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Medical Records: Help or Hindrance in Haiti? January 19, 2010 9:40 AM by Cheryl McEvoy: Hundreds of thousands are injured, communications are scant and trauma centers are makeshift, at best. So how are medical records maintained? They're not, according to reports surfacing from Haiti. Eyewitness accounts tell of overrun hospitals resorting Read More...
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PHRs Go Overseas October 29, 2009 9:26 AM by Cheryl McEvoy: If you've been following Jay's blog, " XY Files in and MT World ," recently, you know there have been some frightening reports of medical records being sold overseas. It's enough to make you hunker down in the States and demand your records stay local. Read More...
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Can You Belize It? June 9, 2009 9:09 AM by Cheryl McEvoy: The industry has been touting EHR incentives in the stimulus plan as the way to put health care back on track. But let's be honest, the electronic remedy is going to be a tough pill to swallow. Privacy concerns abound, budgets are stretching thin and Read More...
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It's a Small World After All December 5, 2008 9:53 AM by Cheryl McEvoy: In this week’s issue of ADVANCE , we took a peek at HIT progress in other countries with “EHR Around the World.” A number of nations have taken serious steps to adopt national EHR systems, and while the U.S. is building momentum on an individual level, Read More...
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