Search Tag: EHR
Comparing Countries' Approach to HIT
2016 31 Aug
Researchers from Finland, U.S, France and beyond created a pilot of four clusters of indicators to compare Health IT across 38 countries.. Findings are published in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association. Each country has a different approach towards Health IT. However, in a paper from the Organization for Economic Cooperation... Read more
Prescription for ER Overuse: Engage Patients in EHR Use
2016 23 Aug
A marketing campaign is credited with driving patient awareness about how they can interact with EHRs, health data and patient portals in Louisiana. The state has long had poor healthcare ratings. Louisiana Health Care Quality Forum marketing and communications manager, Jamie Martin told HealthCareITNews that a partnership with the state... Read more
Doctors Pinpoint EHR Frustrations
2016 23 Aug
The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) has highlighted the features of EHRs that frustrate doctors so much. It is a well-known fact that, for all of the benefits that EHRs bring to healthcare, many physicians find their use a frustrating experience. The piece, written by MDs affiliated with the Stanford University... Read more
Rio Olympics: First Interoperable EHR Implementation
2016 23 Aug
The Rio Olympics were something of a landmark for EHR implementation with sponsor GE Healthcare providing a fully interoperable system amongst all of the participating teams. Using cloud technology, athletes and their support staff had their health records managed on a common EHR. The largest team at the games this year was the U.S. Olympic... Read more
More Errors with EHR over Paper Records
2016 12 Jul
A Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association (JAMIA) study has found that doctors make more errors in Electronic Health Record (EHR) note-taking than in paper records. The study, which focused on medical reporting at a Michigan hospital, showed progress notes in the first-stage implementation of EHRs contained more mistakes to paper charts.... Read more
EHR Leading Physicians to Burnout, Low Job Satisfaction
2016 06 Jul
The expansion of the electronic environment in healthcare is coming at a cost. According to a national study of physicians led by Mayo Clinic, the use of electronic health records (EHRs) and digital physician order entry is leading to increased professional burnout and lower job satisfaction. “Electronic health records hold great promise... Read more
4 in 5 U.S. Hospitals Adopt Basic EHR, But Face Limitations
2016 07 Jun
Electronic health record (EHR) adoption reached 84 percent of hospitals in the U.S., and nearly as many were able to exchange key information with outside providers, new federal data has shown, according to the Healthcare Financial Management Association ( HFMA ). The share of acute care hospitals adopting basic EHR has grown from 9.4 percent... Read more
EHR Adoption Reaches 96%; Data Exchange Lagging
2016 06 Jun
According to data from a new survey released at the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology’s (ONC) 2016 Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C., nearly all of the nation’s hospitals have adopted certified electronic health records (EHRs). This represents a nine-fold increase since 2008, according to survey data from the American... Read more
Battle Against Health Data Hacks Gains Momentum
2016 02 Feb
Two health bodies have joined forces to fight a rise in healthcare IT cybersecurity risks. The Electronic Healthcare Network Accreditation Commission (EHNAC), a non-profit, federally-recognised standards development organisation and accrediting body for organisations that electronically exchange healthcare data, and the National Health Information... Read more
Bold IT Healthcare Leaders Needed
2016 19 Jan
Financial constraints have hindered implementation of electronic records, interoperable systems and patient access in many countries and within many acute hospitals, according to John Rayner, Regional Director – Europe and Latin America, HIMSS Analytics. He points out that the vast majority of health economies are tasked with creating comprehensive... Read more