Category Archives: Health Care: Electronic Health Records
Patient disengagement anticipated, predicted, nipped in the bud with new app
FAIRFAX, Va., Jan. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ – Mind Field Solutions kicked off the 2012 AHRQ lecture series with what’s been described as a “Stunning Innovation in Healthcare” by one of the nation’s leading academic clinical centers. The lecture on the ‘Cognitive … Continue reading
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HHS: Affordable Care Act provision cuts red tape, saves up to $4.5 billion
New standards for electronic funds transfers in health care, required by the Affordable Care Act, will reduce up to $4.5 billion off administrative costs for doctors and hospitals, private health plans, states, and other government health plans, over the next … Continue reading
Posted in Health Care, Health Care: Costs, Health Care: Electronic Health Records, Health Care: Health Information Exchange, Health Care: Health Insurance, Health Care: HIPAA, Health Care: Hospitals, Health Care: Medicaid, Health Care: Medicare, Health Care: Privacy, Health Care: Reform
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Microsoft HealthVault Personal Health Record goes mobile in 2012 with iTriage
The leading consumer healthcare technology platform iTriage® today announced an integration of Microsoft HealthVault personal healthcare record (PHR) into its iPhone mobile application. This connection enables iTriage users to view and access their records stored within Microsoft HealthVault, right from … Continue reading
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Docs who work shorter shifts are less likely to make mistakes: LA BioMed
Union calls for law to ensure patient safety A new UCLA study shows that physicians who work shorter shifts are less likely to make mistakes during medical procedures. Dr. Christian De Virgilio, lead investigator at the Los Angeles Biomedical Research … Continue reading
Doctor notation routinely ambiguous, needs to change: British Medical Journal
The phrase “obs stable” in hospital notes is ambiguous and does not reliably indicate a patient’s health status, concludes a study in the Christmas issue published on bmj.com today. Dr Gregory Scott and colleagues argue that the phrase is potentially … Continue reading
The 5 tech innovations in the next 5 years that will change our lives: IBM
ARMONK, N.Y., Dec. 19, 2011 /PRNewswire/ – Today IBM (NYSE: IBM) formally unveiled the sixth annual “IBM 5 in 5″ (#ibm5in5) – a list of innovations that have the potential to change the way people work, live and interact during the … Continue reading
9 new technology trends from the Center for the Digital Future
Americans love online technology, but it may come at a cost to their personal and professional lives. A decade of studies by the Center for the Digital Future, a unit at the USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism, creates … Continue reading
Healthcare and technology predictions for 2012 from PracticeFusion
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 14, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — This past year was full of surprises, from the health information technology hiring boom to the popularity of tablets in medical practices across the country. Practice Fusion, the fastest growing Electronic Health Record … Continue reading
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Class I recall: Draeger’s Acute Care System Monitoring Solution
Draeger Medical Inc., Infinity Acute Care System Monitoring Solution (M540) Recall Class: Class I Date Recall Initiated: October 18, 2011 Product: Infinity Acute Care System Monitoring Solution (M540), Catalog number MS25510 All serial numbers are affected by this recall. This product … Continue reading
Overdiagnosed: Making People Sick in the Pursuit of Health
Overdiagnosed Making People Sick in the Pursuit of Health Written by H. Gilbert Welch, Lisa Schwartz and Steve Woloshin Trade Paperback, 248 pages | Beacon Press | Medical – Diagnosis; Medical – Health Policy | $15.00| January 3, 2012 | … Continue reading
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Improving patient care by improving nurses’ work environment
While nurse-to-patient ratios are widely recognized as an important factor in determining the quality of patient care, those ratios are not always easy to change without significant cost and investment of resources. What’s more, the projected nursing shortage will make … Continue reading
E-prescribing safe, efficient, but barriers remain: Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association
Newswise — Physician practices and pharmacies generally view electronic prescribing as an important tool to improve patient safety and save time, but both groups face barriers to realizing the technology’s full benefit, according to a study funded by the U.S. … Continue reading
Fewer deaths, shortened hospital stays with new clinical knowledge system: Journal of Hospital Medicine Early View
MINNEAPOLIS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–New research published in the Journal of Hospital Medicine Early View associated hospitals using Wolters Kluwer Health’s UpToDate —an evidence-based, physician-authored clinical knowledge system which clinicians trust to make the right point-of-care decisions—with fewer deaths, shortened hospital stays, and … Continue reading
New diabetes dashboard for docs saves time, improves accuracy, enhances care
In the fast-paced world of health care, doctors are often pressed for time during patient visits. Researchers at the University of Missouri developed a tool that allows doctors to view electronic information about patients’ health conditions related to diabetes on … Continue reading
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CPOE in an adult medical surgical ICU resulted in no improvement in patient outcomes: BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making
Impact of Computerized Physician Order Entry (CPOE) System on the Outcome of Critically Ill Adult Patients: A Before-After Study Hasan M. Al-Dorzi , Hani M. Tamim , Antoine J. Cherfan , Mohamad A. Hassan , Saadi Taher and Yaseen M. … Continue reading
