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Care quality 'significantly worse' when docs dictate notes by phone
How a physician documents patient encounters in an electronic health records system can affect the quality of care his or her patients receive, according to a new study.
Overabundance of medication alerts too detailed to help busy docs
Too many medication alerts exist in electronic health records, and often times those alerts contain warnings that are too detailed to help busy clinicians, according to a new study by Indianapolis'
Scientific proof of health IT benefits lacking: So what?
As evidenced by the not-very-pretty online tit-for-tat between researchers who say there's evidence that electronic health records systems will increase costs and the National Coordinator for Health
Educator: Nurses harder to train on EMR systems than clinicians
In a recent interview with RNCentral.com, Marcus Pantalion, a Senior Analyst/Implementation educator at Houston-based Memorial Hermann Healthcare who teaches providers how to use electronic medical
EHRs should include patient-reported data
Electronic health records would be more useful if they contained self-reported data from patients, according to a new analysis published in the March issue of Health Affairs. EHRs should include
Study: Hospitals using 'advanced' EMRs see substantial benefits
The more advanced a hospital's electronic medical records system, the greater the benefit to the hospital, according to a survey of 33 hospitals that have achieved stages 6 and 7 of the EMR adoption
Electronic tools can help reduce radiation risks from medical imaging
Electronic tools that track the details of medical imaging procedures and clinical decision support tools integrated with a computerized physician order entry system can reduce the risk of radiation,
IT 'super users' ease hospital culture change
The employment or internal training of IT "super users"--individuals who are ahead of the curve when it comes to technology use--is becoming a common practice at hospitals looking to change their IT
Texas Health Care's Dr. James Parker: Physicians need to 'shepherd' Meaningful Use
Dr. James Parker, an internist at the multi-specialty physician group practice Texas Health Care, is not a chief medical information officer, although he certainly performs the duties of one. In
AHRQ releases online EHR troubleshooting guide
Concerned that your hospital or health care organization may run into issues when implementing and operating an electronic health record system? The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
