EHRs By Themselves Will Not Eliminate Paperwork
Paperwork in an EHR-enabled medical office Robert Rowley, MD Twitter: @RRowleyMD Electronic Health Records (EHR) systems come with the vision of eliminating paper in a…
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Strengthening Your HIPAA Business Associate Chain
You aren’t alone in protecting patient data Electronic data has created the opportunity to lose thousands of patient records in just a few seconds. Enforcement…
Bipartisan Policy Center to Hold Discussion on Patient Safety in Health IT
Tom Daschle to Lead Health IT Safety Policy Discussion The Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) is a non-profit founded in 2007 by former Senate Majority Leaders…
Alert Fatigue and Overdependence: Two Sides of the Same EHR Coin
Impact of EHR Alerts Amanda Guerrero Twitter:Â @meanusenetwork Electronic health record software promises enhancements in clinical and organizational outcomes. Yet, anyone who has implemented an EHR…
Health IT Business News Recap – February 10, 2013
This Week’s Health IT Business News The health IT industry’s biggest event is less than a month away. The HIMSSÂ Annual Conference & Exhibition will be…
CMS to Integrate Children’s EHR Format Into Future ONC Certification Criteria
New children’s electronic health record format announced The benefits of electronic health records (EHRs) may become more widely available to children through an EHR format…
New Brief Looks at Case Studies in Telehealth Adoption
Scaling Telehealth Programs: Lessons from Early Adopters The Commonwealth Fund is a non-profit organization established in 1918 to promote a high-performing health care system that…
Getting Pay-For-Performance Right
By Dr. Ashish K. Jha @ashishkjha Over the past decade, there has been yet another debate about whether pay-for-performance, the notion that the amount you…
ONC Asks for Input on Interoperability Testing Scenerio
First Draft of ONC Test Scenario Open for Comment On September 4, 2012 the ONC issued the Health Information Technology: Standards, Implementation Specifications, and Certification…