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Care quality 'significantly worse' when docs dictate notes by phone
How a physician documents patient encounters in an electronic health records system can affect the quality of care his or her patients receive, according to a new study.
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 .
Public vs. private HIEs: Room for both?
While private health information exchanges are non-reliant on government handouts and thus, slightly more self-sustaining, according to an article published in this month's Journal of AHIMA, they
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
EHRs hold promise for genetic testing research
Electronic health records hold promise in augmenting current studies of genetic testing, according to a study recently published in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association. The
E-reminders improve med adherence in patients with chronic conditions
Sending electronic reminders to patients is a simple yet effective way to improve medication adherence of patients with chronic conditions, according to a new study published in the Journal of the
Adaptive clinical decision support improves patient risk estimation
Clinical decision support could become more personalized, if the results of a study recently published in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association are any indication. Researchers
SMART platform 'promising' for EHRs
The Substitutable Medical Applications, Reusable Technologies (SMART) platform appears to be a "promising approach" to improve electronic health records now that phase one of the project has been
EHR implementation more difficult for physician owners
Physician owners report more difficulty in implementing electronic health records at their practices than other users, likely because they have more financial and personal responsibility in the
Patient-specific, eye catching alerts less likely to be ignored
Want doctors to read the alerts they receive in their electronic health records systems? Then make them more patient-specific and interesting to read. That's the skinny from a recent study published
