CDC Warns Hospitals to Improve EMR System
The Centers for Disease Control does not routinely tell hospitals how to run their operations , but with increasing reports of EHR deployment problems , it now sees the need to act
Written by : Stephanie C . Ocano
using EHR systems has significantly increased over the last decade , there is concern that EHR system-related patient safety events may also be on the rise . Recently , reports of deployment issues have come to the attention of the Centers for Disease Control ( CDC ).
“ Some hospital laboratories have legacy information systems that do not even have the ability to use current coding ,” Megan Sawchuk , lead health scientist for CDC ’ s office of public health scientific services , told Healthcare IT News .
Outdated software is only one of the problems that the CDC notes . There are also issues involving staff time and expertise . The fact that different medical facilities use different codes
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