‘Health IT’ Archives
2012 Year in Review (Part 2 of 4)
Alternative Healthcare Delivery Systems The concept of the medical home is an old one, developed in the 1960s [...]
An Overview of Health Information Technology
Health information technology is expected to reduce costs, save the environment, and improve the quality of care. Some [...]
Meaningful Quality
The era of meaningful use of information technology has begun in medicine yet is still in its infancy. As electronic health [...]
Clinical Decision Support is Cost-Effective
Clinical decision support systems incorporated within electronic medical records have the potential to save health costs. [...]
EMRs: Airbags for when your doctor crashes you
EMRs have the potential to prevent dangerous medication errors - I certainly have been saved a few times by them - but in [...]
Techno-Babble
A recent Health Affairs article casts doubt on the cost-saving prospects of health information technology despite the [...]
