June 3rd 2024
The findings can help reduce barriers that delay the onset of recommended palliative care in advanced cancer.
Automating Care Quality Measurement With Health Information Technology
The authors discuss the design and evaluation of a health information technology platform that enables comprehensive, automated assessment of care quality in electronic medical records.
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Pharmacy HIT Integration: Building a Roadmap
April 20th 2012Shelly Spiro, RPh, FASCP, Director of the Pharmacy e-Health Information Technology Collaborative, provided an overview of pharmacy Health Information Technology (HIT) during her presentation The Roadmap for Pharmacy HIT Integration on Friday.
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IT-Enabled Systems Engineering Approach to Monitoring and Reducing ADEs
Self-empowering team resource management, when aided by information technology, appears to help reduce adverse drug events in primary care offices.
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Healthcare Continuity From Hospital to Territory in Lombardy: TELEMACO Project
The TELEMACO project successfully used telemedicine to establish a healthcare continuity from hospital to territory in remote areas of the Lombardy region of Italy.
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Impact of an Online Prescription Management Account on Medication Adherence
Online prescription management accounts may help promote medication adherence, as utilizing patients had a higher proportion of days covered than nonusers.
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Care by Cell Phone: Text Messaging for Chronic Disease Management
Cell phone“based text messaging may be used to feasibly support chronic disease management and engagement in diabetes self-care behaviors for some patients.
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EHRs in Primary Care Practices: Benefits, Challenges, and Successful Strategies
Small primary care practices reap some organizational and quality of care improvements from electronic health records; however, challenges persist in achieving meaningful use standards.
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Technology-Driven Intervention to Improve Hypertension Outcomes in Community Health Centers
Health information technology that is implemented as part of a multifaceted quality improvement initiative can lead to improvements in hypertension care and outcomes.
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