News tagged with electronic records


Protection against whooping cough waned during the five years after fifth dose of DTaP

OAKLAND, Calif. − Protection against whooping cough (also called pertussis) waned during the five years after the fifth dose of the combined diphtheria, tetanus, acellular pertussis (DTaP) vaccine, according to researchers ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Sep 12, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Depression may go overlooked when physicians use electronic medical records, researchers find

(Medical Xpress) -- Patients who have three or more chronic medical conditions are half as likely to receive depression treatment in primary care practices that use electronic medical records as they are in practices that ...

Health created Aug 16, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers enable real-time reporting of public health cases

IBM scientists are collaborating with the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Public Health Data Standards Consortium (PHDSC) to further standardize the exchange and use of public health information to ...

Other created Aug 16, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Patient data outage exposes risks of electronic medical records

Dozens of hospitals across the country lost access to crucial electronic medical records for about five hours during a major computer outage last month, raising fresh concerns about whether poorly designed technology can ...

Health created Aug 10, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

U.S. doctors embracing electronic health records: survey

(HealthDay) -- A majority of U.S. physicians have now adopted an electronic health record system as part of their routine practice, a new national survey reveals.

Health created Jul 17, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Researchers develop new method for identifying lung nodules

Pulmonary nodules are common, but few studies of lung nodule identification and clinical evaluation have been performed in community settings. Researchers from Kaiser Permanente Southern California identified 7,112 patients ...

Cancer created Jul 16, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

NIST issues guidance for pediatric electronic health records

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released a guide to help improve the design of electronic health records for pediatric patients so that the design focus is on the users—the doctors, nurses ...

Other created Jul 11, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Interactive personal health records increase clinical preventive services

Patients who use an interactive personal health record (IPHR) are almost twice as likely to be up to date with clinical preventive services as those who do not, according to a new study led by Alex Krist, M.D., M.P.H., research ...

Health created Jul 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Electronic medical record improves physician compliance of reviewing portal images, study suggests

The use of an electronic medical record (EMR) for reviewing portal images dramatically improves compliance with timeliness and record keeping, according to a study in the July issue of the Journal of the American College of ...

Other created Jul 02, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Hospice visit number affects ability to die at home

(HealthDay) -- Hospice patients with cancer are more likely to be able to die in the setting of their choice if they receive at least one hospice visit per day during the first four days of hospice care, according ...

Cancer created Jun 27, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

E-records linked to fewer malpractice claims

(HealthDay News) -- Malpractice claims dipped dramatically among Massachusetts physicians after they began using electronic medical records, according to new research, although it's not clear whether the ...

Health created Jun 26, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

The price tag on a patient-centered medical home

The patient-centered medical home (PCMH) is a concept at the heart of many health care reform models that aim to both improve the quality of care and reduce wasteful spending. But a new analysis of federally qualified health ...

Health created Jun 25, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Health IT expert says electronic medical records finally catching on

The U.S. Olympic Committee is converting to electronic medical records (EMRs) this month for hundreds of athletes who will be competing in London, as well as thousands of other athletes who have been seen by Olympic Committee ...

Health created Jun 19, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

California physicians unprepared for electronic health record regulations: report

(Medical Xpress) -- Electronic health records (EHRs) are used widely by California physicians, but many of their systems are not designed to meet new federal standards aimed at improving the quality of health care, according ...

Health created Jun 15, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Productivity gains from health IT must await bigger health system changes

Productivity gains that can be achieved by widely adopting health information technology are likely to come from the reengineering of health care and may require new measurement tools to accurately gauge their impact, according ...

Health created Jun 13, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0