Electronic heath records (EHRs) and other forms of health information technology have the potential to significantly improve care delivery and patient outcomes. But that can’t happen until the technology becomes more user-friendly and patient-focused than it is today.
Internists detail recommendations to reduce the burdens of EHRs, quality metrics and more
Medical note transparency can help patients and physicians communicate better, but many physicians remain tentantive
Most physicians have plans for responding to computer system failures, but many don’t revisit those disaster recovery/business continuity plans with any regularity.
While leaders in healthcare are pushing for an era of digital care, many providers on the frontlines have remained silent observers.
AI will be an increasingly important player in healthcare IT, with better medical care being an expected benefit.
Systems allow physicians and their patients to more easily identify relevant studies, although working such alerts into workflow can be challenging
Electronic health records (EHR) have the ability to transform the current healthcare system into a place of efficiently executed, high-quality, and patient-centered medicine, but only if physicians know how to use these systems to their maximum potential.
Health IT change is coming to nursing facilities and home health agencies, fixing a problem for physicians
Physicians should prepare for uncertainty coming out of Washington, D.C. because President Donald Trump is poised to shake up healthcare policy, says Robert Doherty, senior vice president for governmental affairs and public policy for the American College of Physicians (ACP).
While the widespread adoption of electronic health records (EHRs) among healthcare providers is here, the dramatic boost in efficiency across the healthcare system that was supposed to accompany this shift has yet to be fully realized.
Waves of predictions about the health IT industry roll in at the end of every year. But how accurate were they in 2016?
Physicians have mixed feelings about Donald Trump’s nominee.
Physicians can violate federal law simply by replying to a negative review
A look at apps that can help physicians in the transition to value-based Medicare reimbursement
A small crack is developing in the long-standing federal prohibition against the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services’ (HHS) involvement in efforts to improve matching patients with their medical records
Physicians can boost revenue by learning how to correctly use procedural codes unveiled in 2017
Experts urge developers to learn from the mistakes of EHRs
What can be done to make the software safer for patients?
How allowing patients to read notes can strengthen the bond for a physician.
Patients are torn between whether they want their physicians to use technology or not.
A new administration in Washington, D.C., will likely impact federal regulations around EHRs, so physicians should cautiously move forward.
Physicians facing evolving cyberthreats need to evolve their security stance to avoid being weakest link in electronic ecosystem.
Physicians have always had to be keenly aware of changes in healthcare, from new innovations to updated approaches to patient care. But these days, palliative care internist Amy Davis, DO, is also keeping one eye on healthcare policy developments emanating from Washington, D.C.
As you read this, someone somewhere is gaining unlawful entry to hundreds, possibly thousands, of patient records. And it could well be your patients’ data.
