Featured Report: Survey: Clinicians Rapidly Increase Mobile Adoption

Survey: Clinicians Rapidly Increase Mobile Adoption

Health Data Management Aug,16,2013 by:+Staff Clinicians continue in 2013 to adopt mobile computing devices at a rapid rate, with nearly 90 percent expected to use smartphones in 2014 and almost as many using tablets. That's the takeaway from medical content vendor Epocrates in its 2nd annual Mobile Trends Report based on a survey of 1,063 clinicians from its market research panel in May 2013. The survey included more than 200 respondents from each of five clinician types: physician assistant/nurse practitioner, primary care, cardiology, oncology and psychiatry. Here is a look at the results. Read More

Health IT Tools Can Improve Patient Outcomes, AHRQ Finds

iHealthBeat Aug,15,2013 by:+Staff The use of certain health IT tools -- including decision support, clinical workflow and care coordination systems -- can improve health outcomes, according to a report released Thursday by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Healthcare IT News reports. The report presents findings from 24 AHRQ-funded projects awarded through the agency's Ambulatory Safety and Quality program (Manos, Healthcare IT News, 8/15). Read More

Report: Half of clinicians use tablets for EHR, documentation

Fierce Mobile Healthcare Aug,10,2013 by:Greg Slabodkin Mobile devices continue to transform the work lives of physicians, with more than four in five using smartphones every day and more than half of doctors using tablets daily and two in five nurse practitioners and physician assistants doing the same, according to the second annual Epocrates Mobile Trends Report. Read More

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EHR Incentive Program Healthcare Professionals Did You Know? Non-hospital-based physicians and other eligible professionals can obtain incentive payments of as much as $44,000 under Medicare or $63,750 under Medicaid. Under both Medicare and Medicaid, eligible hospitals may receive millions of dollars for implementing and meaningfully using certified EHR technology. About two-thirds (65 percent) of hospitals and 32 percent of office-based physicians plan to enroll in meaningful use programs by the end of 2012 in order to receive the maximum incentives, according to survey results announced Thursday morning. Fewer federal dollars will be available to hospitals and doctors that wait to adopt EHR technology, and failure to meaningfully use EHRs starting in 2015 will result in Medicare penalties. Watch this video about how to register for the EHR Incentive program. EHR Incentive Program Registration Do you need help with HIPAA and HITECH? Then download and Read our HIPAA Guide for for Doctors and Small Clinics that contains HIPAA security regulations and check lists that you can use to start your EMR network.

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