A new study in the Journal of the American Heart Association found there was not an association between a hospital's degree of EHR implementation and improved quality of care and outcomes for heart failure patients.
A new report from KLAS found Epic and Cerner held a lead over other vendors in the space, claiming 25.8 percent and 24.6 percent of the market respectively.
Which physician specialty types are more likely to use EHRs? The 2015 National Electronic Health Records Survey has the answer.
If the the LeadingAge Center for Aging Services Technologies (CAST) EHR Adoption Model recalls the HIMSS Analytics EMRAM scale, it's not a coincidence.
That number may be a tad misleading, however, because possession of an EHR system means the hospital has a signed contract with a vendor. It doesn't mean the system is in place.
Physicians are not only becoming more proficient with EHRs, they are using their systems for more than just reference. That's the conclusion of a new Accenture survey of more than 2,600 doctors in Australia, Brazil, England, Norway, Singapore and the U.S.
A specialty drug is a class of prescription medications used to treat complex, chronic or rare medical conditions. Although this classification was originally intended to define the treatment of rare, also termed “orphan” diseases, affecting fewer than 200,000 people in the US, more recently, specialty drugs have emerged as the cornerstone of treatment for chronic and complex diseases such as cancer, autoimmune conditions, diabetes, hepatitis C, and HIV/AIDS.
Over the last few weeks, access to VA health care for veterans has been all over the news. At the same time, the DoD is moving to procure a replacement EHR system. So it seems there is no time like the present to review a recent RAND case study report entitled “Redirecting Innovation in U.S. […]
The National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NAMCS) conducted by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) is an annual nationally representative survey of patient visits to office-based physicians that collects information on use of electronic health record (EHR). The latest NCHS Data Brief from CDC shows improvement in overall adoption of EHR’s this past year, […]
Athenahealth eventually will come out with an inpatient electronic health record, but for now, the Watertown, Mass.-based health IT vendor is content with bringing a clinical integration and communication engine into hospitals. At last month’s Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) conference in Orlando, Fla., Athenahealth introduced AthenaCoordinator Enterprise, which the company described as […]
America can achieve widespread health information exchange by 2017, according to newly minted national health IT coordinator Dr. Karen DeSalvo. “We can do national healthcare exchange in three years,” DeSalvo said Thursday at the 2014 Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS ) conference in Orlando, Fla. Americans should be able to take for granted […]
Munck Wilson Mandala Partner Greg Howison shared his perspective on some of the legal ramifications around AI, IP, connected devices and the data they generate, in response to emailed questions.
I'm often asked if the use of EHRs diminish clinician-patient interactions in the exam room.At BIDMC, Jan Walker and Tom Delbanco have done focus groups with patients about technology. Generally, they found that patients will embrace technology t...
Payment Statistics for CMS EHR Incentives for Eligible Professionals The proof is in the pudding. The case of CMS EHR incentive programs continue to produce remarkable statistics that demonstrate that Health Information Technology is being adopted. The rate of EPs (eligible professionals) receiving Stage 1 Medicare incentives continues to accelerate. In May a total of […]
OK I’m going to seriously date myself here. My first heroes emerged from the flickering black and white images of 1950’s television. Roy Rogers, Sky King, and Davy Crockett made up that list. Later on I transitioned to Zorro and much later to Caine on Kung Fu. Television doesn’t do it for me anymore. In […]
