How mHealth apps connect hospitals with physicians, patients

How mHealth apps connect hospitals with physicians, patients
To give physicians context when they recommend an action, the medical information technology team developed a sophisticated messaging system that can be used on a smartphone or tablet and directly links to a patient's electronic health record (EHR) at …
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Chris Nuland: Board working to simplify medical records fee
In Deerfield on Oct. 9, the Florida Board of Medicine will consider a rule change that would simplify the fees charged by physicians for the reproduction of medical records, by allowing hospitals and physicians to charge the same amount for medical …
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Ebola in Dallas: EHR Partly to Blame
The Dallas hospital's experience should be a lesson for emergency departments nationwide, Jonathan Weiner, DrPH, director of the Center for Population Health Information Technology at Johns Hopkins University, said in an email to MedPage Today.
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Doctors and NAH team up for more accountable care
According to Kaiser Health News, accountable care organizations are networks of doctors, hospitals, health care and social service providers that are tasked with creating more a more efficient medical system. To encourage health care providers to form …
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