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A widespread uptake of eHealth technologies is likely to benefit European Healthcare systems both in terms of quality of care and financial sustainability and European society at large. This is why eHealth has been on the European Commission policy agenda for more than a decade. The objectives...
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eHealth has been on the European Commission Information Society's policy agenda for more than a decade, from the eEurope initiative(European Commission 1999) to the i2010 Strategy(European Commission 2005), and most recently the Digital Agenda for Europe (DAE)(European Commission 2010), eHealth...
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This article cite progress on the adoption of health information technology (HIT) that meets Medicare’s criteria for “meaningful use.†Through an analysis of Medicare data, the study found a substantial increase in the percentage of hospitals receiving electronic health record...
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The national effort to promote the adoption and meaningful use of electronic health records (EHRs) is well under way. However, 2014 marks an important transition: For many hospitals, penalties will be assessed in fiscal year 2015 for failing to meet federal meaningful-use criteria by the end of...
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slow movement toward improved EHR use. Factors facilitating use of EHRs include customization of products and being owned …
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Hospitals face increasing pressure to implement medication reconciliation—a systematic way to ensure accurate patient medication lists at admission, during a hospitalization and at discharge—to reduce errors and improve patient outcomes. Electronic health records (EHRs) can help...
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Documents workarounds used in independent, community-based primary care practices.
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(EHR) systems have long been promoted as a cost-effective and efficient alternative to this situation, clear-cut evidence … of their success has not been forthcoming. An examination of some of the underlying problems that prevent EHR systems … coordination and communication. There is, however, reason to be optimistic that EHR systems can fulfil a healthy part, if not all …
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This article cite progress on the adoption of health information technology (HIT) that meets Medicare’s criteria for “meaningful use.†Through an analysis of Medicare data, the study found a substantial increase in the percentage of hospitals receiving electronic health record...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010924270