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HIMSS
Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society
"In terms of getting data to the patient ... healthcare is quite a ways behind"
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Has helped with patient care, but pay attention to the burnout it can cause, experts urge
"It's opened a Pandora's box, which is not going back"
'We do not think the state of kidney disease care is acceptable'
Despite years of effort, doctors say their PA burdens have gotten worse
Recruit those recalcitrant doctors to help explain your system's cybersecurity practices
Making the results easier to read is part of the solution
12 million patients now have access to their doctors' notes
Some aspects of EHRs, telemedicine might technically be illegal
Multiple healthcare groups are working on the problem
Aims to define what constitutes 'harm' when health records are exposed
Scribes take off the pressure to improve them, two experts say
Many organizations are unaware of their security vulnerabilities
Lengths of stay cut substantially at one hospital chain.
Electronic health records combined with video images are improving team healthcare.