Why Meaningful Use Of EHRs Matters: A Field Report
Two daily users of EHR systems, who understand the concerns of naysayers, share a real-life clinical situation involving a nephrologist that underscores the value of electronic health systems and electronic health information exchange.
Top 12 Healthcare Quality Concerns in 2012
Health Leaders Media interviewed quality experts around the country to glean the quality issues will provoke the most influential changes in healthcare in 2012.
5 Steps To Electronic Health Record Meaningful Use
HHS site offers small medical practices tips on selecting, implementing, and making the most of EHRs.
Medicare to Tackle Chronic Illnesses with Home Care
Up to 10,000 Medicare patients with chronic conditions will be able to get most of the care they need at home under a new demonstration project developed by CMS and underpinned by the use of information technology.
A 2011 Healthcare IT Year-in-Review Mashup
FierceHealthIT provides the best of the “looking back at the year in Health IT” lists.
Doctors Have to Manage Smartphone Distractions
As the use of mobile devices grows among physicians, so does concern about how to minimize interruptions that could endanger patients.
Facebook is helping people find medical assistance, highlighting the positive impact social networking sites can have on healthcare in the future.
Birds In Spring: Communicating Across Doctor Lines
One chronically ill patient is concerned that his doctors don’t talk to each other and wonders how to resolve this issue of care coordination. Food for thought for nephrologists.
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