Category Archives: Hospital Electronic Health Record

Hospital Electronic Health Record

Should EMRs Help Patients Retrieve Medical Records?

Posted on May 21, 2013 by Anne Zieger

As often as not, patients who need to retrieve paper medical records from hospitals go through a painful process, one which is not much easier than it was before EMRs were introduced in hospitals. I found this out myself recently … Continue reading →

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Health IT Haiku

Posted on May 20, 2013 by Anne Zieger

Now for something completely different, folks. Here’s some haiku verses (5-7-5 syllable scheme) on EMR and HIT issues. I’m hoping y’all jump in and give it a try next. EMR cutover Could it be that all our work Comes down … Continue reading →

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Hospital EHR Subsidies

Posted on May 17, 2013 by John

In response to Anne’s post on Senator’s questioning the meaningful use EHR incentive money, Gary Colvin emailed me the following comment: I would argue for the case where the only reason some providers are in the M.U. game is due … Continue reading →

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Judy Calls Epic “Most Open System I Know”

Posted on May 16, 2013 by John

After Zina Moukheiber from Forbes was declined an interview with Judy Faulkner, CEO of Epic, last year Judy decided to talk to Zina about Epic in this article “An Interview With The Most Powerful Woman In Health Care.” Zina does … Continue reading →

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Epic Module Targets Patients For Care Coordination

Posted on May 15, 2013 by Anne Zieger

At Gundersen Lutheran Health System, executives have put together a program to target the 1 to 2 percent of those most likely to be hospitalized, seen in the emergency department or face other complications. To manage the program, the La … Continue reading →

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Hospital Vs. Clinic EMRs: Key Differences

Posted on May 14, 2013 by Anne Zieger

In some ways, hospital and clinic EMRs have the same job to get done — to assess, test and treat patients. But they do have to be optimized differently, as hospitals and clinics do things at a different pace and … Continue reading →

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Cleveland Clinic Brings Epic Smarts To NY Hospital Practices

Posted on May 13, 2013 by Anne Zieger

The Cleveland Clinic is going the consulting route, this time around by working with the physician and specialty practices for a New York hospital to bring Epic up to speed. Glens Falls is a 410-bed nonprofit which began implementing the … Continue reading →

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Structuring for the Future of Clinical Decision Support (CDS)

Posted on May 10, 2013 by John

The following is a guest post by Adam Lokeh, M.D., vice president of clinical development and informatics with Wolters Kluwer Health. Clinical decision support tools (CDS) play an increasingly critical role in a healthcare organization’s overarching strategy to comply with … Continue reading →

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Many Hospital Executives Expect Big Health IT Investments This Year

Posted on May 8, 2013 by Anne Zieger

Surprise, surprise.  A new report from the Premier healthcare alliance finds that many hospital executives will make their largest capital investments in IT this year. To prepare the report, known as the spring 2013 Economic Outlook, Premier spoke with 530 … Continue reading →

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W. VA. Rolls Out Enhancements To VistA

Posted on May 7, 2013 by Anne Zieger

Officials with the West Virginia bureau of behavior health and health facilities are putting some finishing touches on VistA installations cutting across the state, adding computerized laboratory information to a six-year-old implementation. West Virginia officials have implemented Vista in seven … Continue reading →

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