The Value of secondary use of EMR and EHR data
Date: Oct 15, 2009 The full value of investments in electronic medical records, electronic health records and other health IT won't be realized until the data gathered by those systems finds secondary use, according to a report that was released earlier this month by PricewaterhouseCoopers.
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Investors are looking for transformative health IT companies
Date: Sep 02, 2009 Medsphere Systems Corp. is in good hands. The provider of open-source EHR systems received $12 million from venture capital firms, physicians and other private investors for development.
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Are tort lawyers anxiously waiting to use EHRs in medical malpractice suits?
Date: Aug 20, 2009 The mandate for implementing electronic health records (EHRs) should be tied to tort reform. So says Samuel Bierstock, MD, founder of clinical IT consulting firm Champions in Healthcare, in a Modern Medicine editorial.
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