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…

Data Breaches happen across a multitude of industries, and occur more often than many would like to admit. The healthcare industry has been particularly susceptible to breaches. Most recently, University of Washington Medicine’s Medical Center found themselves trying to clean up…

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…