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Invest in a single national electronic health record for primary care to benefit Canadians

Canada should invest in a single national electronic health record for primary care to improve the health of Canadians, argues an editorial in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). "Although ... read more

Single national electronic health record will help improve care in Canadian hospitals

Canada should invest in a single national electronic health record for primary care to improve the health of Canadians, argues an editorial ... data sets for research purposes would be an added ... read more

A national electronic health record for primary care

Rather than adding another layer to an overly complicated system, we should rebuild it from the ground up, starting with primary care records. We should select a single system and make it the national ... read more

A national electronic health record for all Canadians

An editorial published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal calls for a national electronic health record for all Canadians ... build a single national electronic health record or EHR from the ... read more

Association of Electronic Health Records With Cost Savings in a National Sample

The authors examine the association between advanced electronic health record ... money on patient care. This study supports the case for advanced EHR adoption and use, consistent with meaningful use. read more

What Health Systems, Hospitals, and Physicians Need to Know About Implementing Electronic Health Records

A decade ago, Kaiser Permanente installed the nation’s most comprehensive electronic health record ... a result, a primary care physician had to review and incorporate two sets of data, sometimes with ... read more

Physicians’ Well-Being Linked To In-Basket Messages Generated By Algorithms In Electronic Health Records

Despite concerns about physicians’ workload associated with electronic health records ... health care delivery organization in California that was an early adopter of EHRs (it installed Epic in 1999). read more

The Community Cure for Health Care

Health Leads, a national nonprofit ... In 14 of its 43primary care practices, every patient is screened for food insecurity using a validated, two-question screen built into their electronic health ... read more

Paper tsunami: How the move to digital medical records is leaving us drowning in old paper files

For instance, the Queensland health department specifies what is destroyed and when, according to a schedule from Queensland State Archives. This covers medical records in the public health care ... read more

Invest in a single national electronic health record for primary care to benefit Canadians

We allow third-party companies to serve ads and/or collect anonymous information. These companies may use non-personally identifiable information (browser type, time and date) in order to provide ... read more

Apple lets veterans track their health records on the iPhone

Active members of the military and those who've left the service who receive care through Veteran Health Administration hospitals will be able to view all their personal medical data through the ... read more

How to improve health care in Canada

Expanding public funding for cost-effective treatments, investing in primary care ... important area Use electronic information systems that help doctors work together -- growing evidence speaks to ... read more