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Physician Feedback Key to EHR Usability Improvements
In order to improve physician EHR use, health IT developers need to take into consideration the needs of end users and practice managers. New research shows that developers can improve EHR usability when they collect user feedback periodically. According to a research team led by Anne Press, MD, this user feedback is important when integrating new specialty functions into an EHR...
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Physician Outcry On EHR Functionality, Cost Will Shake The Health Information Technology Sector
Despite the government’s bribe of nearly $27 billion to digitize patient records, nearly 70% of physicians say electronic health record (EHR) systems have not been worth it. It’s a sobering statistic backed by newly released data from marketing and research firm MPI Group and Medical Economics that suggest nearly two-thirds of doctors would not purchase their current EHR system again because of poor functionality and high costs. Read More »
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Physician Ratings & Reviews: Doctors Distrust Them And Patients Ignore Them
The many and various “doctor review” sites seem to be as popular as the flu bug floating around the office. Doctors don’t like them and patients don’t use them, according to two recent surveys. Read More »
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Physicians Air EHR Frustrations
[...] Clearly, some docs are having trouble with meaningful use. Indeed, as William S Underwood, senior associate at the American College of Physicians, noted in an education session Tuesday at HIMSS13, there's been a 15 percent increase in reports that practices are "very dissatisfied" with their EHRs since 2010. Read More »
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Physicians aren’t connecting much to one another’s EHRs
A report says few doctors are exchanging patient information electronically in any meaningful way, despite believing it’s important to have that capability. Read More »
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Physicians Cut Costs By Rejecting Insurance
Rising healthcare costs have been the focus of healthcare reform for quite some time. However, recently several physicians have began rejecting insurance, opting instead for cash based practices in what is heralded as a successful means of decreasing the cost of care. Read More »
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Physicians Eager but Unprepared to Meet Meaningful Use Requirements
Although roughly half of physicians in a recent survey said they planned to apply to the Meaningful Use incentive program in 2011, few would have qualified for payments because their electronic health record systems would not have met enough of the Stage 1 core requirements, according to a study published this week in Health Affairs. Read More »
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Physicians Key To Blue Button Initiative Enrollment
Experts stress physicians’ attitude toward Blue Button, which has the ability aid in making more informed healthcare decision, will determine its future Read More »
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Physicians Spooked By Failure Stories—EHR Adoption Suffers
Evan Steele, CEO of EHR company SRSsoft discuss how physicians are spooked by EHR failure stories causing long-term EHR adoption rates to suffer. Read More »
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Physicians: EHR Costs Outweigh Financial Benefits
Electronic health record provider athenahealth's recently published Physician Sentiment Index report finds that although most physicians believe EHRs can improve outcomes, more than half also say that the cost of such tools outweighs their benefit. Read More »
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Physicians’ Growing Use Of The Internet: Where Trust And Value Drive Information Search
This is the fifth and final post of my thinking about physicians seeking health information in the context of current health care dynamics and prospects for health reform on behalf of Elsevier and their launch of the ClinicalKey Experience tour.
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Pikeville Medical Center Selects OpenVista Healthcare IT Platform
Medsphere Systems Corporation,..today announced that Pikeville Medical Center (PMC) has selected the OpenVista® electronic health record (EHR) system for implementation. The 261-bed regional referral center and its clinics will utilize OpenVista's flexibility and comprehensive clinical support, as well as Medsphere’s rapid implementation process, to affordably manage care and realize technology objectives. As a member of the Mayo Clinic Care Network, PMC patients have access to Mayo Clinic expertise without having to travel to an actual Mayo facility.
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Pilot Aims To Add Transparency To Exchange Of PHI
A pilot program at the University of Texas at Austin is looking at how to enable patient tracking of who requests and receives their protected health information (PHI), according to a Health Data Management article. Read More »
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Pilot Aims To Give Patients' Records Via HIE
Maine may become the first state in the country to offer residents access to their personal health records via a health information exchange. Read More »
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Pilots Complain That Glare From The World’s Biggest Solar Power Plant Is Blinding Them
Airplane pilots reported that they were blinded by the intense sunlight reflecting off some of the 340,000 mirrors at the Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System on the California-Nevada border. Yet six months elapsed before their reports reached the regulator that oversees the plant, which is located near the Las Vegas airport.
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