Technology

Many patients stop taking medications for chronic conditions, thereby reducing the effectiveness of healthcare. An attempt to screen electronic VA healthcare records to identify patients as they discontinued a medication was not an efficient approach to this problem.

Patients with online access to key components of their personal health records were 2.6 times more likely than nonusers to remain health plan members.

Robert Margolis, MD, Managing Partner and CEO, HealthCare Partners, says there needs to be a movement toward managing patients based on population.

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.

Cathleen Biga states that with a good amount of work and significant cost meaningful use can be achieved.

In this video, Farzad Mostashari, MD, ScM, National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, US Department of Health and Human Services, addresses ways to reduce regulatory burden in the implementation of meaningful use.

Shelly 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.

This commentary reflects how high-performing healthcare organizations use health information technology to advance patient safety.

In this segment, Dr. Farzad Mostashari highlights both the financial and non-financial challenges providers face when implementing electronic medical records.

Self-empowering team resource management, when aided by information technology, appears to help reduce adverse drug events in primary care offices.