Do Electronic Health Records Pose Risk of Wrong Patient Orders?
Transcribing patient orders is one of the many documentation tasks that medical transcription companies help physicians with. Today, computerized physician order entry (CPOE) allows providers to transmit orders quickly via the electronic health record (EHR). While EHRs are designed to optimize work flow and communications and
Study Finds EHR Needs to be Improved for Usability and Patient Safety
Electronic health records (EHRs) are real-time, patient-centered records that include a patient’s medical history, diagnoses, medications, treatment plans, immunization dates, allergies, radiology images, and laboratory and test results. These records are shared with other healthcare providers and organizations to help physicians make better decisions and
Six Best Practices to Optimize Use of Electronic Health Records
Electronic health records (EHRs) improve communication and access to patient information. Outsourcing medical transcription plays a key role in improving the quality of EHR data. More than 95 percent of hospitals and nearly 90 percent of office-based physicians have adopted an electronic health record (EHR)
EHRs Leading to Health IT Related Stress and Burnouts among Physicians, Finds JAMIA Study
Healthcare organizations are now committing to health IT suite such as electronic health records (EHRs) to ensure patient satisfaction and succeed with value-based care initiatives, quality improvement, and other business objectives, that can help their progress. EHR allows physicians to exchange secure messages with patients
EHRs contributing to Pediatric Medication Errors, finds Study
Electronic health records (EHRs) are designed to enable physicians to efficiently manage and access comprehensive patient information digitally. EHRs provide a centralized platform for storing medical histories, treatment plans, medications, and test results. However, entering and registering patients’ data in their EHRs can take
