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Adverse event reporting system gets backing of HIMSS EHR Association
The HIMSS Electronic Health Records Association and patient safety organization the iHealth Alliance have agreed to work together to encourage more clinicians to confidentially report patient safety
Infant death generates calls for action on HIT errors
The tragic death of a baby in a Chicago hospital has again drawn attention to the potential of automated systems to generate the kinds of errors they're designed to prevent, reports the Chicago
IOM kicks off study of EMR safety as FDA regulation looms
The Institute of Medicine is back on the EMR beat. This week, the IOM Committee on Patient Safety and Health Information Technology held its first meeting as it embarks on a yearlong study of medical
HIMSS Analytics: Few medical devices connect with EMRs
If you read FierceMobileHealthcare regularly, you'd know that many, if not most, mobile devices used in healthcare don't connect to much other than the Internet . According to a new white paper from
FDA, ONC clash over EMR safety issues
The CMS regulations for "meaningful use" of EMRs are 864 pages long. The companion rule on EMR certification, from the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, is another
Physician wants Florida medical board to warn docs of EMR hazards
A member of the Florida Board of Medicine is pushing the board to issue a statewide warning that EMRs could cause more errors than they present. "I think the Department of Health needs to put out a
