EMR notes: Copy and paste, done in haste, what a waste
An epidemic is sweeping the country, and no one is doing anything about it. No it’s not Zika...
Mar 15, 2016
An epidemic is sweeping the country, and no one is doing anything about it. No it’s not Zika...
Jul 1, 2013
In a post 2 weeks ago, I discussed why elderly patients don’t get out of bed and walk when hospitalized. You can read it here. I wrote that a major reason that staff does not have time to walk patients is that they are too...
Jan 3, 2013
Several weeks ago, Primary Care Progress asked me to serve as one of their guest bloggers for this year’s National Primary Care Week, writing on the theme: “Why is primary care the future of healthcare?” I...
Oct 19, 2012
The Particulars: Antiretroviral (ARV) medication errors may lead to toxicity and could decrease the efficacy of therapy over time. Such errors can also lead to the development of viral mutations to current ARV therapy and limit...
Oct 4, 2012
A report from the National Center for Health Statistics indicates that 55% of physicians had adopted an electronic health record (EHR) system in 2011. The report, available at www.cdc.gov/nchs, reviews the types of systems that...
Sep 28, 2012
Patients are well ahead of providers in demanding online access to health information (IT) and communication tools, according to a new survey. Consumers are eager to use both the internet and mobile devices to connect with their...
Jul 18, 2012
This July marked the 16th anniversary of the installation of our electronic medical record. Yup....
Apr 12, 2012
Much of health information technology (IT) focuses on patient documentation, compliance, and coding. While this is clearly a valuable service, there is still much more that can be garnered from health IT. Medicine needs to take...
Jan 16, 2012
U.S. physicians are not nearly as sold on the benefits of healthcare IT as are their international...
Dec 6, 2011
A new report released by IDC Health Insights names four EHR vendors as likely market leaders in...