Digital Medical Records

How to 'Limit the Pain' of Electronic Health Records

Janet Dillione | Posted 10.24.2011

Read More: Electronic Health Records, Digital Medical Records, EHR Issues, Health, Health Care Reform, Patient Records, Health Care, Healthcare, Patient Care, Electronic Medical Records, Healthy Living News

But with advancement comes a learning curve and adaptation, and as we've seen with electronic health records (EHR), usability remains a widespread hurdle.

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Do Digital Medical Records Exacerbate Inequalities?

Ray Suarez | Posted 09.27.2011

Read More: Health Care, Digital Medical Records Inequalities, Digital Medical Records, Healthy Living Body, Digital Record Keeping, Doctors Digital Records, Video, Healthy Living News

For now, however, the health care providers with the deepest pockets have embraced digital record-keeping most quickly -- the very places that treat the patients who are most likely to be educated, have insurance ...

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FDA, Obama Digital Medical Records Team At Odds Over Safety Oversight

HuffPost Investigative Fund | Posted 05.25.2011

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By Fred Schulte and Emma SchwartzHuffington Post Investigative FundComputers at a major Midwest hospital chain went awry on June 29, posting some doct...

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Ambitious Timetable Set For Electronic Medical Records

AP | RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — The Obama administration on Tuesday rolled out an ambitious five-year plan for moving doctors and hospitals to computerized medical...

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Effort To Track Medical Safety Issues Faces Long Road Ahead

Huffington Post Investigative Fund | Fred Schulte and Emma Schwartz | Posted 05.25.2011

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Despite mounting concern over safety risks posed by digital medical records systems, government officials are years away from starting to track hazard...

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FDA Asks Hospitals To Report Safety Glitches In Digital Health Systems

Huffington Post Investigative Fund | Fred Schulte and Emma Schwartz | Posted 05.25.2011

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Concern over safety risks posed by health information technology has led the Food and Drug Administration to step up scrutiny of the products, includi...

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Experts: Move To Electronic Medical Records Needs Oversight

Posted 05.25.2011

By Fred Schulte and Emma Schwartz Huffington Post Investigative FundThough electronic health records may greatly improve medical care in the future, ...

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Shopping for Health Software, Some Doctors Get Buyer's Remorse

Huffington Post Investigative Fund | Emma Schwartz | Posted 05.25.2011

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Robert Cameron wasn't much of a technology buff, but the orthopedic surgeon knew he wanted to get rid of all the paper in his nine-physician practice ...

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Shopping for Health Software, Some Doctors Get Buyer's Remorse

Huffington Post Investigative Fund | Emma Schwartz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Medical Records, Compter Medical Records, Digital Medical Records, Acermed, Digital Health Records, Technology News

Robert Cameron wasn't much of a technology buff, but the orthopedic surgeon knew he wanted to get rid of all the paper in his nine-physician practice ...

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As Health Files Go Digital, Patients May Spot Unpleasant Surprises

Huffington Post Investigative Fund | Fred Schulte | Posted 05.25.2011

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When Kaiser Permanente started giving patients online access to their medical records nearly five years ago, it offered the same lab reports doctors s...

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Open Architecture: The Devil in The Policy Details

Christopher Meyer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Energy, Internet, Digital Medical Records, Robin Chase, Health Care, Smart Grid, Online Medical Records, Business News

Open standards are an essential enabler in the development of any shared infrastructure, but the habits of mind that lead to open platforms are not yet widespread with respect to software.

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