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Category: Health IT
Update on EHRs
Incentives included in major legislation passed by the Obama administration have encouraged health care providers to enter the digital age over the past two years. Most recently, the administration has promulgated regulations defining what the “meaningful use” of electronic health Continue Reading …
“Meaningful Use” for EHR’s Defined
Last week, the Department of Health and Human Services set out definitions for the “meaningful use” of electronic health records. Designed to qualify eligible providers for incentive payments, these rules will spark a revolution. You could read the 864-page document Continue Reading …
Health IT use for Under-served Communities
Much like other technological breakthroughs in medicine, health information technology (HIT) such as electronic medical records (EMR) are assumed to diffuse more slowly to patients and communities that are under-served. Researchers undertook a challenging question: how well have physicians added Continue Reading …
Embracing the Electronic Era
Medicine lags behind many other industries in the transition to the electronic era. While high-tech advances like CAT scans and MRI machines take advantage of computerization, many physicians still rely on paper and pen to document patient conditions and treatment Continue Reading …
The Kaiser Prototype for Health Information Technology
In 2004, Kaiser Permanente implemented KP HealthConnect, a possible prototype for an interoperable health information technology (HIT) system. A retrospective, observational study of one Kaiser Permanente region in the state of Hawaii explored the effects of HealthConnect on the performance Continue Reading …