Electronic health records

No hospital savings seen with electronic records
MSNBC | 5 hours 29 minutes ago
Study: Administrative costs rose despite switching to computerized files

HHS revises Medicare fee-for-service error rates
HealthImaging.com | 5 hours 31 minutes ago
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) have significantly revised its calculations of Medicare fee-for-service (FFS) error rates in 2009.

Study: Health IT fails to reduce healthcare costs
HealthImaging.com | 5 hours 42 minutes ago
The increased computerization of U.S. hospitals hasn't made them cheaper or more efficient, although it may modestly improve the quality of care for heart attacks, Harvard researchers reported in today's online edition of the American Journal of Medicine.

The gloves are off in Ontario, but only Tories are swinging
Globe and Mail (Toronto), The | 8 hours 25 minutes ago
Province's Liberals are finding politics a different game now that they've got Tim Hudak to contend with

More IT At Hospitals Doesn't Cut Costs, Harvard Study Finds
National Underwriter | 8 hours 33 minutes ago
A new study by Harvard University researchers have found that increased computerization at some hospitals has not lowered costs or streamlined administration.

$10B loan program targeted at small medical groups
Government Health IT | 9 hours 6 minutes ago
A bill that provides loans of up to $350,000 for physicians and $2 million for medical groups to buy electronic health record systems or other healthcare information technology is likely to benefit solo and small group practices the most, according to investment bank Piper Jaffrey.

Study Casts Doubt on I.T. Benefits
Health Data Management | 11 hours 9 minutes ago
A new study of cost data for 4,000 hospitals contends there is no evidence that computerization has lowered costs or streamlined administration. The study, published Nov. 20 and based on data from 2003 to 2007, also claims there is no strong evidence that increased computerization leads to increased quality.

ACL Labs chose Accenx EMR
HealthImaging.com | 13 hours 33 minutes ago
The West Allis, Wisc.-based ACL Laboratories, which provides clinical and industrial laboratory testing, has chosen health information exchange (HIE) company Accenx Exchange EMR.

The gloves are off in Ontario, but only Conservatives are swinging
Globe and Mail (Toronto), The | 13 hours 37 minutes ago
Province's Liberals are finding politics a different game now that they've got Tim Hudak to contend with

No hospital savings with electronic records: study
National Post (Canada) | 21 hours 41 minutes ago
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New electronic record systems installed in thousands of U.S.