(HealthDay)—About $20 million has been awarded to 11 organizations for the first of a five-year program to provide training and education about the Quality Payment Program for clinicians in individual or small group practices, ...
Feb 25, 2017
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A new type of planning document called the multidisciplinary rounding plan (MDRP) offers advantages in patient care in the neuroscience intensive care unit, compared to the traditional nursing care plan (NCP), according to ...
Mar 6, 2023
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Despite significant investment in health information technology such as computerized health records and clinical decision support, leveraging the technology to improve the quality of care will require significant and sustained ...
Oct 27, 2020
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Dementia often claims two victims: The patient and the caregiver. That's because caring for people with dementia requires close supervision and constant care, which can place a caregiver's psychological, physical and financial ...
Jun 11, 2013
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(HealthDay)—Almost 80 percent of doctors in the United States have switched from paper to electronic health records, new government statistics show.
May 20, 2014
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Front-line protection of U.S. communities against disease epidemics relies on seamless information sharing between public health officials and doctors, plus the wherewithal to act on that data. But health departments have ...
Aug 10, 2016
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(HealthDay)—Interoperability of electronic health record (EHR) systems is a national priority of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, according to an article published March 4 in Medical ...
Mar 16, 2014
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(HealthDay)—The American Association of Family Physicians (AAFP) is urging Congress to end the federal shutdown, according to a statement from the association.
Oct 9, 2013
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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 ...
Jun 13, 2012
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Health information exchanges increase patient referrals among participating doctors, but that increase may be at the expense of physicians who aren't part of the exchange, according to a new University at Buffalo School of ...
Mar 3, 2022
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