An article in the September 11, 2015 issue of Politico found that almost all the major EHR vendors contained gag clauses that prevented physicians and hospitals from discussing safety concerns and failings of their EHRs. Many of the implemenations of EHRs and “meaningful use” have been rumored to be technological disasters. But don’t expect to… Read More
Becker IT report written by Akanksha Jayanthi August 26, 2016 reports that Houston-based MD Anderson Cancer Center reported a 76.9 percent drop in adjusted income for the 10 months ended June 30, a downfall it largely attributes to its Epic EHR implementation project.In its agenda book and schedule of events for the University of Texas… Read More
An article in the August 23, 2016 edition of Washington Post outlines how the the CDC, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has declared sepsis a medical emergency. The article reports that about 72 percent of patients with this fast-moving and deadly illness have recently been seen by doctors and nurses and many may have … Read More
This July 1, 2016 JAMA study looked at the chief complaint of nontraumatic chest pain to see how commonly it was life threatening. The study used the National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey database to assess the accuracy of diagnoses. The study determined that 5.5% of ER patients are diagnosed with 1 of 6 life… Read More
This article in The August 8, 2016 issue of JAMA looks at the effects of the ACA and Medicaid expansion on several factors relating access of care and health improvement. Interestingly this article compares two different Medicaid expansion programs and a state where there were no expansions undertaken. Specifically, the study looked at Kentucky, Arkansas,… Read More
There have been tremendous advances in medicine. Over the past several decades positions and the health care system have done a tremendous job of decreasing deaths from heart disease and stroke. However our fight with cancer has not been as successful. Despite hundreds of billions of dollars in research and multiple public health measures including… Read More
Physicians have long complained that electronic health record systems (EHR) are inefficient, unsafe, and dangerous. This article in Modern Health outlines a lawsuit against Cerner’s EHR and reviews lawsuits which involved faulty EHRs. This article predicts athat This may be the first in a wave of such cases. This case involves a three-hospital system called PinnacleHealth… Read More
In the wake of the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history in Orlando, FL, the American Medical Association voted overwhelmingly June 14, 2016 to call on Congress to lift the decades-old ban on federal funding on gun research. Since 1996, there has been an effective “ban” by a lack of funding of CDC research on… Read More
Hospitals, medical groups, and many businesses have argued that they need to merge to compete in the market. The argument traditionally is that they are merging to decrease costs. However, a recent study from Glenn Melnick in the Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing published in June 2016 concludes that hospital mergers significantly raise… Read More
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