News tagged with electronic medical record
Electronic alerts about abnormal imaging test results do not always result in timely follow-up
Sep 28, 2009 |
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Abnormal results on outpatient imaging tests sometimes may not receive timely follow-up even when clinicians receive and read results in an advanced, integrated electronic medical record system, according to a report in the ...
Paperless health care? One hospital's long journey
Jul 07, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Baby Riley Matthews wheezed noisily on the exam table. "He's belly-breathing," the emergency-room doctor said worriedly - Riley's little abdomen was markedly rising and falling with each breath, a sign of respiratory ...
Physicians frequently fail to inform patients about abnormal test results
Jun 22, 2009 |
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New research shows that physicians failed to report clinically significant abnormal test results to patients -- or to document that they had informed them -- in one out of every 14 cases of abnormal results. In some medical ...
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Can pen and paper help make electronic medical records better?
Jul 20, 2009 |
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The results of a new study of the pen and paper workarounds employed by healthcare providers who use an electronic medical record system may help make electronic medical records even more useful to health-care providers and ...
Nation's only citywide electronic health information exchange: Improving health and lowering costs
Oct 15, 2008 |
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Across the nation concerns about health-care quality and costs are growing. For the first time, both candidates aspiring to the nation's highest office are looking to greater reliance on electronic medical records as critical ...
Researchers pilot new electronic system for infectious illness
Apr 10, 2008 |
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Researchers at Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Harvard Medical School, Atrius Health, and the Massachusetts Department of Public Health have created and tested a set of computer programs that use electronic medical records to ...
Electronic health records are valuable but won't be a panacea
Apr 29, 2009 |
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Turns out most Americans are all for moving to a comprehensive system of electronic medical records. They just don't think it's going to save us any money when it comes to health care.
Impact of electronic personal health record on hypertension under study
Feb 06, 2008 |
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Whether patients with an electronic handle on their health are more successful at beating one of the nation’s leading chronic diseases is under study.
7 in 10 patients surveyed hadn't heard of the Summary Care Record
May 30, 2008 |
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Despite an extensive public information campaign only three in ten people living in the areas piloting the NHS Summary Care Record (SCR) have heard about the programme, according to a study published on bmj.com today.
Study finds patients overestimate cancer screening history
Apr 18, 2008 |
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A new American Cancer Society study finds female African American patients tend to overestimate their level of cancer screening, indicating that current estimates of screening based on self-reported data may be lower than ...
Study links electronic health records to improved quality in primary care treatment
Oct 05, 2009 |
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Routine use of electronic health records may improve the quality of care provided in community-based primary care practices more than other common strategies intended to raise the quality of medical care, according to a new ...
Intensive management can improve blood pressure in non-adherent hypertensive patients
Jul 07, 2009 |
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Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have shown that patients with uncontrolled hypertension respond to treatment intensification regardless of their degree of adherence to antihypertensive medications. ...
New recommendations can help health providers prepare for electronic record push
Sep 08, 2009 |
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A new framework of recommendations created by health informatics researchers may help doctors and hospitals prepare for a federal initiative to expand the use of electronic health records (EHRs). The recommendations from ...
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