EHRs are a key part of ACOs [VIDEO]
Accountable care organizations are a major part of the future of healthcare.
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Is EHR and wearable technology integration around the corner?
Mobile and wearable technology may cause the EHR industry to become disrupted again.
Study uses EHR program and targeted alert system to reduce UTIs
Researchers found that using EHRs and a targeted automatic alert system can reduce urinary tract infections.
Activity levels predict reaction to orthopedic treatments [VIDEO]
As an orthopedic doctor, you know how difficult it can sometimes be to determine how a patient will respond to treatment.
MGH physicians create program based on EHR information
Michael Zalis, M.D., radiologist, and Mitch Harris, Ph.D., chief architect and chief technology officer, created a program called the Queriable Patient Interface Dossier, which analyzes EHR information to provide predictive analytics, patient risk score and data insights.
Installed EHR benefits apparent when Web-based program has outage
What happens when Web-based EHR systems or networks go down?
Improvements in EHR security start with users and IT departments
After a data breach resulted in the copying of 4.5 million patients’ data, health care providers should assess their security measures in regard to electronic health records.
2 ACL reconstruction studies examine reinjury
Two studies recently presented by researchers at the Annual Meeting of the American Orthopaedic Society of Sports Medicine examined ACL injuries.
Interoperability between EHRs needs improvement
The lack of EHR system interoperability is causing investigations into the matter and plans to be created.
Study investigates opioid use among orthopedic surgery patients
A recent study sought to determine the effects of multiple postoperative narcotic providers on the number of narcotic prescriptions, duration of narcotics and morphine equivalent dose per day in the orthopedic trauma population.
EHR adoption and patient satisfaction on the rise [VIDEO]
EHR adoption is on the rise, and in some states almost all primary care providers have brought an EHR system into their practice.
Arthrex And Exscribe Partner To Provide Surgeons With Clinical Outcomes
Exscribe is teaming up with Arthrex’s Surgical Outcomes System (SOS), a global registry, cloud-based and tablet-friendly orthopaedic clinical outcomes collection tool to add to its EHR. Surgeons can easily and inexpensively quantify patient outcomes and procedures to address the demands of evidence-based medicine.
Why patients should not fear EHRs
A study found that 13 percent of survey respondents reported that they withheld information from their provider due to privacy and security concerns, but this fear is unfounded in facts.
2 ONC studies show EHR use growth, concerns over meaningful use
Two studies were recently published in the journal Health Affairs and conducted by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology that detailed the increased use of EHRs.
Data shows e-prescribing is on the rise [VIDEO]
If your practice still hasn’t adopted an electronic health records system, you’re missing out on many helpful features that other providers are already using to their advantage.
Study finds benefits of EHR implementation in NYC jails
A recent study conducted by the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene’s Bureau of Correctional Health Services and published in the Health and Human Rights Journal examined the use of electronic health records in New York City jails.
Hospitals that do not attest to stage 2 may see reduced Medicare payments
A University of Michigan study published online in the journal Health Affairs found that the hospitals that do not meet the federally mandated EHR deadline could face millions of dollars in reduced Medicare payments between now and early 2015.
Encourage patients to ask questions about EHRs [VIDEO]
Getting used to new technology can be difficult for anyone – and this includes healthcare providers and their patients.