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EHR Connection is your connection to all the information you need to make your electronic health record efforts successful. You'll get tips each week on topics such as vendor selection, evaluating return on investment, getting buy-in from physicians and much more.

July 14, 2008 (Volume 5, Issue 28)

Survey finds size of physician practice a good indicator of EHR adoption
Nearly half of the nation’s physicians practice in small offices, either alone or with one or two colleagues, and fewer than 9% of those small practices use EHRs, The New York Times reported June 19.

NAHIT, ONCHIT announce health information technology definitions
The National Alliance for Health Information Technology (NAHIT) has finalized definitions for six critical health information technology terms, according to an announcement on the NAHIT Web site.

EHR expansion to create Wisconsin's largest patient database
Ministry Health Care will begin using an EHR software suite already in use at Marshfield Clinic, creating the largest patient database in Wisconsin, Governor Jim Doyle announced in a June 20 press release.

PPV: Understand e-discovery and what it means for you
Facilities that don’t know exactly where their PHI resides are less prepared to defend against civil lawsuits than they probably imagine.

Tip: Ambulatory EHRs offer variety of CDS benefits
Ambulatory EHR systems often include a set of clinical decision support (CDS) tools. This is the fourth and final installment in a series on CDS tools and their value as part of an ambulatory EHR system. Consider these CDS tools when evaluating EHR systems:

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Report addresses work force needs pertaining to EHRs

MIT hosts EmTech08 Conference

HIMSS announces award recipients

PPV: Understand the details of PHRs to serve as a valuable patient resource

Tip: Technology facilitates release of information

Notice: Last issue of EHR Connection

Grants totaling $18.9 million to aid EHR implementation, health IT adoption

Milwaukee area physicians are trendsetters in EHR adoption

EHR success requires examination of the big picture

PPV: Attention to detail, information exchange process makes Oregon DHS a compliance success story

Tip: Protect your electronic perimeter with a firewall policy

Notice: Second to last issue of EHR Connection

Patients’ medical records made public in Atlanta hospital snafu

USA Today commentary lists many reasons for slow EHR adoption

Presidential election has potential healthcare IT side effects

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