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3 steps for improving EHR effectiveness
National Coordinator for Health IT Farzad Mostashari recently advised providers to take better advantage of their electronic health record systems to improve processes and patient care.
UVMC: Coordinate care, engage patients with ED case managers
The University of Virginia Medical Center (UVMC) gave case managers a more empowered role and found they improved their ED in three ways: care coordination, patient transitions and patient engagement.
Dear Washington Post: Patient privacy rights are no joke
I read with dismay last week's article by well known Washington Post business columnist Michelle Singletary, who questioned whether several hospital employees should have been fired by a hospital in New Zealand for inappropriately accessing the hospital's electronic health record to view the information of a patient with a "titillating" medical emergency, and then sharing the records with the public and media.
Access to EHR data 'overwhelmingly' positive for patients
Providing patients with access to the information in their electronic health records "overwhelmingly" yielded positive benefits, according to a new study in the Journal of Medical Internet Research .
Intermountain's Brent James: Patient-centeredness drives quality, savings
In this exclusive interview with FierceHealthcare, Brent James, chief quality officer and executive director of the Institute for Health Care Delivery Research at Utah's Intermountain Healthcare, discusses how hospitals can use patient engagement to create high-quality, low-cost systems of care and how Intermountain put the focus on patient-centeredness--not revenue enhancement--to improve the bottom line and outcomes.
Miami Children's CIO Ed Martinez: Telehealth, smartphones vital to patient engagement
In an exclusive interview at the Healthcare and Information Management Systems Society's annual conference in New Orleans, Miami Children's Hospital CIO Ed Martinez elaborated on the importance of pati ent engagement , and talked about some of the challenges his facility faced in implementing new technologies.
3 must-read stories for practice managers
I have a confession to make. As much as I harp on work-life balance and boundaries, I personally subscribe to neither. My work is about healthcare. Health is essential to life. Every day, I think...
Patient Internet search patterns can provide clues to drug interactions
Patients' Internet search patterns can help alert medical officials to possible drug interactions, according to a paper published at the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association ....
Patients give a thumbs-up to videoconferencing for COPD, diabetes education
Participants in a Norwegian study on patient education for COPD and diabetes through videoconferencing gave the program high marks, according to a study in BMC Medical Informatics and Decision ...
Poll: Patients should be allowed to make EHR updates, but not have full access
Most U.S. doctors believe patients should be able to update their electronic health records, but only 31 percent say patients should have access to their full health record, according to a new poll ...
