Dr. Naeem Qureshi • Psychiatry
Dr. Naeem Qureshi discusses why he selected American Medical Software for his Psychiatry practice and how it benefits his staff on a daily basis.
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Study: Funding Electronic Medical Records Saves Lives
The New England Journal of Medicine published a study on Aug. 31 that says federal investments in electronic health records (EHR) would lead to better patient care and health outcomes. Opponents of electronic records cite dangers to privacy and the potential for malicious alteration of insecure records. A three-year study in Cleveland, Ohio, of more […]
New Bill Would Extend EHR Incentive Payments to Physician Assistants
This week, Reps. Karen Bass (D-Calif.) and Lee Terry (R-Neb.) introduced legislation (HR 2729) — called the Health IT Modernization for Underserved Communities Act — that would allow physician assistants who meet certain requirements to qualify for incentive payments under the meaningful use program, Modern Healthcare reports. Under the 2009 federal economic stimulus package, health […]
How a Solo Physician Aced Stage 1 Meaningful Use
Mention “Stage 1” and most physicians will think you’re talking about the initial phases of a disease or a medical condition such as cancer. A few might think of a rocket launching into space. But Stage 1 also refers to a portion of the so-called meaningful use requirements for electronic medical records, which providers must […]
The Era of Electronic Medical Records
Twenty years ago the influential Institute of Medicine began prodding the medical community to embrace electronic medical records. EMRs would make healthcare better, safer, and more efficient, argued the IOM, if every person’s complete medical history was stored on computers linked up across the country. Clinicians anywhere could view a patient’s every blood test, hospital […]
Region’s Hospitals Aid Electronic-Records Push
Every hospital in central Ohio has signed up with a nonprofit group that will help doctors switch from paper to electronic health records. The Central Ohio Health Information Exchange announced yesterday that Ohio State University Medical Center and Nationwide Children’s Hospital have joined OhioHealth and Mount Carmel Health in the effort. In April 2010, then-Gov. […]
Patients & Caregivers Willing To Buy Health Monitoring Devices
Nearly 8 of out 10 Americans are willing to pay up to $100 for a medical device that monitors their vital signs, according to an IBM survey that tracks trends in the use of mobile devices in healthcare. Fewer than 10% of respondents are paying out-of-pocket charges for such devices today, but more than one-third […]
Pediatric EMRs Getting Their Fair Share of the HIT Spotlight
I was pleasantly surprised a few weeks ago when I walked into the office of my daughter’s pediatrician and saw a computer monitor and keyboard ready to be unwrapped and plugged in – presumably to an electronic medical record. Perhaps by our next visit, the doctor would already be familiar with my daughter’s trip to […]
Computerized Health Records Growing in California
Healthcare experts widely agree that computerized records can help doctors and hospitals avoid medical errors and improve the quality of care. On this score, California appears to be heading in the right direction: Growing numbers of doctors, hospitals and community clinics appear to be giving up their stacks of paper records in favor of technology […]
Rasmussen College Adds Electronic Health Records Course
A move to electronic heath records has spurred Rasmussen College and other educational institutions to develop programs that train students for careers working with those systems. Digitization of medial records has been part of larger health care reform initiatives at both the state and national level. A federal bill mandates digitization of all medical records […]