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Malpractice Verdicts Often Favor Physicians

Physicians come out on the winning end of 80% of malpractice claims that end in jury verdicts, according to researchers at Massachusetts General Hos...

Study: CT Colongraphy Effective in Finding Polyps

A CT-scan-based, laxative-free "virtual colonoscopy" may be as effective as standard colonoscopy in finding potentially cancerous polyps, according ...

Wrong-Site Prevention Video Shows the Right Way

Wrong-site, wrong-patient and wrong-procedure surgery must be prevented at all costs. The 3 steps of the Joint Commission's Universal Protocol make ...

Archive > July, 2011 Vol. XII, No. 7

6 Steps to EMR Success

Implementation advice from facilities that have gone live.

David Bernard, Senior Associate Editor

Before you ditch your paper charts and take that giant leap into the waiting arms of electronic medical records, wouldn't it be nice to hear from those who've already made the jump? Yeah, that's what we thought, too. Here are 6 lessons a few of your colleagues learned in going digital.

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