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EMRs show promise in easing malpractice cost

August 9, 2007 — 6:59am ET
After years of hope and speculation, healthcare providers finally are seeing some evidence electronic medical records can ease the risk of malpractice suits and the burden of liability insurance... Read more...

SPOTLIGHT: How to succeed with EHRs

March 27, 2007 — 8:01pm ET


Not sure your physicians will buy in to your EHR rollout? It's a reasonable fear. After all, they may not feel ready for the changes EHRs will require them to make. But a physician leader who's been there--and achieved 100 percent adoption of a CPOE system--suggests that if executives take the right steps, they can virtually guarantee that their EHR implementation will succeed. Column

EHRs boost quality, costs at community clinics

January 18, 2007 — 8:01pm ET

Electronic health records (EHRs) certainly do help improve the quality of care at community health centers, but do not necessarily provide any financial benefits, a new study says. Writing in the January/February issue of Health Affairs, University of California, San Francisco, researchers Robert H. Miller and Chris West find that quality improvements from performance reports and point-of-care clinical reminders can be substantial, but of the six centers that participated in the …

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HHS seeks comments on model EHR anti-fraud standards

January 15, 2007 — 8:01pm ET

The Department of Health and Human Services is seeking public comments through Jan. 22--that's next Monday--on a draft set of standards to sniff out fraud in billing claims and reports produced by electronic health records. Among the recommendations presented by contractor RTI International, EHR users should keep a standardized audit to make it easy for government investigators to spot malfeasance. Needless to say, some privacy advocates are crying foul, but that's why there's a public comment period.

For details:
- see RTI's anti-fraud information page

ALSO NOTED: St. Luke's to continue care for heart patient; CIGNA shares drop on Q1 numbers; and much more...

May 3, 2006 — 8:00pm ET

> Officials at St. Luke's Episcopal in Houston said they will continue to provide care to a terminally ill heart patient. Pro-life groups had protested the hospital's decision to withhold treatment. Article

> University Hospitals Health System of Cleveland has changed names. The provider will be known as Case Medical Center. …

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The EMR in the patient-physician relationship

April 4, 2006 — 8:01pm ET

Electronic medical records act as a kind of third party in the doctor-patient relationship, a new report in the Annals of Family Medicine concludes. And that can either be a good thing or highly problematic depending on the role that technology plays. If EMR technology is integrated into physician work flow, benefits are tangible. On the other hand, in cases where doctors felt uncomfortable with the technology, a barrier to communication was created, leading to an efficiency trap. …

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ALSO NOTED: Study finds providers expect to have completed EHR implementation in 5 years; NHS denies woman Herceptin; and much

February 15, 2006 — 8:00pm ET

> Oracle said a company study found nearly 80 percent of healthcare providers expect to adopt an EHR. Most expect the process to be completed within 5 years. Article

> A British high court sided with the country's National Health Service, agreeing that a woman who wants the government to pay for the cancer drug Herceptin to treat her early stage breast cancer is not entitled to receive it. …

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Plans for EHR network in NYC

January 31, 2006 — 8:01pm ET

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced plans for a citywide electronic health records system (EHR) that would serve hospitals and clinics in the Big Apple. The network would provide records access to about 100 hospitals and clinics affiliated with the New York City Health and Hospitals Corp. Around 5 million patients pass through the system each year. The citywide records network, Bloomberg said, "will reduce preventable illness [and]... will save millions of dollars a year …

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ALSO NOTED: Chutes & Ladders: Chopra named Virginia tech czar;Interstudy profiles Minneapolis market; and much more...

December 19, 2005 — 8:00pm ET

> Chutes & Ladders: Virginia has named the Advisory Board's Aneesh Chopra as the state's new technology czar. Article

> Interstudy reports that the Minneapolis market remains a breed apart, with six integrated systems accounting for 82 percent of admissions. Release

> Perot Systems said it has signed a deal …

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HIT: Information in Practice

December 1, 2005 — 8:01pm ET

A new piece published in the British Medical Journal takes a long, cold look at a failed EMR implementation at one of Kaiser Permanente's Hawaii hospitals. The qualitative study, which was partly conducted by Kaiser researchers, examines the attempt to install the Clinical Information System (CIS), an electronic medical record system co-developed by Kaiser and IBM in the 1990s. The failure of the Hawaii implementation came at a time when numerous Kaiser regions were going …

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