Teaming up to make meaningful use of electronic health records

Meaningful use of electronic health records.

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Electronic health records - beyond meaningful use.

Electronic health records: an international perspective on "meaningful use".

Research has shown that the United States lags many other countries in the adoption of electronic health records (EHRs). The U.S. has now embarked on a major effort to achieve "meaningful use" of health information technology by clinicians and hospitals. This issue brief describes the extent of meaningful use in three countries with very high levels of health information technology adoption—Den...

The "meaningful use" regulation for electronic health records.

n engl j med 363;6 nejm.org august 5, 2010 501 this technology, they will demand nothing less from their providers. Hundreds of thousands of physicians have already seen these benefits in their clinical practice. But inevitability does not mean easy transition. We have years of professional agreement and bipartisan consensus regarding the potential value of EHRs. Yet we have not moved significa...

Meaningful Use in Electronic Health Record

Perioperative areas are the most costly to operate and account for more than 40% of expenses. The high costs prompted one organization to analyze surgical delays through a retrospective review of their new electronic health record. Electronic health records havemade it easier to access and aggregate clinical data; 2123 operating room cases were analyzed. Implementing a new electronic health rec...