healthcare

Software default values, though implemented for safety, are proving in many cases to be harmful for patients if not used properly Read More »

There’s a problem brewing at Affinity Medical Center in Massillon, Ohio.  The hospital is set to go live on its brand new Cerner EHR system this weekend, but the registered nurses are feeling undertrained, short staffed, and unprepared for the transition.  [...]  What should a provider do when the staff simply isn’t on board after months of preparing for EHR implementation? Read More »

The Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority’s newest analysis shows troubling news for providers who rely on basic EHR shortcuts such as automatically populated default fields. Read More »

A percolating problem is beginning to boil over: doctors and nurses really don’t like their new electronic health records systems. And, as EHR implementations increase ahead of government deadlines for incentive dollars, dissatisfaction among clinicians is growing. Read More »

Hospitals have always had problems securing the initial down payment for electronic health record (EHR) implementation; a recently released poll from KPMG suggests that financing such projects remains an ongoing concern that promises to last throughout the implementation phase and beyond. Read More »

Following last week’s news that the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Defense (DoD, VA) would abandon their joint development of an integrated EHR (iEHR), the focus for both departments turns to making their EHR systems interoperate, which has some taking umbrage with the decision. Read More »

What do you do when an EHR contract ends, but the vendor won’t let you access your patients’ data until after a lengthy court battle over a missing bill?  Does a vendor have the right to withhold records for any reason, even if the information is stored in a proprietary format? Read More »