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Electronic Health Records: The New Lightning Rod in Health Care
When Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital failed to diagnose the first known case of Ebola in the U.S., the hospital initially blamed its electronic health record (EHR). As it turned out, the problem was the humanware, not the software. The culprit was a …
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NIH funds million for study on ethical use of patient health records
The project—lead by Laura Beskow, co-director of the Program for Empirical Bioethics—will look at how patients feel about the use of their health data. As electronic health records have become more widespread, it has become easier to use patient …
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Bids are in for B DOD health records system
The DOD Healthcare Management Systems Modernization (DHMSM) is expected to modernize the Military Health System's clinical systems and provide electronic health records that will be interoperable with those of the Veteran Affairs Department, which is …
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Triad hospitals tapping into national network of electronic health records
That change is well underway in the Triad, as is the implementation of the most up-to-date electronic medical records systems. That's given way to a next phase, which is creating the ability to better share those records among providers and venues, a …
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