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Contributing Writer · February 15, 2011
Benefits of EHRs: How they impact physician productivity
One of the big concerns about implementing an Electronic Health Record (EHR) into a medical practice is the fear that it will slow you down. In fact, after cost, usability (and its effect on productivity) is the second-biggest perceived barrier to EHR adoption.
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Contributing Writer · February 11, 2011
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.
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Contributing Writer · February 10, 2011
Clinical Decision Support: What It Is and how to use It
Clinical Decision Support (CDS) is an important element in improving health care delivery. Given the dramatic variation in health care costs from one locale to another (the Dartmouth Atlas experience), prompting rank-and-file physicians with standard-of-care guidelines (one way of implementing CDS), at the point of...
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Contributing Writer · February 1, 2011
The impact of web-based EHRs on HIEs
One of the central features in the emerging national policy around Health Information Technology (HIT) is the need to connect everyone together in a way that is both seamless but also secure and private.
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Contributing Writer · January 28, 2011
Being Sick in a Digital Age: EMRs,Telemedicine and Virtual Consultations
Last week, I was ill. I was coughing, sweating, aching, spinning, you name it. With a whole mess of sickness flowing through my immune system, I had little to no energy left to be my ol’ self. I haven’t been this sick in a long...
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