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IOM recommends social factors to include in EHRs
Electronic health records should be equipped to record and track 12 social and behavioral determinants of health, an Institute of Medicine committee recommended.
In addition to measures that are routinely collected now – race/ethnicity, tobacco use, alcohol use, and residential address – the...googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-cta');
Source: Skin and Allergy News - November 14, 2014 Category: Dermatology Tags: CARD Practice Economics CHEST Practice Economics CEN Practice Economics CNN Practice Economics CPN Practice Economics FPN Practice Economics EM Practice Economics HOSP Practice Economics IMN Practice Economics OBGYN Practice Economics Source Type: news
ONC strategic plan keeps focus on adoption, interoperability
Adoption and interoperability of electronic health records continue to be a primary focus of efforts by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology.
“There will be a strong emphasis on interoperability,” said Dr. Karen DeSalvo, National Coordinator for Health IT,...googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-cta');
Source: Skin and Allergy News - December 8, 2014 Category: Dermatology Tags: CARD Practice Economics CHEST Practice Economics CEN Practice Economics CNN Practice Economics CPN Practice Economics EM Practice Economics FPN Practice Economics HOSP Practice Economics IMN Practice Economics OBGYN Practice Economics Source Type: news
EHRs: Incentives spurred adoption
Financial incentives and potential penalties were the major influencers on most physicians’ decision to adopt electronic health records, according to a new report from the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT.
Almost two-thirds (62%) of physicians cited the incentives/penalties...googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-cta');
Source: Skin and Allergy News - December 11, 2014 Category: Dermatology Tags: CARD Practice Economics CHEST Practice Economics CEN Practice Economics CNN Practice Economics CPN Practice Economics FPN Practice Economics IMN Practice Economics OBGYN Practice Economics PED Practice Economics RHEUM Practice Economics Source Type: news
Happy holidays from Medicare: 250,000 docs to get meaningful use penalty
About 257,000 doctors and other medical professionals, or about 50% of those eligible to participate in the electronic health record incentive program, are about to get a holiday “gift” from Medicare: a 1% reduction in Medicare pay.
The reduction will come from 2015 Medicare payments to doctors...googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-cta');
Source: Skin and Allergy News - December 19, 2014 Category: Dermatology Tags: CARD Practice Economics CHEST Practice Economics CEN Practice Economics CNN Practice Economics CPN Practice Economics EM Practice Economics FPN Practice Economics HOSP Practice Economics IMN Practice Economics OBGYN Practice Economics Source Type: news
Giving patients ownership of data key to solving health IT woes
Mandating that patients “own” their health care data could open the road to true interoperability of electronic health records and might even help solve other tough health IT problems.
“As a consumer, if I pay for my health care, I go see a provider, and I [should] get my data, whatever it is –...googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-cta');
Source: Skin and Allergy News - January 2, 2015 Category: Dermatology Tags: CARD Practice Economics CHEST Practice Economics CEN Practice Economics CNN Practice Economics CPN Practice Economics EM Practice Economics FPN Practice Economics HOSP Practice Economics IMN Practice Economics OBGYN Practice Economics Source Type: news
Happy holidays from Medicare: 250,000 docs to get meaningful use penalty
About 257,000 doctors and other medical professionals, or about 50% of those eligible to participate in the electronic health record incentive program, are about to get a holiday “gift” from Medicare: a 1% reduction in Medicare pay.
The reduction will come from 2015 Medicare payments to doctors...googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-cta');
Source: Skin and Allergy News - December 19, 2014 Category: Dermatology Tags: CARD Practice Economics CHEST Practice Economics CEN Practice Economics CNN Practice Economics CPN Practice Economics EM Practice Economics FPN Practice Economics HOSP Practice Economics IMN Practice Economics OBGYN Practice Economics Source Type: news
CMS formally proposes changes to EHR reporting period for 2015
Physicians and other health care professionals would need to attest to meeting criteria for the meaningful use of electronic health records for 90 days in 2015, under a proposed change announced by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services April 10.
The agency included a number of other...
Source: Skin and Allergy News - April 13, 2015 Category: Dermatology Tags: CARD Practice Economics CHEST Practice Economics CEN Practice Economics CNN Practice Economics CPN Practice Economics FPN Practice Economics HOSP Practice Economics IMN Practice Economics OBGYN Practice Economics RHEUM Practice Economics Source Type: news
Automated Misspelling Detection and Correction in Clinical Free-Text Records
Publication date: Available online 24 April 2015 Source:Journal of Biomedical Informatics Author(s): Kenneth H. Lai , Maxim Topaz , Foster R. Goss , Li Zhou Accurate electronic health records are important for clinical care and research as well as ensuring patient safety. It is crucial for misspelled words to be corrected in order to ensure that medical records are interpreted correctly. This paper describes the development of a spelling correction system for medical text. Our spell checker is based on Shannon’s noisy channel model, and uses an extensive dictionary compiled from many sources. We also use named entity r...
Source: Journal of Biomedical Informatics - April 25, 2015 Category: Information Technology Source Type: research
User errors are top reason for EHR-related malpractice claims
User error, such as incorrect data input, contributes to the majority of medical malpractice claims that involve electronic health records.
Of 97 EHR-related malpractice claims that closed from January 2007 to June 2014, 64% involved user errors, while 42% related to system factors, according to...
Source: Skin and Allergy News - June 5, 2015 Category: Dermatology Tags: CARD Practice Economics CHEST Practice Economics CEN Practice Economics CNN Practice Economics CPN Practice Economics EM Practice Economics FPN Practice Economics HOSP Practice Economics IMN Practice Economics OBGYN Practice Economics Source Type: news
Access Health Record at Push of Button When Evidence LackingAccess Health Record at Push of Button When Evidence Lacking
A green-button function is being tested in electronic health records to help direct treatment of similar patients when data from randomized controlled trials are not available. Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Allergy Headlines - June 4, 2015 Category: Allergy & Immunology Tags: Internal Medicine News Source Type: news
Patients’ web portals to access EHRs need improvement
Owners and creators of patient-facing web portals to access individuals’ electronic health records (EHRs) need to improve the portals’ usability, according to researchers from the University of California San Francisco.
The essay is a response to the efficacy of the federal Meaningful Use program,...googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-cta');
Source: Skin and Allergy News - July 14, 2015 Category: Dermatology Source Type: news
Five‐year risk of incident disease following a diagnosis of chronic rhinosinusitis
ConclusionThe risk of other diseases associated with CRS adds to the burden of an already highly burdensome condition, and suggests either that CRS promotes onset of other diseases or is an indicator of systemic disease processes. Different patterns of association with diseases by CRS phenotype may be due to CRSwNP sample size imitations or reflect a different pattern of disease onset by phenotype. These findings have implications for screening guidelines and care of CRS patients.This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
Source: Allergy - September 1, 2015 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Annemarie G. Hirsch, Xiaowei Yan, Agnes Sundaresan, Bruce K. Tan, Robert P. Schleimer, Robert C. Kern, Thomas L. Kennedy, J. Scott Greene, Brian S. Schwartz Tags: Original Article: Epidemiology and Genetics Source Type: research
GAO: Physicians, hospitals struggle to achieve EHR interoperability
Physicians and health care organizations are struggling to achieve interoperability, the exchange of data between their electronic health records systems, according to a U.S. Government Accountability Office report.
The report comes as more federal lawmakers press the Obama administration to slow...
Source: Skin and Allergy News - October 5, 2015 Category: Dermatology Source Type: news
CMS delays Stage 3 meaningful use until 2018, simplifies program
Doctors will have 1 more year – until Jan. 1, 2018 – to comply with Stage 3 meaningful use requirements for electronic health records (EHRs), the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced.
In its long-awaited <a...
Source: Skin and Allergy News - October 7, 2015 Category: Dermatology Source Type: news
