A recent report from technology consultants CSC finds that U.S. healthcare organizations lag behind their UK and Scandinavian counterparts when it comes to social media adoption. The report determined that
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TEDMED, a community of passionate, leading-edge thinkers and doers from every discipline within the fields of health and medicine (as well as from business, government, technology, academia, media, and the
TEDMED Sets Sights on Healthcare Read More »
Prescription drug abuse is becoming an increasingly menacing problem in the armed forces.
Marine EMR system failing to properly serve its purposes Read More »
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced that 27 Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) have entered its Shared Savings Program, created by the Affordable Care Act to facilitate coordination and
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A recent study suggests that twenty percent of the over two trillion dollars spent annually in the United States on healthcare is being wasted. The authors, Dr. Donald Berwick (former
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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has posted the full set of proposed measures that eligible providers, hospitals, and Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) would need to use to
Proposed Clinical Quality Measures Released Read More »
A report from the IMS Institute for Healthcare Informatics discloses that Americans made less visits to the doctor last year and used prescription drugs less often, despite 34 new medicines introduced
Less Doctor Visits and Prescriptions in 2011 Read More »
A study just recently published entitled “Bridging the Chasm: Effect of Health Information Exchange on Volume of Laboratory Testing,” found that doctors utilizing electronic medical records software actually ordered fewer tests.
Study finds EMR to reduce number of clinical tests ordered Read More »
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services recently reported that over 20,000 physicians and hospitals registered for the Medicare or Medicaid EHR (Electronic Health Records) incentive program, or both, in
EHR Incentive Registrations Increasing Read More »
There are drawbacks to this system in that if software generates too many alerts, caregivers may experience “alert fatigue,” in which they receive so many notifications that they are not all processed appropriately.
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