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Study: Prescribing errors spike with EHR upgrades
Transitioning to an upgraded electronic health record system appears more likely to lead to errors in e-prescribing than implementing one for the first time, according to a recent article published
Unnecessary tests cost $6.8B in care
Unnecessary tests ordered by physicians led to at least $6.8 billion worth of misplaced health spending, reports FiercePracticeManagement. A new study led by physicians from the Mount Sinai Medical
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
Cigarette company funded cancer study
According to an article in the New York Times, a 2006 study that concluded that 80 percent of lung cancer deaths could be prevented by the use of CT scans was backed by grants from a cigarette
