Recently on EMRs/EHRs
- » Brief: Medical practice managers seek EHR penalty moratorium in 2015 - Sept. 2, 2013
- » Brief: Survey: EHRs boost quality but don’t cut costs - Aug. 26, 2013
- » Nationwide health information exchange network is expanding - Aug. 26, 2013
- » Patient access to physician EHRs helps build loyalty - Aug. 20, 2013
- » Brief: Health IT identifies high-risk patients to cut readmissions - Aug. 19, 2013
- » Brief: HHS health IT chief to step down - Aug. 19, 2013
- » Column: How physicians can ensure context in the medical record - Aug. 19, 2013
- » Brief: More hospitals sharing electronic health data than in 2008 - Aug. 19, 2013
- » Defense, VA hit by health IT cost overruns - Aug. 19, 2013
- » Brief: Electronic health tool aims to improve personalized care - Aug. 12, 2013
- » EHR transition causes its own headaches - Aug. 5, 2013
- » Doctors, hospitals unite to improve meaningful use stage 2 - Aug. 5, 2013
- » Column: Doctors should consider nurse, staff workflow when picking EHR - July 29, 2013
- » Health IT projects stalled by staffing shortages - July 29, 2013
- » Better patient safety is goal of confidential EHR error reports - July 24, 2013
- » Brief: Program studies ways to see who accesses EHR data - July 22, 2013
- » Is health IT reaching a plateau? - July 22, 2013
- » Health information exchanges gain newfound doctor interest - July 1, 2013
- » News Guidance offered on effective EHR use - July 1, 2013
- » Doctor safe harbor on free hospital EHRs nears expiration - June 24, 2013
- » Project tallies lifetime radiation from health scans - June 24, 2013
- » Physician EHRs: Make patient data work for you - June 24, 2013
- » House bill would stop EHR penalties for more medical practices - June 17, 2013
- » Column: How a doctor perceives uncertainty guides attitude to EHR - June 17, 2013
- » Physician demand driving more EHRs to go mobile - June 17, 2013
- » Letter: Fatal EHR flaw — little thought given to physician users - June 10, 2013
- » Brief: EHRs seen as vital to strategy for medication compliance - June 10, 2013
- » Brief: EHR adoption rate exceeds HHS expectations - June 3, 2013
- » Doctors find gift of health IT comes with a dose of reality - June 3, 2013
- » Brief: North America expected to lead health IT market growth - May 27, 2013
- » Column: Backup plans for EHR failures need regular testing - May 27, 2013
- » Physicians see potential of EHRs despite early dissatisfaction - May 27, 2013
- » Physicians sound an urgent call to retool stage 2 EHR program - May 27, 2013
- » Paper-only prescribers become a vanishing breed - May 21, 2013
- » Connected Coverage: Medicare's payment carrots turn to sticks - May 20, 2013
- » Column: Mobile a likely key to more patient portal use - May 20, 2013
- » Brief: EHR meaningful use success rate reaches nearly 50% - May 13, 2013
- » 2 EHRs decertified for meaningful use eligibility - May 13, 2013
- » CMS: Do EHRs lead to upcoding? - May 13, 2013
- » Column: Health data sharing needs an overhaul - May 13, 2013
- » IT safety risk protocols to guide physicians - May 6, 2013
- » Doctors strike back at EHR vendor with class-action suit - May 6, 2013
- » Medical practice action plan: Overcome regulation overload - May 6, 2013
- » Medicare incentives seen as crucial to coordinated EHRs - May 6, 2013
- » Letter: EHR vendors must find solutions to physicians’ usability concerns - April 29, 2013
- » Column: Work flow analysis critical after EHR purchase - April 29, 2013
- » CMS, in a switch, starts prepayment meaningful use audits - April 15, 2013
- » Brief: ONC launches state meaningful use challenge - April 15, 2013
- » Long-term-care facilities lagging in health IT adoption - April 9, 2013
- » Shopping for an EHR (the second time around) - April 8, 2013
- » EHR design flaws causing doctors to revert to paper - April 8, 2013
- » Brief: ONC seeks comments on health IT strategic plan - April 8, 2013
- » Brief: Billions in savings forecast for EHR-medical device interoperability - April 1, 2013
- » Is your EHR ready for the ADA? - April 1, 2013
- » Column: Vendor misconceptions hamper EHR usability - April 1, 2013
- » Shortage of health IT workers hits home with physicians - March 25, 2013
- » Health IT: Physicians are the easy part (HIMSS meeting) - March 25, 2013
- » Column: To meet EHR meaningful use, look to practice managers - March 25, 2013
- » Health IT’s economic benefits difficult for many doctors to see - March 19, 2013
- » Familiarity breeds doctor contempt with EHRs - March 18, 2013
- » Doctors willing to go only so far on patient EHR access - March 18, 2013
- » Brief: EHR vendor alliance seeks to advance health data exchange - March 18, 2013
- » Many dissatisfied physicians to switch EHR vendors - March 12, 2013
- » Some fear EHR meaningful use is too much, too soon for doctors - March 11, 2013
- » Connected Coverage: As EHR use grows, new patient safety risks identified - Feb. 25, 2013
- » Column: Health IT lags as facilitator in shared decision-making - Feb. 25, 2013
- » Ways EHRs can lead to unintended safety problems - Feb. 25, 2013
- » Column: Fast could lead to furious over EHR meaningful use - Feb. 18, 2013
- » Brief: EHRs not ready for quality reporting, hospital groups say - Feb. 18, 2013
- » Column: Focus required to manage patient populations for bonuses - Feb. 18, 2013
- » Do missing mental health notes undermine EHRs? - Feb. 11, 2013
- » EHRs: Where will your meaningful use bonus go? - Feb. 11, 2013
- » EHRs: “Sloppy and paste” endures despite patient safety risk - Feb. 4, 2013
- » Graphic designers re-imagine the patient portal - Feb. 4, 2013
- » Column: Make sure patient portals go beyond meaningful use - Jan. 28, 2013
- » Proposed meaningful use stage 3 criticized as hasty and too strict - Jan. 28, 2013
- » RAND points fingers after health IT predictions fizzle - Jan. 22, 2013
- » Physician EHRs emerge as hot advertising venue for drugs - Jan. 21, 2013
- » EHR-related errors soar but few harm patients - Jan. 14, 2013
- » Cloud-based EHRs create medical privacy risks - Jan. 14, 2013
- » Online patient portals: Unveiling the doctor's note - Dec. 31, 2012
- » Universal EHR to streamline care for active military and vets - Dec. 28, 2012
- » Doctors lean local in joining health information exchanges - Dec. 24, 2012
- » E-prescribing soars among doctors with EHRs - Dec. 18, 2012
- » Online portal leads patients back to doctors’ offices - Dec. 17, 2012
- » Letter: To make EHR use more effective, give patients their own screen - Dec. 17, 2012
- » Watchdog call for EHR bonus audits meets resistance - Dec. 10, 2012
- » EHR loan program targets practices in underserved areas - Dec. 4, 2012
- » Pediatricians: EHRs lacking in 5 main functions - Dec. 3, 2012
- » Some EHRs in danger of missing data connections - Nov. 28, 2012
- » U.S. primary care doctors making sizeable strides on health IT - Nov. 26, 2012
- » Column: 3-point plan protects medical practice technology in disasters - Nov. 26, 2012
- » EHR confidentiality tests teen trust - Nov. 20, 2012
- » Study identifies patients most willing to use personal health records - Nov. 12, 2012
- » Decisions doctors must make to avoid Medicare penalties - Nov. 12, 2012
- » Medicare finalizes physician pay for new care coordination benefit - Nov. 12, 2012
- » Biggest obstacles to stage 2 EHR bonuses revealed - Nov. 5, 2012
- » AMA wants to know if physicians are satisfied with their EHRs - Oct. 29, 2012
- » Column: Some early signs that your EHR is working as hoped - Oct. 29, 2012
- » Column: Stage 2 meaningful use success rests on 3 elements - Oct. 22, 2012
- » EHR standards sought to cut tech-induced errors - Oct. 15, 2012
- » User feedback is key to improving EHR systems - Oct. 10, 2012
- » EHR implementation: How common blunders can alienate your patients - Sept. 24, 2012
- » CDC health safety network promises more updated information - Sept. 24, 2012
- » Will meaningful use spur growth of patient portals? - Sept. 17, 2012
- » Column: Electronic audits can prevent, catch data breaches - Sept. 17, 2012
- » Pilot programs look to increase use of prescription drug monitoring databases - Sept. 12, 2012
- » EHR cost savings might depend on proximity to IT firms and talent - Sept. 5, 2012
- » More complex EHRs can result in declines of quality measures - Sept. 4, 2012
- » EHR standards get tougher under finalized meaningful use stage 2 - Sept. 3, 2012
- » Hospitals get revenue boost from meaningful use money - Aug. 29, 2012
- » Column: Managing lab tests when patients view results online - Aug. 27, 2012
- » Patients worried about medical records going digital - Aug. 20, 2012
- » Medical student training in EHRs found lacking - Aug. 13, 2012
- » E-prescribing up, but progress by states is uneven - Aug. 13, 2012
- » CMS starts auditing recipients of meaningful use bonuses - Aug. 13, 2012
- » Half of medical practice EHR shoppers not first-time buyers - Aug. 6, 2012
- » Do EHRs result in better care? Many physicians say yes - July 30, 2012
- » Column: New technology coming to boost preventive care - July 30, 2012
- » Cloud computing expected to grow rapidly in health care - July 23, 2012
- » Column: How to communicate well with a patient while working on an EHR - July 23, 2012
- » Regional center helps 1,100 health professionals achieve meaningful use - July 18, 2012
- » EHR use linked to fewer medical liability claims - July 16, 2012
- » Desktops still dominate at physician offices - July 16, 2012
- » Doctors' love-hate relationship with EHRs - July 10, 2012
- » Fear of EHRs being wrong leads doctors to code E&M services manually - July 9, 2012
- » New electronic billing standards causing payment woes - July 5, 2012
- » Column: How physicians should choose a health information exchange - July 2, 2012
- » Stage 2 meaningful use rules sharply criticized by physicians - June 20, 2012
- » Physicians aren’t connecting much to one another’s EHRs - June 19, 2012
- » Doctors’ EHR note-taking method affects quality of care - June 12, 2012
- » Discussion: Meaningful use’s stage 2: A recipe for failure - June 11, 2012
- » EHR certification lacking usability factor, doctors say - June 4, 2012
- » Connected Coverage: Getting the most out of EHRs - June 4, 2012
- » E-prescribing sign-up highest among small practices - May 28, 2012
- » GAO: Doctors should submit more data to get meaningful use money - May 17, 2012
- » EHR incentive payments improve bottom line of for-profit hospitals - May 16, 2012
- » Stage 2 meaningful use rules sharply criticized by physicians - May 14, 2012
- » Doctors' love-hate relationship with EHRs - May 7, 2012
- » Column: 3 steps to EHR training for new staff members - April 30, 2012
- » More physicians awarded meaningful use money - April 19, 2012
- » Search is on to cure EHR alert fatigue - April 16, 2012
- » Civil liberties group criticizes health information exchanges over privacy - April 10, 2012
- » Data breaches of small businesses, including doctor offices, on the rise - April 5, 2012
- » EHR adoption rates jump for solo practices - March 26, 2012
- » Column: The EHR: It’s about our patients, not technology - March 19, 2012
- » ICD-10 delay frees physicians to focus on other practice needs - March 19, 2012
- » Survey searches for definition of the engaged patient - March 19, 2012
- » U.S. leads many nations in health IT - March 12, 2012
- » Column: Practices can use EMRs to join more clinical trials - March 12, 2012
- » HHS seeks physician comments on meaningful use rules - March 8, 2012
- » Legal risks of going paperless - March 5, 2012
- » First look at the next stage of meaningful use - March 5, 2012
- » Discussion: Strike the right balance on essential health benefits - March 5, 2012
- » Column: Patients recognize quality and security benefits of EMRs - March 5, 2012
- » AT&T to operate AMA's online physician platform - Feb. 24, 2012
- » Are meaningful use bonuses enough to drive EMR adoption? - Feb. 22, 2012
- » CMS lays out how to appeal meaningful use decisions - Feb. 9, 2012
- » Discussion: Become an informed tech shopper - Feb. 6, 2012
- » Column: How your practice can get the most from tech support - Feb. 6, 2012
- » AMA offers online CME to help with health IT - Jan. 30, 2012
- » Patients as partners in health IT - Jan. 30, 2012
- » Column: Successful cloud-based EMR should include data rights in vendor's contract - Jan. 30, 2012
- » Small and midsize practices planning tablet computer buying spree - Jan. 16, 2012
- » Practices and hospitals differ over safety of cloud-based data - Jan. 11, 2012
- » Connected Coverage: A look back at the big stories of 2011 - Jan. 9, 2012