Doctors who adopt electronic health records may lose money
Physician offices that move to electronic health record systems, but don't make additional changes in the practice to enhance revenue and cut costs for services no longer needed, stand to lose money, a University ...
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Mar 05, 2013 |
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Is too much e-communication swamping doctors?
(HealthDay)—As hospitals increasingly forgo pen and paper in favor of "e-records," new research suggests the move is leaving many doctors struggling in a sea of daily communications.
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Mar 04, 2013 |
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New research could be key to stopping spread of killer diseases
(Medical Xpress)—New research from the University of Reading could be crucial in the fight to stop the spread of killer viruses such as HIV and avian flu.
Medical research
Mar 04, 2013 |
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Colon cancer screening doubles with new e-health record use
Researchers used electronic health records to identify Group Health patients who weren't screened regularly for cancer of the colon and rectum—and to encourage them to be screened. This centralized, automated approach doubled ...
Cancer
Mar 04, 2013 |
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Electronic cigarettes gaining awareness, use
Increased awareness and use of electronic cigarettes in the U.S. outlined in a study released Thursday highlights the need for government regulation and evaluation, the head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's ...
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Feb 28, 2013 |
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Study finds diabetes does not increase risk of total knee surgical complications
Patients with diabetes who undergo total knee replacement surgery do not have increased risk of surgical complications compared to those patients without diabetes, according to a Kaiser Permanente study published today in ...
Surgery
Feb 28, 2013 |
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Electronic health communications often unavilable to lower income patients
Lower-income patients want to communicate electronically with their doctors, but the revolution in health care technology often is not accessible to them, due to inadequate health information services within the health care ...
Health
Feb 26, 2013 |
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Primary care doctors can make the wrong call
(HealthDay)—In one case documented in a new study, an elderly patient was misdiagnosed with bronchitis but actually had full-blown pneumonia and ended up being admitted to the hospital.
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Feb 25, 2013 |
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Digital processing system avoids 17.4 million drug errors in US in one year
Processing a prescription through an electronic ordering system can halve the likelihood of a drug error, and avert more than 17 million such incidents in US hospitals in one year alone, indicates research published online ...
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Feb 20, 2013 |
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US doctors slow to adopt electronic health records
(HealthDay)—Although doctors who are using electronic health records in a meaningful way are eligible for a $44,000 bonus from the U.S. government, many still haven't adopted the new technology, a new study ...
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Feb 20, 2013 |
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Regenstrief study: Informatics tools underutilized in prevention of hospital-acquired infection
Advances in electronic medical record systems and health information exchange are shifting efforts in public health toward greater use of information systems to automate disease surveillance, but a study from the Regenstrief ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Feb 20, 2013 |
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Multimodality approach needed to reengineer health care
(HealthDay)—A multimodality approach focusing on reengineering the U.S. health care system may provide a way to improve quality and reduce costs, according to a viewpoint published in the Feb. 20 issue ...
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Feb 20, 2013 |
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Physical activity linked to lower rates of depression in bariatric surgery patients
Adults undergoing bariatric surgery who are more physically active are less likely to have depressive symptoms and to have recently received medication or counseling for depression or anxiety than their less active counterparts, ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Feb 14, 2013 |
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Outdated 'paper chart' model of computerized provider documentation seen as problematic
As healthcare practitioners and institutions increase their adoption and use of electronic health records, the transition from paper-based to computerized provider documentation (CPD) is having dramatic effects on a range ...
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Feb 14, 2013 |
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Final HIPAA omnibus rule goes into effect March 26
(HealthDay)—The final omnibus rule, which makes changes to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996, goes into effect March 26, and physicians must be in compliance by Sept. ...
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Feb 09, 2013 |
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