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Category Archives: Lab Integrated EHR
The confusing future of HIEs
One of the central issues in moving U.S. healthcare from a paper-based legacy to an electronic platform is the ability to connect health data together as seamlessly as possible. Health data has been historically very fragmented, with pieces of a patient’s story scattered across many different locations, where duplication and discrepancies abound. How can we knit this all together in a way that works? The Federal policy approach to this has been to propose regional data exchanges – Health Information… read more >
The Vulnerability of Data
We’ve all heard it before-encrypt your data, password-protect your system, ditch the paper records. But it seems like a lot of people aren’t listening or think they’re immune to data breeches. Unfortunately, with the emergence of EMRs, more data is running loose and its physical systems to blame. Just because PF is the safest way to store your data in the cloud, doesn’t mean you shouldn’t take all precautions into account and protect yourself from human error. Storing your information… read more >
Saving Lives with EMR Systems
As you might have heard, we have a brand new feature for our users: Drug-drug and drug-allergy interaction alerts. This feature will not only take us one step closer to full ONC EHR certification but it’s an integral part of the ONC’s vision for improving US healthcare. According to the Food and Drug Administration, about 2 million people are affected by adverse drug reactions (ADR) every year. 100,000 people die from ADR yearly. ADR is so prevalent in this country… read more >
Posted in e-Prescribing, Lab Integrated EHR, Medical Charting, Patient Safety
Tagged CDS, Clinical Decision Support, EHR, ONC, Practice Fusion
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New EHR Functionality: Drug Allergy Alerts
We’re excited to bring you a major new feature for your EHR account today: drug-drug and drug-allergy interaction alerts. It’s a frequently requested enhancement and also a big step towards Meaningful Use. And, like all our features, this clinical decision support system (CDSS) is entirely free. Drug Interaction AlertsYou will now be automatically alerted when a drug you are adding, prescribing or refilling interacts with another drug or with an allergy listed in the patient’s chart. The following video shows… read more >
LabCorp Lab Integrated EHR
One of Practice Fusion’s strengths is self-improvement. You could say that we are slightly obsessed with upgrading the EHR. That’s why this holiday season we decided to have a different kind of Epiphany: structured LabCorp results. Instead of navigating snowed-in airports and the in-laws turkey dinner, we broke out the space heaters and spent our silent nights crafting some new EHR features. Eat your hearts out, Santa’s elves. Our team is thrilled to announce that you can now receive structured… read more >
