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News'Hidden requirements' of quality reporting may hinder meaningful use, CSC says
Calling many of the quality reporting measures "hidden requirements" of Stage 1 meaningful use of EMRs, consulting firm Computer Sciences Corp. says hospitals that meet the data-capture standards for... Read more...
Canadian doc embraces flexible EMR after shunning template-based system in U.S.
Is the design of the American health system to blame for low EMR adoption? That seems to be the implication in a Technology for Doctors story headlined, "How I learned to stop worrying and love my... Read more...
Doc-developed EMR in Canada boosts workflow with heavy templating
It's time to re-open the debate over templating vs. free text in EMR documentation. For this, we turn to Canada. Dr. Ravi Murthy, a family physician in the Toronto area, wanted to improve... Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: Why some departments demand specialty EMRs
The debate over best-of-breed vs. single-source implementations just never ends. Firmly in the latter camp is Geoff Brown, senior VP and CIO at Inova Health System, Falls Church, Va., (and an... Read more...
VA wants patient kiosks to fill in gaps in mental health records
Another week, another plan to expand the capabilities of VistA at the Department of Veterans Affairs. The VA is soliciting bids to develop a kiosk-based system for patients at mental health... Read more...
EHR implementations open 'cans of compliance worms'
In case hospitals didn't have enough to do while implementing EHRs in time to earn federal stimulus money, EHRs can open up "brand-new cans of compliance worms," reports AIS' Health Business Daily.... Read more...
Report: EMRs a 'double-edged sword' for physician communication
While EMRs certainly do improve physician-patient communication in person, online and over the phone, systems also can detract from the relationship between doctor and patient, according to a report... Read more...
Kaiser completes systemwide EMR rollout
After 10 years and $4 billion, Kaiser Permanente has completed the largest private-sector EMR rollout in the world, as three hospitals in Northern California recently went online with bar-coded... Read more...
Physician satisfaction with hospital EMRs declines
Just in time for the big push to make EMRs the norm in healthcare comes this wet blanket from Press Ganey Associates: Physician satisfaction with in-hospital EMRs is declining. "Most negative... Read more...
Study: Current EMRs not good for care coordination
One of the goals of meaningful use and all the related federal spending of health IT is for EMRs to improve care coordination. But the current reimbursement system that's heavy on fee-for-service... Read more...
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