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Can EMR Prevent Medical Errors?
We have all heard about how many patients are killed or maimed by their seemingly trustworthy physicians. According to a blog on CommonSenseMD, the Robert Graham Center for Policy Studies in Family Medicine and Primary Care states that the five most common medical errors are: medication prescribing laboratory testing misfiling of medical records medication dispensing, […]
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That feels like it should be said with a German accent. But seriously, the date for registration for Medicare’s EHR incentive payment program begins on January 3, 2011. According to a report on MassDevice.com, the CMS and the ONCHIT (Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology) have announced key milestones for implementation of […]
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Pros and Cons of Laptops with an EMR System
An oldie but a goodie. Here is a nice discussion of the pros and cons of using a laptop with an EMR system by Bill Horvath II, CXO of DoX Systems. Bottom line (my take, at least): if you are solo and/or travel a lot between practice and hospital, a laptop solution might be for […]
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According to a white paper from HIMSS Analytics, fewer than a third of US hospitals report having active interfaces between medical devices and their EMR systems, according to FierceEMR blog. And the situation with individual medical practices can’t be much better. Although this might not sound like a big deal to most, the inability to […]
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