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More EMR data could mean more patient anxiety
One of the side effects of greater transparency is that potentially embarrassing or alarming information could get out. This is certainly true when patients are able to view electronic medical... Read more...
VA issues first contract for EMR integration with Pentagon
Following several delays and the revelation that an obscure office without a permanent director was in charge of integrating medical records between the Veterans Affairs and Defense departments, the... Read more...
VA, Kaiser to test EMR data sharing in San Diego
The two largest health systems in America are joining together to test clinical data interchange over the fledgling Nationwide Health Information Network. As part of a pilot announced with much... Read more...
Study: EHRs could prevent 25 percent of hip fractures
If healthcare organizations nationwide did a better job managing patients at risk for osteoporosis, they could cut the rate of hip fractures in the U.S. by 25 percent, and the best way to do so is to... Read more...
Social Security to join VA, DoD interoperability effort
The Social Security Administration will start sharing electronic health information with the Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs early next year to help expedite claims processing for... Read more...
Attention, Congress: You've already done something bipartisan on healthcare
Need help explaining to non-techies why EHRs are the way to go? An in-depth report on EHRs that aired on "CBS Sunday Morning" last weekend provides an awfully good primer about the benefits of EHRs,... Read more...
EMR helps keep heart patients healthy in Kaiser program
Esteemed members of Congress and other, assorted inside-the-Beltway types, pay attention. There's some rare hard data showing that EMRs truly can reduce deaths from heart disease, keep patients... Read more...
As EHR installation nears completion, Kaiser recommends 'big bang'
Believe it or not, Kaiser Permanente is nearing the end of its long effort to implement comprehensive, interoperable EHRs at all of its 431 physician offices and 35 hospitals, the largest such... Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: The upside of EMRs
Dr. Rahul Parikh, a Kaiser Permanente physician and columnist for Salon.com, contradicts some of the naysayers in the mainstream media with an EMR success story for a wide audience. Writing in the... Read more...
