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� 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

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