There is little doubt that overall EHR is improving patient care and safety. However, as could be expected from the roll-out of a new technology in a complex environment, there [...]
Recently, premature deaths associated with preventable harm to patients at hospitals was estimated at more than 400,000 per year.1 Serious harm appears to be 10- to 20-fold more common than [...]
Electronic health record (EHR) technology leverages digital progress and is transforming the way care is delivered and compensated. EHR allows patients’ medical information to be available whenever and wherever it [...]
The 10th revision of the International Classification of Diseases, or ICD-10,1 will change the way physicians and other medical professionals code clinical data. ICD-10 was slated to take effect on [...]
Computerized provider order entry (CPOE) by licensed healthcare professionals for medication orders has been shown to improve patient safety, improve care quality and reduce medication errors.1 It is also a [...]
