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Allscripts' Tullman: We'll do better
It's been a month of upheaval at electronic health record giant Allscripts, but CEO Glen Tullman told Healthcare IT News in an interview that he's working hard to right the ship.
HL7 wants more doc participation in EHR standards creation
Health Level Seven International wants more providers involved in the process of creating electronic health records standards. To that end, the organization, which focuses on interoperability...
Patient review of med lists in EHRs can reduce discrepancies
Patient review and reporting of medications lists can reduce discrepancies and improve patient safety, according to a new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association .
'Accountability tool' reduces CT scans in the ER
A tool embedded in an EHR can reduce the number of CT scans performed in the emergency room and help patients avoid unnecessary radiation, concludes a University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine study.
AMA: Proposed rule discourages doc participation in EHR program
The proposed requirements for Stage 2 of Meaningful Use are too inflexible and difficult to attain, discouraging physician participation in the incentive program rather than encouraging it, according
EHR adoption rates vary drastically by state
The number of physicians reporting the use of electronic health record systems rose to 57 percent in 2011, up from 17 percent in 2002, according to a recent report issued by the Robert Wood Johnson
Reclassifying EHRs as medical devices would come at a cost
Just two weeks ago, I expressed concern that a cyber attack on unprotected medical devices can infect the electronic health records to which they are connected, causing the EHR to malfunction and the
EHR alerts help recruit patients for clinical trials
Clinical trial alerts (CTAs) generated by electronic health records are subject to alert fatigue, but remain helpful in potential recruitment of participants in clinical trials, according to a new
Processed EHR text can be used to develop CDS tools
Free text in electronic health records, with the help of natural language processing (NLP) technology, can be used to create accurate clinical decision support (CDS) tools, according to a study
GAO: CMS verification of providers in incentive program lacking
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has implemented some procedures to verify whether providers have met the eligibility and reporting requirements of the electronic health record
