Clinical Decision Support news from FierceEMR
NewsStudy: EMRs with decision support improve patient monitoring, not outcomes
Electronic medical records linked with clinical decision support technology don't necessarily improve patient outcomes, a study recently published in the Archives of Internal Medicine finds. Read more...
Why users should treat EHRs like a GPS
Would the adoption of electronic health records be more widespread if users saw the systems more as decision support tools, similar to GPS systems? According to Quadramed CMO and VP Joe Bormel, Read more...
Unnecessary tests reduced by EMR alerts
Clinical-decision support reminders placed into electronic medical records (EMR) systems can stop physicians from ordering unnecessary treatments for hospitalized patients, according to researchers Read more...
Many ambulatory EMR users not ready for MU
More 80 percent of the nearly 600 ambulatory providers interviewed by KLAS who have purchased an electronic medical record (EMR) are confident they will qualify for Meaningful Use in 2011. However, Read more...
CMS makes final meaningful use tweaks
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has fixed a host of minor problems--from phone numbers to small, but important, wording mistakes--in its final rule explaining meaningful use Read more...
Less than 3 percent of children's hospitals have 'comprehensive' EHRs
Even as HIMSS Analytics was announcing this week that Children's Hospital Boston had received an award for achieving Stage 7--the highest level--on the HIMSS Analytics EMR Adoption Model, a Read more...
'Exceptionally complex' CPOE a key part of 'meaningful use'
Think EMR implementation is tough? Wait until you try computerized physician order entry--which just happens to be one of of the required measures of Stage 1 "meaningful use." "Given the importance Read more...
Next generation of EMRs may include personal genomics
As if putting medication histories and care plans into EMRs weren't causing enough consternation for doctors and nurses nationwide, wait until you hear what's coming down the pike. "The vision, as we Read more...
Deloitte: EMRs pricey, but necessary for patient-centered medical home
Though it may be pricey and encounter cultural resistance, an EMR and related health IT is a necessary investment for organizations wishing to follow the patient-centered medical home model, suggests Read more...
University of Texas, Mayo Clinic apply 'cognitive informatics' to build a smarter EMR system
Here's a new term for many of you: "cognitive informatics." It's an approach to information processing that builds technology around how users--clinicians, in the case of EMRs--think and make Read more...
| Press ReleasesMiddlesex Hospital Selects Prime-A-Pump to Build and Maintain Evidence-Based Drug LibrariesLOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Zynx Health Device Network, a developer of clinical decision support for medical devices, today announced that Middlesex Hospital has selected Prime-A-Pump – an Read more >> Aprima Medical Software Selects DiagnosisOne to Deliver Clinical Decision Support for Electronic Health RecordsPartnership Enables Healthcare Providers to Increase Practice Efficiency, Care Quality with Real-Time Decision Support and Satisfy Key Meaningful Use Requirements LOWELL, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Read more >> Academic Medical Center Selects Prime-A-Pump to Build and Maintain Evidence-Based Drug LibrariesLOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Zynx Health Device Network, an entrepreneurial developer of clinical decision support for medical devices, today announced that Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston Read more >> Zynx Health Streamlines Integration of Clinical Decision Support into MEDITECH EHRImproved CPOE integration experience with new software enhancements to content management system LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Zynx Health™, the market leader in providing evidence-based and Read more >> gloStream Selects DiagnosisOne to Deliver Clinical Decision Support for Electronic Medical RecordsPartnership Delivers Increased Care Quality, Practice Efficiency and Accountability through Real-Time Decision Support; Addresses Increased Demand from ACOs and IPAs LOWELL, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Read more >> |
