Patient Safety news from FierceEMR
NewsMore effort needed to promote EHR safety, security
As the country focuses on making the switch to electronic health records (EHRs), greater efforts need to be made to assure patients that their personal medical information will be safe and secure. Read more...
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 Read more...
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 Read more...
'Exceptionally complex' CPOE a key part of 'meaningful use'
Think EMR implementation is tough? Wait until you try computerized physician order entry--which just happens to be one of of the required measures of Stage 1 "meaningful use." "Given the importance Read more...
Coalition launches website for reporting EHR adverse events
A coalition of medical societies, malpractice insurers and government agencies has launched an online national system for reporting adverse events and potential risks to patient safety related to Read more...
EHRs show promise for detecting faults in implantable devices
Electronic patient registries can help medical device manufacturers track the safety of implantable devices and locate problematic units, according to new research on Massachusetts heart patients. Read more...
AMIA: 'Hold harmless' clauses in vendor contracts unethical
Calling "hold harmless" clauses in health IT vendor contracts unethical, the American Medical Informatics Association is calling on vendors of EHRs and other clinical information systems to accept Read more...
Five domains set for Stage 2 quality reporting
We know that the Stage 2 requirements for "meaningful use" of EMRs will include more--and more specific types of--reporting on quality measures. Right now, though, HHS is going through the regulatory Read more...
Study: CPOE with targeted alerts cuts inappropriate drug ordering for seniors
A properly implemented CPOE system with specific, appropriate alerts can "dramatically yet selectively" reduce the ordering of potentially inappropriate medications for hospitalized senior citizens, Read more...
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 Read more...
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