Conventional wisdom holds that electronic medical records will reduce medical errors in the United States.
But scientific evidence about the efficacy of EMRs in preventing errors is rather slight. In a report published last year in the Annals of Internal Medicine, researchers said they found few rigorous and generalizable studies of the effects of health IT.
Ann Arbor HIE gains ground
Data repository enables exchange of patient records and also supports tracking of patient safety and quality of care.
(Posted January 29, 2008)
Government Health IT presents Rick Friedman, director of the division of state systems for the Center for Medicaid and State Operations with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, in this recent eSeminar regarding how the federal Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services is partnering with state Medicaid and health and human services officials to bring Medicaid into the digital age. Paul McCloskey, Government Health IT editor, moderates.
