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AHRQ developing a 'registry of patient registries'
The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services' Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality wants to create a "Registry of Patient Registries," similar to its clinical trials databank launched in
AHRQ: EHR use must increase
Electronic health records should be adopted by more providers and by a wider range of provider types, according to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's (AHRQ's) latest health care quality
AHRQ hopes to help hospitals with health IT project workflow
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality hopes to address one of the most challenging aspects of big health information technology projects: workflow design. The federal agency announced it is
eRx barriers could be onerous for docs aiming for Meaningful Use
While the transition to electronic prescribing for new prescriptions is progressing nicely, work is still needed with regard to e-prescribing of renewals, adoption by mail order pharmacies, and staff
What is needed to improve EHR usability?
Many in the healthcare industry have complained that electronic health records are not user-friendly. You know that there's credence to those complaints when a body as august as the National
Low health literacy linked to poor patient outcomes
People who have difficulty understanding health information have poorer overall health and a higher risk of death, according to a study by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. People with
AHRQ calls together PSOs, software vendors to get technical input
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has called a meeting of patient safety organizations (PSOs) and software developers to discuss the technical aspects of reporting safety
EHRs receive special focus in new quality strategy report
Electronic health records get a special nod in the new national quality strategy release this week by the Department of Health and Human Services. The strategy, which was called for under the
Community health center populations will double in 5 years
The number of patients using community health centers will nearly double from the current 23 million to about 40 million by 2015, the National Association of Community Health Centers estimates.
AHRQ names GE Healthcare as patient safety organization
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has named GE Healthcare as a Patient Safety Organization (PSO). With this federal certification, GE will be listed as an official PSO and will be
