White papers on CCHIT Certified EHRs

As adoption of CCHIT Certified EHRs continues to grow, more details about the benefits of CCHIT Certified products come to light. We work to highlight these benefits in our white papers and case studies.

The following white papers are currently available:

CCHIT Certified Electronic Health Records Reduce Malpractice Risk

Physicians are all too familiar with the crushing costs of escalating medical liability premiums. While these costs are driven by insurance underwriting cycles, the inherent risks of the insured, demographics and past liability experience, they also can be influenced by other factors, including the degree of automation of the practice and the installation of electronic health record (EHR) systems.

Even without definitive proof that EHR systems and their clinical decision support capabilities can decrease physicians’ malpractice exposure, several progressive liability carriers are granting premium credits to practices using them. Their expectation is that the improved quality and safety of care resulting from EHR use, will result in fewer liability claims, all other
factors remaining equal from an actuarial perspective.

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CCHIT Certified Electronic Health Records and other Safety Enhancing Technologies

One of the biggest causes of medical liability actions is the failure to consider all aspects of the patient’s condition prior to making diagnoses, or decisions to hospitalize, discharge, or to obtain additional tests, procedures or consultations. To become certified by the Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology (CCHITSM), electronic health records in both the ambulatory and inpatient settings must address this issue.

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