Here’s a story in which no health system hopes to take a lead role — the tale of a Cerner installation that didn’t go well and the blowback the system...
Patient Harm
If you’re a clinician, you’ve probably always felt that EHR usability problems were a factor in some patient care glitches. Now, there’s some research backing...
Why did the healthcare industry invest so heavily in EHRs in recent years? Obviously, one major reason is the payoffs that became available under HITECH, but...
In theory, default values are there to make medication dosing more standardized and efficient in hospitals. But there are situations in which presets can...
As long as there have been EMRs, there’s been endless debate over what system designs are most appropriate. Unfortunately, no matter how heated a...