That’s the title of an article seen in Healthcare Business & Technology. The article draws from a survey of 14,000 registered nurses and covers many of the systems in place today: 94% of nurses thought that the EHR hurt communication with patients and physicians instead of helping. Among the factors nurses noted as frustrating were: • Having […]
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Will COWS Soon Be Extinct?
A tour through most hospitals in the US will find the halls and patient rooms filled with COWs (Computers on Wheels) or as they are also known WOWs (Workstations on Wheels). These over-priced computer stations were the backbone of first-generation hospital EMR systems but are rapidly giving way to mobile devices like tablets as EMR […]
Will the US Hospital EMR Market See Major Disruption in the Next Few Years?
With HITECH rewards coming to an end, the likes of Cerner, Epic, and McKesson are looking for the next big windfall to feed their billion-dollar companies but may find that their customers are looking in the other direction to save money, not spend more. There are few who will argue that hospital profit margins will be […]
Échapper au Piège DSE
Dans un récent article paru dans le New England Journal of Medicine intitulé “Échapper au piège de DSE – l’avenir de la santé IT“, le Dr Kenneth Mandi et le Dr Isaac Kohane présentent un argument fort pour le changement perturbateur dans l’espace de DSE comme suit: «La santé fournisseurs de TI doivent adopter des […]
Escapar del Círculo Vicioso de HME
En un reciente artículo en el New England Journal of Medicine titulado “Escapar del Círculo Vicioso de HME – el Futuro de la Salud de IT“, el Dr. Kenneth Mandi y el Dr. Isaac Kohane presentan un fuerte argumento a favor de un cambio disruptivo en el espacio EHR de la siguiente manera: “Salud proveedores […]