Patient Safety news from FierceEMR
NewsBlumenthal: Meaningful use is not asking too much, too soon
When HHS finalizes its Stage 1 rules for meaningful use of EMRs, likely in the next two weeks, don't be surprised if the criteria aren't all that different from those proposed at the end of 2009. In... Read more...
HIT editor: Soften 'meaningful use' until there's more evidence EHRs are safe
Conventional wisdom holds that the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act was one of the few parts of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act that was widely... Read more...
'Boston Globe' frames meaningful use in terms of patient safety
We've heard plenty comments about how CMS should weaken or delay regulations for meaningful use of EMRs because so many hospitals and physician offices simply won't be able to qualify for Medicare... Read more...
Study: EMRs may increase nurse staffing, raise costs
If there was ever any question about whether EMRs would improve outcomes and save money, well, those questions persist. The latest evidence that EMRs may not be all they're cracked up to be comes... Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: VA's EHR investment pays off with less duplication, better outcomes
Investments in the Veterans Health Information Systems and Technology Architecture (VistA) between 2001 and 2007 led to fewer unnecessary or redundant tests and better care, which added up to $3.09... Read more...
Federal panel wants national reporting on EMR software, data errors
The Adoption/Certification Workgroup of the federal Health IT Policy Committee wants to require hospitals and physicians to report "hazards and near-misses" as a result of software malfunctions,... Read more...
Advocate Physician Partners to subsidize eClinicalWorks EMRs for 2,600 docs
Oak Brook, Ill.-based Advocate Physician Partners, said to be the largest physician network in the Midwest, will recommend eClinicalWorks EMR and practice management software to 2,600 independent... Read more...
Study: E-prescribing greatly improves accuracy, less so for safety
It's a small study group, but the results are eye-opening nonetheless: Primary-care practices cut their prescription error rates from 42.5 percent to 6.6 percent in a one-year period by adopting... Read more...
VA preparing to re-start health data exchange with DoD
The Department of Veterans Affairs may have already made a decision to restart health data exchange with the Department of Defense, slightly more than a week after cutting off access to Military... Read more...
CHW ups total EMR investment to $1 billion
Following a successful EMR implementation at eight California hospitals, Catholic Healthcare West will invest another $419 million to bring electronic records to its entire 27-hospital network and... Read more...
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