The adoption rates of electronic health record systems has been steadily climbing ever since the first stage of meaningful use was incentivized by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
Obesity has been identified as a contributing factor for dozens of other serious health conditions.
As electronic health record systems become more entrenched in the health care industry, the question of data security looms larger as well.
Electronic health record systems seem like the perfect foundation for big data analytical strategies.
The stages of meaningful use have place enormous strains on health care organizations across the country, but recent developments may afford them some leeway in the form of attestation periods.
With meaningful use fully in the attestation period for stage 2, health care professionals are getting an early look at how comprehensive use of the technology can affect diagnoses and treatments.
Attesting to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ requirements for meaningful use is a process that begins years in advance.
Exscribe CEO Ranjan Sachdev, MD, MBA, CHC will be an educational speaker at the 2014 AAOE Annual Conference to be held May 31 – June 3 in Washington DC.
Electronic health record system’s true value rests not in their ability to act as repositories for great amounts of patient data, but rather the opportunity they present to physicians who can use that data in innovative ways.
Though medical science relies on new research that illuminates more accurate and effective ways to treat all manner of conditions, even physicians are liable to make assumptions about the best treatments available.
When the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services began the meaningful use program almost half a decade ago, the hope was that industry-wide adoption and implementation of electronic health record systems would result in a transformed health care landscape.
According to a recent study by The Commonwealth Fund, the use of electronic health records at federally funded health centers has increased tremendously over the last five years, growing by 133 percent.
Orthopedic surgeons at Southampton General Hospital in Southampton, England, have performed the first hip surgery using a 3-D hip printed with titanium and a graft with bone stem cells.
A recent peer-reviewed study published in the journal Telemedicine and e-Health reported that among veterans with chronic neurological disorders living in remote rural locations, telehealth could be key to follow-up care.
The day after the Certification Workshop, a public hearing held to gather feedback on the EHR meaningful use certification program, recommendations have been made that could result in huge changes to the program.
Electronic health records are more than just a sign of the times changing and technology following suit: EHRs could be key in improving patient care, especially in emergency situations, according to a recent study published in Health Affairs.
Modern Healthcare has reported that a work group assembled by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology’s Health IT Policy Committee expects to release recommendations in June regarding how to include behavioral health providers in the industry wide implementation of electronic health records without compromising patient data protected under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.
The implementation of meaningful use stage 2 at hospitals got off to a rough start, but a couple of hospitals have attested to meeting the requirements of the federal electronic health record incentive program.