EHR
Electronic health records
Telemedicine proponents have argued for years that virtual care is at least as effective as in-person care delivered in a traditional clinical setting. Based on new research, they may be more right than they had thought. Neil Versel,
… READ MOREThe official reason for my patient’s visit, according to her electronic medical chart, was fatigue, though that was far from her only concern. In the exam room, this usually upbeat woman had a sad tale to tell. Several months
… READ MOREApps allow patients to share data with their doctor. Many orthopaedic patients are eager to track and improve their health and progress before, during and after treatment. A digital fitness device, technology already owned by 1 in 10
… READ MORE“To deliver exemplary care, health care workers need technologies that can support them in their interactions with patients,” Khatri said. “This means moving from clinician-centric to patient-centric IT models.” MU researcher
… READ MOREPatients and their families have many people who contribute to their care – different types of providers in different departments and institutions. Yet, despite sharing the goal of improving the same patient’s health, providers
… READ MOREIn new study, nearly 80 percent of rural fracture patients avoided travel to an urban medical center, saving $3.7 million in transportation costs. “These results show that you don’t need an expensive, elaborate system to
… READ MORE“In 5 to 10 years, we’re not going to talk about telehealth, it’s just going to be health.” – John Kornak LAS VEGAS — Barriers to telemedicine are persistent, but physician groups are looking for ways
… READ MORETelemedicine has been more widely offered over the last five years, promoted by health plans such as Cigna Inc and New York-based insurance startup Oscar Health. As many as 15 million people used the services this year, up 50% from
… READ MOREEmail may be the preferred communication method with clients in many industries, but many health care clinics are still relying on phone and fax to connect with patients. Only about 11% of Canadian primary care doctors communicate
… READ MOREREGINA – A pilot program is being launched in Saskatchewan that will allow up to 1,000 people to view their personal health-care information online. Called the Citizen Health Information Portal, or CHIP, the six-month program
… READ MOREResearch led by UCLA professor on ‘OpenNotes’ model finds that follow-up emails are critical to keeping patients in the know. Enrique Rivero, UCLA Newsroom February 11, 2016 A study led by Dr. John Mafi, a professor at the David
… READ MOREStill, it’s important to understand the needs of safety-net populations, according to a new report from the California HealthCare Foundation. Michigan’s Health Care Safety Net: Catching the uninsured when they fall. Blue Cross
… READ MOREThe patient, a wiry businessman in his 50s, needed a copy of his medical records to bring to a specialist for a second opinion. He assumed that getting the copies would be straightforward; the records were, after all, his. By Pauline
… READ MOREWhen Ann Marie McKenna uses her iPhone to communicate with colleagues at work, she’s upsetting the long reign of another device – one that is virtually obsolete outside her industry. Physician Jonathan Ailon uses a smartphone at
… READ MOREMany large hospitals in the U.S. are evaluating or developing pilot projects around Apple’s HealthKit platform. Stanford Health Care is among the first to actually offer a working app that exchanges data between the Epic patient
… READ MOREElectronic health records present an enticingly clean and clear vision of clinical work, whereas real patients — their histories, their bodies — are messy, confusing and unpredictable. Sadly, all the attention given to our
… READ MOREFindings suggest that medical residents are looking for quicker forms of medical confirmation and information, rather than multimedia formats that may be more time consuming to process during clinic. This is consistent with another
… READ MORENew functionality builds upon a recent release that included voice and video collaboration capability, image sharing between facilities and providers, Integration capability to EMR systems, XDS integration, precision measurements and
… READ MOREThe key premise of the survey was that hospital efforts to use medical devices to lower medical errors may actually lead to medical errors when those devices are not “seamlessly connected.” In other words, the devices need to be
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