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'Accountability tool' reduces CT scans in the ER
A tool embedded in an EHR can reduce the number of CT scans performed in the emergency room and help patients avoid unnecessary radiation, concludes a University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine study.
Study: EMRs with decision support improve patient monitoring, not outcomes
Electronic medical records linked with clinical decision support technology don't necessarily improve patient outcomes, a study recently published in the Archives of Internal Medicine finds.
AMIA: Clinical decision apps lacking human interaction a risk
U.S. Food and Drug Administration officials are taking careful aim at clinical decision support functions in mobile medical apps, officials at the agency's public workshop on mobile medical app
Why users should treat EHRs like a GPS
Would the adoption of electronic health records be more widespread if users saw the systems more as decision support tools, similar to GPS systems? According to Quadramed CMO and VP Joe Bormel,
Mobile technology brings equal parts risk, reward to medical liability
Mobile technology, and its ability to provide rapid access to medical information, can be good and bad for providers' medical liability risk. That's the upshot of Harvard health law professor
Unnecessary tests reduced by EMR alerts
Clinical-decision support reminders placed into electronic medical records (EMR) systems can stop physicians from ordering unnecessary treatments for hospitalized patients, according to researchers
Many ambulatory EMR users not ready for MU
More 80 percent of the nearly 600 ambulatory providers interviewed by KLAS who have purchased an electronic medical record (EMR) are confident they will qualify for Meaningful Use in 2011. However,
EHRs and the quality conundrum
A quick peek at the past few days in the literature on whether electronic health records are capable of improving quality care shows EHRs taking it on the chin a few times. Despite the efforts and
CMS makes final meaningful use tweaks
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has fixed a host of minor problems--from phone numbers to small, but important, wording mistakes--in its final rule explaining meaningful use
Expect to see more iPads used at point-of-care
The use of iPads in healthcare settings is likely to surge in the coming year, according to a survey of nearly 950 Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) members. Nearly 70
