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NewsYounger docs not necessarily more likely to embrace EHRs
While conventional wisdom holds that younger physicians might be more likely to adopt electronic health records, that's not necessarily the case, according to a recent study from Boston's Brigham and Read more...
EHRs show promise for detecting faults in implantable devices
Electronic patient registries can help medical device manufacturers track the safety of implantable devices and locate problematic units, according to new research on Massachusetts heart patients. Read more...
Drug side-effect reporting increases with electronic record use
While many doctors still aren't sold on the use of electronic records for patients, some holdouts may be swayed by the news of improved drug side-effect reporting due to EHR use. As covered by our Read more...
Survey: Those with EMRs more likely to report drug errors
We've heard, at least anecdotally, how EMRs make it so much easier for physicians to report on compliance with quality measures, so this news was probably inevitable: those with EMRs are more likely Read more...
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