The "meaningful use" regulation for electronic health records.
- D. Blumenthal, M. Tavenner
- MedicineNew England Journal of Medicine
- 4 August 2010
The widespread use of electronic health records (EHRs) in the United States is inevitable, but inevitability does not mean easy transition.
Use of electronic health records in U.S. hospitals.
- A. Jha, C. DesRoches, D. Blumenthal
- Medicine, Political ScienceNew England Journal of Medicine
- 10 December 2009
The very low levels of adoption of electronic health records in U.S. hospitals suggest that policymakers face substantial obstacles to the achievement of health care performance goals that depend on health information technology.
Electronic health records in ambulatory care--a national survey of physicians.
- C. DesRoches, E. Campbell, D. Blumenthal
- Medicine, Political ScienceNew England Journal of Medicine
- 3 July 2008
Physicians who use electronic health records believe such systems improve the quality of care and are generally satisfied with the systems, but as of early 2008, electronic systems had been adopted by only a small minority of U.S. physicians, who may differ from later adopters of these systems.
Stimulating the adoption of health information technology.
- D. Blumenthal
- MedicineWest Virginia Medical Journal
- 1 May 2009
Perhaps the most profound effect on doctors and patients of the recently enacted stimulus bill will result from its unprecedented $19 billion program to promote the adoption and use of health…
Launching HITECH.
- D. Blumenthal
- Medicine, Political ScienceNew England Journal of Medicine
- 2010
The Department of Health and Human Services released two proposed regulations affecting HIT and described how hospitals, physicians, and other health care professionals can qualify for billions of dollars of extra Medicare and Medicaid payments through the meaningful use of electronic health records (EHRs).
The benefits of health information technology: a review of the recent literature shows predominantly positive results.
- M. Buntin, M. Burke, M. Hoaglin, D. Blumenthal
- Medicine, Political ScienceHealth Affairs
- 1 March 2011
The recent literature on health information technology was reviewed to determine its effect on outcomes, including quality, efficiency, and provider satisfaction, and found that the benefits of the technology are beginning to emerge in smaller practices and organizations, as well as in large organizations that were early adopters.
Participation of life-science faculty in research relationships with industry.
- D. Blumenthal, E. Campbell, N. Causino, K. Louis
- EducationNew England Journal of Medicine
- 5 December 1996
BACKGROUND
Recent research on academic-industrial research relationships in the life sciences has examined their frequency, benefits, risks, and evolution from the standpoint of industrial sponsors…
Privatization and its discontents--the evolving Chinese health care system.
- D. Blumenthal, W. Hsiao
- Political Science, MedicineNew England Journal of Medicine
- 15 September 2005
The authors describe the deterioration of China's health care system in the 1980s and 1990s in the context of privatization of the Chinese economy and the Chinese government's current efforts to address the crisis.
Multiple Chronic Conditions: Prevalence, Health Consequences, and Implications for Quality, Care Management, and Costs
- C. Vogeli, A. Shields, D. Blumenthal
- Medicine, PsychologyJournal of general internal medicine
- 16 November 2007
This Medline review of publications examining somatic chronic conditions co-occurring with 1 or more additional specific chronic illness between January 2000 and March 2007 summarizes the state of the understanding of the prevalence and health challenges of multiple chronic conditions and the implications for quality, care management, and costs.
Withholding research results in academic life science. Evidence from a national survey of faculty.
- D. Blumenthal, E. Campbell, M. Anderson, N. Causino, K. Louis
- MedicineJAMA
- 16 April 1997
Withholding of research results is not a widespread phenomenon among life-science researchers, however, withholding is more common among the most productive and entrepreneurial faculty.
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