Topic:
Quality & Outcomes
Latest Headlines
Latest Headlines
EHRs can ID phenotypes for genetic research
Electronic health records can be helpful tools for identifying phenotypes for genetic and other research, according to a new study published in the Journal of the American Informatics Association .
IOM: Integrated records, evidence-based treatment vital to veteran care
The U.S. Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs have done too little to smooth the way for troops returning from Iraq and Afghanistan, many of whom have returned with multiple health conditions, according to a new report from the Institute of Medicine. The report stresses the need to integrate the two agencies' electronic health record systems, and calls each agency out for using unproven diagnostic and therapy tools.
ONC: Post-acute providers should embrace EHRs, HIEs
Long term and post acute care providers have "numerous" opportunities to engage in health information exchange, and need to adopt interoperable electronic health record systems, according to a new issue brief published by ONC.
New EHR software helps manage patients with aging brain disorders
Researchers at Indiana University's Regenstrief Institute have developed new electronic health record software that provides more personalized healthcare for older patients suffering from aging brain disorders such as Alzheimer's and depression.
Docs cling to paper, EHR workarounds
Providers continue to use "workarounds" to deal with perceived inadequacies of their electronic health records, according to a new study in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association .
RAC denials a threat to hospitals and patients
Guest post by Kerry Gillespie From the football coach facing the media after a big game to a mom or dad reviewing with their spouse a parenting decision made in the heat of the moment, no one enjoys...
Hospitals save $9.1B by reducing infections
The more than 300 hospitals participating in a quality improvement initiative have saved billions by avoiding additional patient infections and mishaps.
AHRQ: Open source EHR improves care in developing nations
Global nonprofit Partners in Health (PIH) helped develop an open source electronic medical record system that is improving care in developing countries, as well as in the United States, Canada, and Europe, according to an announcement from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).
Online smoking cessation provides mixed results for researchers
An Internet-based program that provided tailored feedback on multiple occasions to smokers trying to quit proved to be more cost effective than usual care consisting of nurse interventions, according to research recently published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research . Usual care, however, tended to result in better quality of life outcomes for patients, according to the study's authors.
Study: New database speeds disease research
An online database developed by researchers at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and the Baylor College of Medicine that uses both genetic sequencing and family history information enabled faster research of diseases caused by a single rogue gene, according to a study published online this month in the journal Human Mutation . The study helps to establish the database--PhenoDB--as a legitimate resource for in-depth patient analysis.
