
Guest Post: Emily Matthews
Electronic medical records (EMRs) in the medical office setting are growing at a faster pace than ever before.…
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Electronic medical records (EMRs) in the medical office setting are growing at a faster pace than ever before.…

According to an article on Reuters Health, “Flagging medical errors through a system that emphasizes a lack of punishment and maintains anonymity yields more reports than a traditional method of reporting errors, a team of doctors has found.”
After introducing the new system at a pediatric clinic in North Carolina, the number of reported mistakes jumped from five to 86 per year on average.…

From the HealthcareIT News blog comes an article on the top 10 things that readers hate about electronic medical records via a Twitter thread:
And then came responses from other readers who had these six reactions to those complaints:
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From the Fox Group, a point by point overview for physician practices regarding the incentives, eligibility rules, and deadlines in the HITECH Act.…

Below is an actual letter received – and almost thrown away – by an employee of a medical practice.…

Is Your Practice Ready To Go Paperless?
There’s no doubt that the meaningful use incentive money, made available by the ARRA HITECH Act (American Recovery and Reinvestment Act’s Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act) is drawing a boatload of attention.…

Computerized practice management systems appeared about thirty years ago. Their major selling point?…







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