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Electronic documentation impedes emergency department efficiency

A change intended to improve care leads to increased lengths of stay for patients visiting the emergency department. 

Digital
Distraught physician works with computer.
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EHRs exert different kind of drain for hospital-based physicians

Hospital-based physicians are impacted by a lack of time while office-based doctors experience a lack in quality time with patients, according to a new study.

Digital
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Copy, paste, repeat: Widespread EHR practice could undermine care

A study finding that nearly half of the text in EHRs comes from older notes copied into the record calls into question the information’s timeliness and accuracy.

Digital
Physician consultation around laptop and tablet.
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Missing from MACRA: 2 Meaningful Use milestones

The final rule implementing MACRA contains a welcome but little-noticed provision that relieves physicians of EHR-reporting burdens.

Medicare & Medicaid
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March 9, 2017: National Advocacy Update

Stronger network-adequacy & fewer prior-auth demands, flexibility in EHR adoption and more in the latest AMA national health care advocacy news.

Advocacy Update
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Feb. 23, 2017: Advocacy spotlight on Clinical technology in the age of the QPP

Clinical technology in the age of the QPP - How AMA is making health care technology a physician's best friend.

Advocacy Update
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Clinical technology in the age of the QPP

What physicians need from health IT developers in an era of payment transformation.

Digital
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EHR switch poses learning curve in the surgical suite

Even the best-laid plans on EHR implementation can fall prey to inefficiencies as teams adjust to new workflow.

Digital
Physician entering data into a laptop.
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EHR safety concerns uncovered, addressed with daily huddle

New hospital? Check. New EHR? Check. At the same time? Better huddle up.

Digital