News tagged with electronic public records

Patients' views on electronic patient records

The digitisation of patient records needs much wider consultation if the NHS is to retain public confidence in patient confidentiality, says a new survey published today by the New Economics Foundation and th ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Oct 11, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

US hospitals making only modest gains in adoption of electronic health records

Transforming the U.S. health care system from paper-based to electronic-based may improve health care quality and reduce costs, but a new study by researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) suggests that ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Aug 26, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Ariz. court rules records law covers 'metadata'

(AP) -- Hidden data embedded in electronic public records must be disclosed under Arizona's public records law, the state Supreme Court ruled Thursday in a case that attracted interest from media and government organizations.

Technology / Internet

created Oct 29, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Fighting disease outbreaks with two-way health information exchange

Building upon four decades of research and real world operation of electronic medical records and health information exchange, Regenstrief Institute researchers have developed, tested and are now operating ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Sep 21, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Physicians frequently fail to inform patients about abnormal test results

New research shows that physicians failed to report clinically significant abnormal test results to patients -- or to document that they had informed them -- in one out of every 14 cases of abnormal results. In some medical ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jun 22, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2