The healthcare industry has seen many changes in the management of patient information.  Electronic documentation is progressively replacing paper; handwritten orders are being replaced with computerized provider order entry.  Use of health information technology (HIT) that once was optional has now become essential to streamline care, access up-to-date evidence-based care recommendations, make patient data more accessible through…

The Meaningful Use Move to Structured Data Recording and Automated Abstraction

Do you enjoy the freedom and flexibility of chronicling a case in your own words in the patient record?  Do you feel you can reflect patient details at a high level in your own narrative reporting?  With Meaningful Use’s move to…