By D’Arcy Gue – Back in 2014, when Medscape last asked physicians how they felt about their EHRs, the overall winner was the VA’s Computerized Patient Record System (CPRS), the core patient record component of the broader VistA system.
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By Neil Smiley – Bundled payments programs have been lauded as primary component in a more modern approach to delivering higher quality, more efficient and cost-effective health care.
By Jeremy Guttman – Problems with handoffs are a big deal in clinical practice. Defective handoffs lead to patient harm, treatment delays, inappropriate treatment, and longer stays in the hospital.
By Glenn Krauss – National ACDIS CDI week is an ideal time to reflect on the accomplishments and trajectory of our profession. Also an opportunity to formulate a strategy to continue development and expand the ability to be a driving force in the transition to the fee-for-value model.
By Matt Fisher – The technology behind and supporting telemedicine has come a long way in a short period of time. To some degree, the development reflects general technology.
By Charles Palmer – When Cerner Chairman and CEO Neal Patterson challenged health care providers to help advance interoperability by joining CommonWell during his keynote speech at Cerner Health Conference 2014, Nanticoke took it to heart.
By Talisha Searcy & Lana Moriarty – To help individuals manage their health, the EHR Incentive Programs called on providers to enable patients to electronically view, download, and transmit their health information.
By William A. Hyman – One of the many questions in the design and use of Clinical Decision Support software is whether or not the user can recreate the logic used by the system in reaching its conclusions and recommendations–or alerts, or suggestions.
By Toshya Griffin – Although the ICD-10 transition officially went into effect last year on October 1st, 2015, a grace period was put into place by CMS. October 1, 2016, will mark the end of a one-year grace period.