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Trend: Few US doctors respond to patient email
Not only are physicians struggling with implementing EMRs, few are even exchanging email with their patients, it seems. While many patients say that they'd love to use email to handle routine chores Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: Exec argues that EMRs show quality commitment
Many of the biggest supporters of EMR adoption pitch them as a huge productivity improvement tool. But to Laura Adams, president and CEO of the Rhode Island Quality Institute, they're central to Read more...
ALSO NOTED: NPI transition could prove quite costly; NH gov wants HIT upgrade plans; and much more...
> Experts say the coming requirement that providers use National Provider Identifier numbers when billing the government payers could prove very expensive, as the process is still riddled with Read more...
HIT shortage can only get worse
IT is a complex profession in and of itself, and health IT management even more so. While I'm not an IT recruiter, I'd wager that you wouldn't want anyone with less than a decade of hard-core Read more...
Study: Better staff training could protect EMR privacy
If providers do a better job of training their staff, privacy breaches will be far less common, according to a new report issued by the AHIMA. Experts quoted in the report note that the recent rash Read more...
EMRs could reproduce errors, Harvard MDs suggest
According to an article published last week in the New England Journal of Medicine, the use of EMRs has caused some caregivers to reproduce errors. The article, which is written by Pamela Hartzband, Read more...
ALSO NOTED: Community, public clinics urged to collaborate on EMRs;MA EMR/HIE pilot extended; and much more...
> A new report from the California HealthCare foundation suggests that community and public health clinics should work together to implement EMRs. Read more...
States show growing interest in health IT
A new study suggests that state interest in health IT investment has been mounting steadily in recent times. In fact, health IT projects are high on many state governors' agendas, according to a new Read more...
Study: ASCs struggling to implement EMRs
A new survey suggests that despite the high profit Read more...
A new paradigm for EMRs--publishing
Over the last year or so, an aggressive little health IT startup in San Francisco has drawn a fair amount of press for its size, including a mention in the New York Times. The company, Practice Read more...
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