Practice Fusion EHR gets allergy alerts
I am a fan of web-based healthcare applications, including EHRs. I especially like the web-based EHR available from Practice Fusion. The application is full featured, easy to use and free. I spent a...
View ArticlePatients still not diggin’ the idea of an EHR
EHR outlook: “Patients are still worried about how secure their data will be when stored in an EHR systems, a new study suggests. Xerox Corporation found that of 2,720 poll respondents: 80% were...
View ArticleEHRs may not be the panacea many are hoping for
Selected excerpts from post-gazette.com article: More and more studies are questioning the efficacy of electronic health records, and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has begun collecting reports...
View ArticleShareable Ink plus EHR equals interesting alternative
EMR Daily News: “Shareable Ink®, an enterprise cloud computing company that transforms paper documentation to structured data, today announced three new partnerships with leading EHR vendors that will...
View ArticleEHRs may not be all that after all
The New York Times: “Computerized patient records are unlikely to cut health care costs and may actually encourage doctors to order expensive tests more often, a study published on Monday concludes....
View ArticleClinical documentation: composition or synthesis? [article]
A recent article in the Journal of American Informatics Association (JAMIA) takes a look at note-writing practices of medical residents while using an electronic health record (EHR) system. Through...
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EMR software optimized for Windows 8
EMR & HIPAA: “Yesterday at the Digital Health Conference I had the chance to catch up with George Cuthbert from Medent. He’d emailed me a few months back about the potential benefit of Windows 8...
View ArticleThe benefits of an EHR may or may not be real
I’ve had reason to think about Electronic Health Records (EHRs) these past few weeks. There is a lot riding on their success or failure. There’s no question that EHRs will be the future of all...
View ArticleFirst time using Epic – initial thoughts and impressions
Epic is an Electronic Health Record (EHR) used in hospitals all over the country. If you work in healthcare you know who they are. Epic is the top EHR system in the U.S. and they continue to gobble up...
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Pharmacy Integration is Starting to Make Sense
I’ve been writing about the need for pharmacy integration for years. Most of it negative, and deservedly so because it’s been lousy. With that said, things appear to have changed in recent years....
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