Electronic Health Records (EHR, EMR)
A new electronic health record (EHR) safety reporting system that will allow healthcare providers to report issues related to the implementation and use of EHRs was launched Monday by not-for-profit iHealth Alliance.
An electronic health record system plays a role in tracking patients admitted with signs of heart attack, according to a new study by the Minneapolis Health Institute. The study also points to the importance of preventive medications.
The healthcare sector is among the top three industries seeing the heaviest adoption of the iPad for business use, according to data from Good Technology, a Redwood City-based provider of multiplatform enterprise mobility.
Healthcare providers can never get enough advice about how to implement EHRs. Maine's regional extension center held a forum for healthcare providers last week and one physician, who has been practicing in a paperless environment for the last five years, gave excellent guidance. Take heed.
A new report from the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) offers recommendations for reducing or eliminating "tensions" between healthcare IT vendors and their customers – specifically with regard to indemnity and error management.
With the goal of bringing data, documents and guidelines on meeting and exceeding meaningful use into one location, HIMSS has made available a new CPOE Wiki.
West Hertfordshire NHS Trust hopes its latest IT upgrade will allow staff to view aggregate patient data in a single portal.
Microsoft has announced a new suite of apps in the Windows Phone 7 marketplace. There are more than 50 applications listed in the health and fitness section of the marketplace.
Maine's culture is to "get things done" - and when it comes to improving the quality of care through IT, the state has positioned itself well, said its director of the Office of the State Coordinator for HIT, James Leonard at a regional extension center (REC) educational forum this week.
There is about a 50 percent failure rate for electronic medical record implementations, and most of those failures stem from poor planning and preparation, said a family physician who spoke at a regional extension center (REC) forum held for providers in Maine.