By Lisa Eramo – EHRs were a hot topic at the annual AHIMA’s conference. Sessions addressed ways health information management professionals working in physician practices and hospitals can help mitigate risk, engage patients, and develop best practices.
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By John Halamka MD – I recently participated in a nationwide (not the United States) healthcare IT planning effort and one recommendation was universal availability of patient portals. Several reviewers commented that patient portal is a loaded term.
By Andy Bindman MD – The concept of using evidence to improve the quality and value of health care is not new. But evolving features of the U.S. health care system make the potential of a continuously learning health system now more achievable than ever.
By Andrew Gettinger MD & Marcy Opstal – With the rapid adoption of certified EHRs and health IT tools, the ONC has been working to help address concerns about the safe use of these tools.
By Robert Rowley MD – A recently published study in JAMA Internal Medicine showed that clinical depression is poorly diagnosed and often goes untreated. 46,000 Americans screened for depression found that 8.4% of those interviewed had depression.
By Matt Fisher – Healthcare is often subject to many jokes about the utilization of outdated technology. The old-fashioned pager, or a beeper, is the hallmark example that is most often cited.
By Abhinav Shashank – Since 1966, Americans have received more Nobel Prizes in Medicine than rest of the world combined with astonishing advancement in medical treatments, but how much of it reflected on ground level is still a troublesome figure.
By John Halamka MD – Over the past few months, I’ve been in England, China, Denmark, New Zealand, and Canada. Each of them is rethinking their healthcare IT strategy and is not entirely satisfied with past progress.
By Susan Cruz – In today’s disruptive healthcare environment, we’re hearing of all sorts of new initiatives that aim to provide the best and most affordable healthcare to patients. Everything from MACRA, to Meaningful Use, to interoperability.