Health Information Technology: Building Safer Systems for Patient Care January 26, 2012
Posted by Kathleen Blake, MD, MPH, FHRS in Health Policy.Tags: EHR, Electronic medical records, Health information technology, HIT, Institute of Medicine, IOM
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The Institute of Medicine (IOM) recently released a report which evaluates health information technology safety concerns and recommends way that both government and the private sector can make patient care safer using health information technology (HIT). (more…)
Your Integration Can Mean My Disintegration October 4, 2011
Posted by Sanjay Deshpande, MD, FHRS in Health Policy.Tags: Electronic medical records, Health information technology, Healthcare reform, Integrated Delivery Systems
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As a sub-specialist, I am painfully reminded on a daily basis that healthcare for many patients is fragmented. The historical source of fragmentation appears to be the free choice that patients had in selecting their few available physicians and hospitals, based on perceptions of quality, geographic proximity, and short-term relationships with insurance plans. (more…)
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