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Practical Playbook Merges Public Health/Primary Care Using Health IT
Brett Coughlin | March 6, 2014
Marrying public health and primary care coordination to improve population health using Health IT sounds like a no-brainer. It sounds easy, right? Maybe not, but a new initiative is bringing these three elements together in a bid to improve health, healthcare and control costs.
Read Full Post.What is Meaningful Use of an EHR? Preventing Medical Errors and Early Cancer Diagnosis
Brett Coughlin | March 29, 2013
This is the second in a series of blog posts where we ask the question “What is a Meaningful Use of an EHR?
Read Full Post.What is Meaningful Use of an EHR? An Example of How an EHR is Preventing Hospital Readmissions
Brett Coughlin | March 28, 2013
Electronic health records are essential in allowing physicians to monitor their patients’ health, notice trends, and potentially prevent hospital readmissions, quickly diagnose diseases, and reduce medical errors.
Read Full Post.In the wake of Hurricane Sandy: Health IT 1, Paper Records 0
Brett Coughlin | November 21, 2012
“When the levee breaks I’ll have no place to stay.” Led Zeppelin
Many people in New York and New Jersey have much to be thankful for this Thanksgiving. Maybe you saw the report about 62-year-old Staten Island grandmother Phyllis Puglia, whose home was leveled by Hurricane Sandy but was able to begin to rebuild her life after the disaster.