Weighing the Good and Bad of OpenNotes
March 26, 2013 | Human Capital Blog Post
OpenNotes is a digital tool with which a physician takes and stores the notes of every encounter with a patient.
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Clinical Scholar's TIME Magazine Piece Embraces Health Information Technologies, but Warns of Unintended Consequences
January 29, 2011 | Human Capital Blog Post
Electronic medical records (EMRs) and other health information technologies (HITs) are increasingly common in America’s health care system, and the federal government has begun investing heavily in them. But in a recent article in TIME Magazine, Zac ...
Clinical Information Technologies and Inpatient Outcomes
January 26, 2009 | Journal Article
This article examines how information technology in hospitals influences both clinical and financial outcomes. There is little research on the effect of information technology on hospitals on a large scale.
Evidence Appropriateness, and Technology Assessment in Cardiology
January 1, 2007 | Journal Article
As the volume, complexity and cost of new medical technology increase, the need for evaluating benefits and risks becomes increasingly important.
Electronic Health Records Interoperability: Friend or Foe
April 3, 2013 | Human Capital Blog Post
RWJF Clinical Scholar Zachary Meisel writes about the AcademyHealth National Health Policy Conference’s “Life After HITECH: Health IT Policy 2.0” session and the electronic health records debate.
Systematic Update of Computerized Physician Order Entry Order Sets to Improve Quality of Care
March 1, 2013 | Journal Article
Physician order sets require rigorous review and maintenance to ensure quality of care and safety.
Network Analysis
January 1, 2011 | Book
The analysis of networks examines the relationships between different individuals, groups or organizations.
Addressing the Quality and Safety Gap - Part II
July 1, 2009 | Issue Brief
The July 2009, part 2, issue of Charting Nursing's Future addresses the quality and safety gap.
Toward a 21st-Century Health Care System
April 7, 2009 | Journal Article
This article presents eight recommendations to improve quality and lower costs of the U.S. health care system. The recommendations were created by the FRESH-thinking project--a series of workshops attended by physicians, health insurance executives, business leaders, economists, health policy experts, and hospital administrators.
Lab Coats Plus Laptops Can Equal Better Medical Care
January 31, 2001 | Program Result Report
Michael L. Millenson, a Pulitzer-prize-nominated journalist, wrote Demanding Medical Excellence: Doctors and Accountability in the Information Age, which was published by the University of Chicago Press in 1997.