s Office Of Certification
Providers should be confident that when they buy and use a certified EHR, their product satisfies our requirements. That’s why we review any complaints we receive about these products and make sure they are addressed, even to the point of revoking certification when necessary. In fact, we recently revoked the certification of two such products. Read More »
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EHR Clinician Complaints: Is it all about you, or the patient?
An interesting article about electronic health record (EHR) systems and the continued resistance from some clinicians. According to this article by Paul Levy, "In many places, doctors and nurses resent having to enter data into the computer. They say that it interferes with their communication with the patient and takes up too much time." Read More »
EHR Contract Guide Will Help Docs Keep Data After Replacement
A new EHR contract negotiation guide will help providers avoid some of the lesser known pitfalls of EHR implementation, the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) says. With more and more providers replacing their EHRs [...] the guide is a timely reminder that meaningful use has created intense competition among developers, not just improved patient care. Read More »
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EHR Data 'Blocking' Hobbles HIT, Says ONC
Technology vendors, hospitals, and health systems restrict data access under the guise of security and confidentiality, but it can be challenging to identify and differentiate information-blocking from more benign impediments, says an ONC report.
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EHR Data Could Tailor Local Public Health Planning
Public health researchers in Indiana are trying to figure out if they can use data from a source that’s potentially hugely insightful but has typically been off-limits: electronic health records. Read More »
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EHR Defaults Cause Medication, Patient Safety Errors
The Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority’s newest analysis shows troubling news for providers who rely on basic EHR shortcuts such as automatically populated default fields. Read More »
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