You can imagine the EHR Product Manager that had the great idea to alert physicians to a drug to drug interaction or an allergy issue. It seems obvious that...
Alert Fatigue
The following is a guest article by Troy Foster, Senior Manager of Communications Infrastructure. As an IT professional in healthcare, I learned a valuable...
A new study has concluded that as EHR use has become ubiquitous, the number of medical malpractice claims in which EHRs contributed to injuries is continuing...
The previous segment of this article explained the challenges faced by health care organizations and suggested two ways they could be solved through free and...
Do you feel your electronic health record (EHR) is heaven or hell? The vast majority of clinicians–and many patients, too, who interact with the EHR...
Ensuring proper communication in healthcare has become an incredibly important topic in every hospital and healthcare system. No doubt much of this has been...
It only took a couple of mistakes – but they nearly led to tragedy. Not long ago, a patient with a deadly allergy to a common pain reliever was admitted to...
Most people know that I’m a sucker for a well done infographic. Of course, there are a lot of crappy infographics out there, but a well done one is easy...
The number of alerts generated by clinical decision support systems can be overwhelming for clinicians. It’s little wonder that the Joint Commission has long...