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New research disputes claims EHRs improve diabetes care
Contrary to previous research, the use of electronic health records failed to improve care for diabetic patients in a study published in the Annals of Family Medicine. Researchers said patients at clinics using paper records were more likely than to meet all of three targets for hemoglobin A1c levels, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol and blood pressure after two years than those treated at practices that used EHRs.
Study: Patients like EHRs, still worry about their security
The vast majority of patients see the value in electronic health records, but they're still leery about the systems' abilities to keep their health information safe. That's the upshot of a recent
Hospitals report breaches of thousands of paper, electronic records
Another week, another breach of patient records. Make that two breaches--one paper, one electronic; one on the west coast, one on the east coast. First, the Los Angeles County Department of Health
Study: EMR speeds treatment of STDs
Sex sells. Apparently, that's even true when it comes to EMRs. How else to explain U.S. News & World Report picking up a HealthDay News report on the effect an EMR has on treatment? That's
What would you do if an EMR goes down?
Remember the news about an EMR outage at Fletcher Allen Health Care in Burlington, Vt., from August? A new, $57 million installation was rendered useless for hours following a power loss and
Some paper workarounds can enhance EMRs, study says
For years, we've been hearing about how a partial EMR implementation creates the need for dual electronic and paper systems, and we've always assumed that this scenario is highly inefficient. Well,
Study: Dual EMR-paper systems may exacerbate communication problem
Physicians in transition to electronic medical records may be more likely than those with just paper charts to neglect to report abnormal test results to patients, a new study suggests. Research
