Health information technology has played a critical role in transforming healthcare. Primary care in particular has done an excellent job in adopting many of these new techniques and strategies by employing IT that healthcare researchers have recognized as potentially beneficial. Especially as practices move towards a more coordinated care system, a well organized EHR can make all the difference in effective communication within the care team. Early health IT efforts focused on things such as accurate coding, however the overall goal is to allow practices to provide higher quality care and ultimately see better health outcomes of their patients. For practices looking to improve their health IT, researchers have spent significant time identifying best the best ways to implement and properly utilize the new technology.
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The ‘Three D’s’ Of Health Care: How Determinants And Data Are Creating Delivery Improvements | Health Affairs Blog | May 31, 2019 |
PCPCC Joins Other Stakeholders in Commenting on Pediatric EHRs | June 3, 2019 | |
With Rural Health Care Stretched Thin, More Patients Turn To Telehealth | NPR | July 7, 2019 |
Black, older patients less likely to use hospital patient portals | Modern Healthcare | July 17, 2019 |
Doctor Alexa Will See You Now: Is Amazon Primed To Come To Your Rescue? | Kaiser Health News | July 29, 2019 |
Adopting Agile Principles In Health Care | Health Affairs Blog | August 15, 2019 |
Virtual ‘scribes’ help doctors focus on patients, not note-taking | The Boston Globe | October 8, 2019 |
CMS wants primary-care docs to take on financial risk | Modern Healthcare | November 25, 2019 |
A Roadmap To Welcoming Health Care Innovation | Health Affairs Blog | November 26, 2019 |
Coronavirus already changing medical care in the U.S. | Los Angeles Times | April 10, 2020 |