Yes, EMRs can actually work for physicians
If we give physicians more control over their workflows and genuine solutions to the growing deluge of clinical data, we’ll also be giving them more reasons to fully engage with EMR technology.
Report: Apple in discussions with VA to provide veterans access to medical records
The tech giant would provide engineering support to the VA and develop certain software tools that enable veterans to transfer their medical records to iPhones, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal.
With the Rise of AI, What IP Disputes in Healthcare Are Likely to Emerge?
Munck Wilson Mandala Partner Greg Howison shared his perspective on some of the legal ramifications around AI, IP, connected devices and the data they generate, in response to emailed questions.
Where does text in EHR progress notes come from?
A new study from researchers at UCSF analyzes whether the majority of text in an EHR progress note is manually entered, copied or imported by clinicians.
Netsmart acquires long-term care EMR vendor HealthMEDX (updated)
Ozark, Missouri-based HealthMEDX serves retirement communities, assisted-living and independent-living facilities, skilled nursing centers and home care providers.
Athenahealth’s Jonathan Bush: If I were a hospital CIO…
In an in-person interview with MedCity News, Jonathan Bush discusses what he would want from electronic health records companies if he were a hospital CIO and his vision of the future of EHRs.
In the face of medical identity theft, what can healthcare facilities do to protect health data?
One of the toughest tasks in any medical care environment is protecting patient data while ensuring clinicians access to that data in performing their job.
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A Personalized Approach to Medication Nonadherence
At the Abarca Forward conference earlier this year, George Van Antwerp, managing director at Deloitte, discussed how social determinants of health and a personalized member experience can improve medication adherence and health outcomes.
Electronic records didn’t eliminate medical errors, they just created some new ones
As ER doctors and nurses grapple with the transition to digitalized record systems, they seem to happen more frequently.
Epic EMR helped doc discover extent of Flint water crisis
With the help of the Epic Systems EMR at Hurley Medical Center in Flint, Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha discovered that children had far higher lead levels in their blood a year after Flint switched its water supply than a similar group did a year before the change.
Do EMRs not work for surgeons, or is this doc a Luddite?
It wasn't the story itself or anything about healthfinch that was controversial, though. It was more about the idea of electronic medical records in the first place.
With new cash, healthfinch looks to automate more EMR processes
As the year began, healthfinch announced that it had closed a $7.5 million Series A round of venture capital, led by Adams Street Partners.
Maximize Revenue and Patient Care with Strategic Weight Loss Management
We will highlight Build My Health's revenue practice management tools, which could help physician practices add up to $250,000 to their practices.
2016 predictions in health IT: Population health and the healthcare CIO are redefined
And no, Watson, will not replace clinicians.
The growth of medical scribes and what it means for healthcare
Their numbers will reach 100,000 by 2020,
NorthShore customizes Epic EMR to address deficiencies for neurology
NorthShore built structured clinical decision support toolkits into the Epic EMR to capture discrete data for 10 specific neurological disorders. The next step is to build a neurology research network among like-minded health systems.
athenahealth, ZDoggMD fight bad EHR design
Monday, athenahealth, with the help of Dr. Zubin Damania's rapping alter-ego, ZDoggMD, launched "Let Doctors Be Doctors," which is part platform for doctors to demand better EHRs and, let's face it, part athenahealth marketing campaign.
Morning Read: EMR vendor grades are in (it doesn’t look good)
Also, the Mylan-Perrigo hostile takeover is underway, Medtronic gets an FDA approval and new population health innovations are popping up throughout the country.