(Reuters Health)—Of all the ways for patients to receive their medical test results, one option—password-protected websites—appears to be preferred much of the time, a study suggests. U.S. researchers surveyed about 400 adults and found they were generally comfortable with web portals regardless of how sensitive the test results might be. This was among the most…
KeMo Disease: A Newly Recognized Debilitating Musculoskeletal Disease
Dr. Simon Helfgott’s essay, “Barking at the Moon,” in the July 2015 issue of The Rheumatologist, about the unintended consequences of EHRs (electronic health records) prompted me to share my experience regarding the newly recognized KeMo disease. Keyboarding and mouse-clicking (KeMo) activity now consumes about 50% of the medical clinician’s day, as the modern EHRs…
Electronic Health Records Software Often Written Without Doctors’ Input
(Reuters Health)—The reason why many doctors find electronic health records (EHR) difficult to use might be that the software wasn’t properly tested, researchers suggests. Current guidelines and industry standards suggest that new EHR software should be tested by at least 15 end users with a clinical background to make sure they are usable and safe…
How Non-Transferable EHRs Have Affected Physician Practices
Full disclosure: I am not a rabid fan of dogs. None rank among my best friends. Perhaps my antipathy stems from a memorable childhood event, when I was chased down the street where I lived by a neighbor’s large and not-so-friendly hound. He seemed to be twice my size, and this explains why I may…
Medical Data, Cybercriminals’ Holy Grail, Now Espionage Target
SINGAPORE (Reuters)—Whoever was behind the latest theft of personal data from U.S. government computers, they appear to be following a new trend set by cybercriminals: targeting increasingly valuable medical records and personnel files. This data, experts say, is worth a lot more to cybercriminals than, say, credit card information. And the Office of Personnel Management…
HIPAA Security Standards: What Rheumatologists Need to Know
Maintain compliance with updated federal rules governing privacy protection for patient health information
Electronic Health Records Systems Distract Physicians from Patient Care
Junior rheumatologist says EHRs equal the ‘End of Humane Reasoning’ when it comes to patient care, practice management
Rheumatology Informatics System for Effectiveness Registry Can Improve Patient Care
RISE data entry process syncs with patients’ electronic health records to create quality improvement reports, chart progress
The ACR: Looking Ahead to 2015 and Beyond
Incoming president E. William St.Clair, MD, sets goals, reviews groundwork for the coming year
Google Glass Has Potential for Rheumatology, Orthopedic Surgery
Wearable smart-glass device could enable untethered access to electronic health records, be conduit for clinical decision making
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