By now, most can agree that going electronic is a necessity of doing business, especially in the health care setting. Among other uses, electronic health records (“EHR”) often provide for the ability...
Docs ignore EHR nudges to deprescribe dementia-linked drugs: study
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Alicia Lasek
Jul 09, 2021
An attempt to encourage reduced use of anticholinergics failed to win the attention of physicians and patients, according to a new study.
Google vets health record tool for patients; Microsoft bets on healthcare AI
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Alicia Lasek
Apr 13, 2021
Google is recruiting Android users to see how they prefer to interact with their own health data, and Microsoft is working to develop software that transcribes patient-doctor conversations directly into...
Clinical Briefs for Thursday, December 19
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Alicia Lasek
Dec 18, 2019
Sound sleep may counter genetic risk of heart disease and stroke … Healthy diet could save $50 billion in cardiometabolic health care costs … Partnership aims to identify flu vaccines for elderly nursing...
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Dec 18, 2017
Interoperability questions delay contract for VA electronic health record … Missing CO nursing home resident found dead after six-month search … Prescribed exercise program delivers strength...
Providers can’t wait until discovery requests to understand EHRs, experts say
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Nov 01, 2017
NEW ORLEANS — With both electronic health record use and litigation on the rise in the long-term care space, providers need to understand how best to secure their data in order to avoid stepping into...
Vendor to pay $155M in first-of-kind case
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James M. Berklan
Jul 06, 2017
An electronic health records vendor accused of paying kickbacks and selling its software even though it wasn’t certified will pay $155 million to settle legal claims.
Practice Fusion, ePatientFinder launch clinical trial recruitment
Apr 21, 2015
Practice Fusion, an EHR vendor, and ePatientFinder have announced a partnership they said would create nation’s largest clinical trial recruitment network.
PointClickCare adds features
Mar 18, 2015
PointClickCare said it has added three features to its electronic health record system.
Incentives seen as a spark for EHR expansion in field
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Amy Novotney
Mar 04, 2015
Electronic health record use in nursing homes is at an all-time high, but health information technology adoption in long-term care is still lagging behind other healthcare sectors, according to a study...