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Study: EHRs cut state’s Medicaid costs

by January 31, 2013 Comments (0)

In addition to the federal government’s EHR incentive program, individual states are also using health IT in their own plans to improve health care. 

EHRs doubled emergency patients’ wait times, hospital says

by August 10, 2012 Comments (0)

This hospital recently saw a huge spike in ER patients’ wait times. The culprit: the facility’s new electronic health record system. 

Hospitals turn to remote monitoring to fix crowded ERs

by July 18, 2012 Comments (1)

Many emergency rooms are seriously overcrowded and understaffed. One type of health IT that may help: remote patient monitoring systems. 

Emergency departments save $2 million with health information exchanges

by November 23, 2011 2 Comments

Surveys have shown that most healthcare organizations are already aware of the benefits of health information exchanges (HIEs) – and a new study shows just how much money organizations could save by using exchanges.