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Electronic prescribing allows physicians to monitor their patients medication use in detail, and although this may require more time, a new study of asthma patients finds it can have a significant payoff.
The nation's employers can expect a 9 percent jump in medical costs in 2011, according to a new report from PricewaterhouseCoopers, which details the reasons for the anticipated hike and highlights the possibility for savings over the long term - including the increasing use of electronic health records.
The "tiger team" created to resolve thorny privacy and security issues associated with sharing patients' health records wasted no time before tackling a difficult issue at the team's first public meeting.
DOD to exchange health data electronically with VA Portsmouth Medical Center and Bon Secours Health System.
Tragedy struck a critical access hospital in Maine, when a medical overdose killed a man earlier this month. Hospital officials are reportedly calling the death a result of human error, and a spokesman for the hospital says it is difficult to say whether or not having an electronic health records system in place would have prevented this from happening.
Leadership and execution are key to the success of the Allscripts-Eclipsys merger, according to Allscripts customers, who say the merger presents both challenges and opportunities.
A recent study out of Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston has shown that using bar code technology, in conjunction with electronic medication administration record (eMAR), substantially reduces transcription and medication administration errors as well as related potential drug-related adverse events.
A healthcare price-comparison startup started by the founder of RelayHealth and the co-founder of athenahealth has raised $60 milllion in funding, including an investment from the Cleveland Clinic.
Catholic Health Initiatives, a Denver-based healthcare system, will hire more than 200 high-tech workers to help roll out its new clinical system across the country.
HHS forms 'tiger team' to tackle how to protect privacy of health records across multiple network hand-offs.