Physician ePortfolio: The Missing Piece for Linking Performance With Improvement
December 23rd 2010Clinical data should contribute to practice-based learning and improvement, resulting in improved patient care as well as meeting increasingly rigorous physician accountability requirements.
Electronic Health Record Adoption and Quality Improvement in US Hospitals
December 22nd 2010A national study of electronic health record (EHR) adoption and hospital quality finds that existing measures may be inappropriate for assessing the effect of EHR adoption on quality.
Using Electronic Prescribing Transaction Data to Estimate Electronic Health Record Adoption
December 22nd 2010Transactional data from the Surescripts electronic prescribing network may be used to track electronic health record adoption efficiently and with regional granularity.
Electronic Health Record Feedback to Improve Antibiotic Prescribing for Acute Respiratory Infections
December 22nd 2010An electronic health record–based feedback program, the Acute Respiratory Infection Quality Dashboard, did not lead to an overall change in antibiotic prescribing in primary care.
Health Information Technology Is Leading Multisector Health System Transformation
December 17th 2010The authors discuss the wide-reaching impact of recent legislation spurring the adoption of health information technology and provide an overview of the content found in this special issue.
HITECH Lays the Foundation for More Ambitious Outcomes-Based Reimbursement
December 17th 2010A sophisticated nationwide health information technology infrastructure, driven by HITECH's meaningful use requirements, is required to support changing healthcare reimbursement models.