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Rise in physician tablet use means less than meets the eye
Sixty-two percent of physicians--nearly double the number a year ago--now use computer tablets, according to FierceMobileHealthcare reports. That report makes it appear as if iPads and other tablets...
Appeals court upholds HIPAA conviction of EHR snooper
A federal appeals court has upheld the conviction of a former employee of the UCLA Healthcare System for accessing the hospital's electronic health record system without authorization, in violation of HIPAA.
Telemedicine, mHealth will connect with EHRs when providers are motivated
In a discussion at the recent American Telemedicine Association (ATA) conference, panelists bewailed the absence of electronic health record vendors from the meeting, according to a post in NHIN ...
ONC Health IT Dashboard offers rich data on EHR adoption campaign
A new "Health IT Dashboard" from the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT presents a wealth of data about the national EHR adoption campaign in both graphic and tabular form. Included in
Experts express different views of EHRs' future in accountable care
Not all health IT experts see eye-to-eye on the role of technology in accountable care. Case in point, while a HIT consultant argued in a recent commentary that technology creation hasn't matured
EHR standards proposal falls short on information exchange, expert says
EHR certification standards within the proposed Meaningful Use Stage 2 criteria is deficient in one important respect, according to John Loonsk, M.D., a former official of the Office of the National
Faults in DoD's EHR cripple drug abuse tracking efforts
Medication documentation issues with the Department of Defense's electronic health record system are keeping doctors from successfully tracking drug use by soldiers, hindering their efforts to crack
EHR scribes improve patient, physician satisfaction
Medical schools are working to help new physicians use electronic records and devices in their practices without losing their personal touch with patients, FierceHealthIT reported earlier this week.
Improved EHR usability requires a new look at how these systems work
The usability of electronic health records has become a major concern, partly because of safety problems that may, in some cases, be attributed to poor EHR design. In addition, observers have pointed
Meaningful Use is indispensable to healthcare reform
The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act, part of the 2009 stimulus legislation, authorizes the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) "to establish
