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View ArticleCould Digital Rights Management Solve Healthcare’s Data Crisis?
By Newman, Herrera, Frost & Parente Today, academic medicine and health policy research resemble the automobile industry of the early 20th century — a large number of small shops developing unique...
View ArticleHow Reliable Are EMR Reviews, Anyway???
By THCBist The dude writes: “I’m looking into a new EMR for our just incorporated small group practice. I’m diligently doing my Google research. Frankly, I’m not at all impressed by the quality of...
View ArticleCracking the Code on Health Information Exchange. Is It Time to Wipe the...
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View ArticlePersonal Tech
By ROB LAMBERTS, MD My 87 year-old father broke his hip this past weekend. He was in Michigan for a party for his 101 year-old sister, and fell as he tried to put away her wheelchair. The good news...
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By JOSH SEIDMAN ACO, MSSP, BPCI, HIE, CQM, P4P, PCMH, yadda, yadda, yadda … The litany of acronyms describing changing P&D (excuse me, payment and delivery) models can sometimes numb the senses....
View ArticleAll I Want For Health IT Week Is An EHR Overhaul
Robert W. Wah, MD If I had to capture the main shortcoming of electronic health record (EHR) technology in one word, this would be it: Usability. As we’re observing National Health IT Week through...
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View ArticleA Policy Agenda to Address New Unintended Adverse Consequences of EHRs
By SITTIG, WRIGHT, ASH + SINGH In large part due to the $35 billion, Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act incentives more than 80% of acute care hospitals now use...
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