Molly Merrill, Healthcare IT News
“Although few U.S. hospitals have a comprehensive electronic health records system in place, many have parts of an EHR – which could help spur adoption faster than data may suggest, says a New England Journal of Medicine article.
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Eben Harrell, Time
“The Frederiksberg University Hospital in Copenhagen looks like any other hospital in the developed world, except for one notable absence: there are no clipboards. Instead, doctors and nurses carry wireless handheld computers to call up the medical records of each patient, including their prescription history and drug allergies.
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ICTZorg
“De Belgische privacycommissie brengt een “ongunstig” advies uit over plannen van de Vlaamse regering om een kruispuntbank van medische gegevens op te richten, het zogenaamde eHealth-platform.
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“The enhancements in medical areas like anaesthesia, surgery and hospital management have made possible the assimilation of patients and more complex processes in the Ambulatory Major Surgery (AMS) field.
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John, EMR (EHR) and HIPAA
“Just sitting back and taking a look at the current EHR and EMR market, I have a strong feeling that we’re going to see a number of EHR vendors close up shop.
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ehrsteve, EHR Blog
“PHR, EHR, EMR , can all make HIT a bit confusing PDQ (Pretty Darn Quick). Certainly everyone agrees what the letters in the three acronyms stand for – Personal Health Record, Electronic Health Record, and Electronic Medical Record. Yet the terms are often misunderstood and misused – even within the industry.
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“Medical device interoperability and standardization is a hot topic, and with the efforts surrounding adoption of the 11073 standard, IHE and patient care device frameworks, and the drive towards implementing electronic medical records, the field has become essential to the future of the healthcare industry.
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Joseph Goedert, Health Data Management
“The Federal Trade Commission has issued a proposed rule that would require personal health records vendors and related entities to notify consumers when their identifiable health information has been breached.
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Anthony Spangler, Star-Telegram
“Some patients of the JPS Health Network have duplicate medical records, paperwork for some is missing, and others have procedures unnecessarily repeated at urgent-care centers or the emergency room because clinic paperwork is unavailable.
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MedInformaticsMD, Health Care Renewal
“As I have written many times, health IT can achieve many of its touted benefits, but only if done well. “Done well” is not as easy at it might seem in the complex world of healthcare.
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Eric Wicklund, Healthcare IT News
“A new study says hospitals’ efforts to implement “meaningful” EHR systems will be affected more by the federal funding they may lose than what they may receive.
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Heather Hayes, Government Health IT
“The Georgia Department of Human Resources’ Division of Public Health (DPH) said it will rely on MyHealthVillage.com, a Web portal from New Jersey-based Longitude Health, Inc., to promote heart health
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ehrsteve, EHR Blog
“As the old saying goes – “Fail to Plan – Plan to Fail”. With the numbers of small physician practices adopting EHRs slowly increasing – Health IT experts agree that the biggest roadblock to a successful Electronic Health Record implementation is still not setting clear goals.
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PRNewswire
“The new Children’s Hospital is a technologically advanced campus and one of the first pediatric hospitals in the nation built from the ground up to support an electronic health record.
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Bernie Monegain, Healthcare IT News
“The Sharp Community Medical Group has gone live with its electronic health record system, called SCMG CONNECT.
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EHRTV
The disadvantage of modern media is that they take time to process.
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EHRScope
“A patient walks into your office, even for the first time, and instead of being handed reams of forms to fill out – your receptionist glances at her computer, smiles and says “Hello Mr. Jones, the doctor will be right with you…”
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e-Health Europe
“Implementing electronic medical records has become the top priority for senior healthcare information professionals, a major US survey has shown.
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Fred Trotter
“NextGov has an article that implies that the VA and DOD should compile MUMPS code to Java code.
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eHealthNews.EU
“CompuGROUP Holding AG, the e-health service company with the broadest reach among service providers world-wide, is now supporting the integrated treatment of patients suffering from Type 2 diabetes mellitus through its subsidiary GIV.
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