Last week, New York state legislators voted unanimously to require drug prescriptions to be issued electronically within three years. Included in the legislation is the Internet System for Tracking Over-Prescribing […]
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A Wall Street Journal article reports that a recent wave of hospital mergers may lead to challenges when different systems, terminologies, and documentation methods are already in place. In particular, facilities
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San Antonio-based AirStrip Technologies and California’s Palomar Health have teamed up to open up clinical data access to providers through a mobile platform. Palomar Health, comprising two hospitals and clinics
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Last week, the Premier healthcare alliance unveiled the world’s largest virtual healthcare community to help over 100,000 providers share patient outcome data and best practices. The new network will integrate
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A Boston Consulting Group study found that the United States ranked behind eight other industrialized nations in value-based healthcare adoption. The global management consulting firm assessed the progress of twelve
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A recent study commissioned by Canada Health Infoway found that primary care practices utilizing Electronic Medical Records (EMR) systems were quicker to identify patients in need of preventative or follow-up
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Howard University Hospital has experienced two data breaches this year, one involving a stolen laptop and the other the sale of patients’ private information. Names, addresses, Social Security numbers, Medicare
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A survey by University of Pennsylvania researchers found that Electronic Health Records (EHR) systems improve patient safety and quality of care. The study publicized and partly funded by the federal
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A new report by IDC Health Insights suggests that Electronic Health Records (EHR) adoption by American healthcare providers and small practices will reach 80 percent by the year 2016. Meaningful
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A recent report from Surescripts notes that, in 2011, 36% of all prescriptions in the U.S. were submitted electronically, an increase of 22% over the year 2010. The electronic prescribing
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