Electronic Health Records (EHR, EMR)
Electronic health records could help prevent pediatric misdiagnosis, according to a recent survey of 750 pediatricians across the country.
L.A. Care Health Plan, the nation’s largest public health plan, has approved $529,000 to support five Los Angeles County community clinics’ health information technology projects.
Staff at Open Door Family Medical Center in Ossining, N.Y., last month were preparing for a site visit to determine whether they would land a HIMSS Davies Community Health Organization (CHO) award this year.
Payers aren’t always in the loop when physicians and patients get together to map out a healthcare regimen. IBM is looking to the clouds to change that.
As I write this column in late August, Congress is on summer recess and Washington seems to be asleep in the hot afternoon sun. But appearances aren't what they seem. There is some exciting healthcare IT legislation brewing on Capitol Hill that just might make a spark come fall.
A little more than a year ago, iSOFT Chairman and CEO Gary Cohen was looking to transfer the Australian health information technology company's booming international business to American healthcare providers looking for an economical way to adopt electronic medical records. Now Cohen, who co-founded the company with his brother Brian, is out of a job.
First there was Yale-New Haven Hospital, the 944-bed primary teaching hospital for the Yale School of Medicine. There is also the children’s hospital and the psychiatric hospital. Most recently, the health system added the Smilow Cancer Hospital at Yale-New Haven, a $467 million, 14-story paragon of patient care and safety, of environmental virtue – and of information technology.
Certification of electronic health records is the last piece of the government's healthcare information technology puzzle that needs to be put in place - and it can’t come soon enough.
The Personal Health Record (PHR) market is fraught with challenges.
Americans report they would use their cell or smartphone to track their personal health information and some would even pay for a device that would send this information to their doctor, according to a survey by PricewaterhouseCoopers' Health Research Institute.