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Practice Fusion · October 18, 2014
Thinking outside the pillbox: Enabling patients to stick to their medication plan
To the tune of 125,000 deaths and $300 million, medication non-adherence is a growing concern to clinicians and the healthcare system. In fact nearly two thirds of re-admissions are due to medication non-adherence. However, the use of interventions to improve adherence are rare in routine... Continue
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Practice Fusion · October 6, 2014
Building the right foundation for clinically integrated networks from the ground up
Builders and home-buyers in quake-prone regions of California prefer neighborhoods erected atop bedrock to those that rest on landfill, which are prone to crumble and slide when an earthquake hits. Portions of new buildings in San Francisco’s Mission Bay district rest on steel pilings driven... Continue
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Practice Fusion · September 20, 2014
Finding visual defects using difflow
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Practice Fusion · July 18, 2014
4 costs associated with most EHRs
According to HealthIT.gov, the estimated cost of purchasing and installing an electronic health record (EHR) ranges from $15,000 to $70,000,http://www.healthit.gov/providers-professionals/faqs/how-much-going-cost-me, per provider. An i ndependent third-party organization found similar findings when they looked at the average yearly cost and total cost of ownership Continue
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Contributing Writer · July 11, 2014
What are the benefits of electronic health records (EHRs)?
Years ago, doctors and other healthcare practitioners had no choice but to put pen to paper for health records. They had to keep records by hand and then employ staff to deal with the mountains of paperwork and filing. Accessing these records proved time-consuming, and... Continue