Exclusive Article at EMRIndustry.com By Donald M. Voltz, MD, Aultman Hospital, Department of Anesthesiology, Medical Director of the Main Operating Room...
Tag - Electronic Health Records (EHRs)
As we’ve been saying this for the past couple of years, the annual meetings of the Healthcare Information Management and Systems Society (HIMSS) keep getting...
(SACRAMENTO, Calif.) — UC Davis researchers have found that routine information — blood pressure, respiratory rate, temperature and white blood cell count —...
ORLANDO — Robert Wah, MD, is like the Thomas Jefferson of health information technology for physicians. He served as the first deputy national...
Iatric Systems and Welch Allyn partnership will automate the capture of medical device data to reduce errors and improve patient safety. Boxford, Mass. –...
Boxford, Mass. – Iatric Systems, a comprehensive healthcare IT integration company, and Welch Allyn, a leading medical diagnostic device company that delivers...
Electronic health records (EHRs) hold the promise to improve primary health care for millions of patients. However, enhancing current EHR functionality is...
by Mary Govoni, CDA, RDA, RDH, MBA Most of us know that health-care providers must implement electronic health records (EHRs) this year in order to continue...
Stage 2 Meaningful Use requires providers to use clinical decision support, but most hospitals and practices aren’t even doing the bare minimum to obtain...
The EU-funded MyHealthAvatar project is currently trialing a digital representation of personal health status, designed as a lifetime companion (Avatar). Your...
EHR adoption has had unintended consequences, both good and bad, on who does what in hospitals by John Nelson, MD, MHM Dr. Nelson The accumulated wisdom...
The healthcare system is moving away from fee-for-service models that reward fragmented care toward fee-for-value models that reward a more holistic continuum...
Visual displays and self-service solutions enable clinicians to better track patients and improve communication. Many hospitals are currently using digital...