Skip to main content
Nevada Public Radio
  • News 88.9 KNPR
  • Classical 89.7 kcnv
  • Magazine Desert Companion
  • About

    How to reach us

    1289 S. Torrey Pines Dr.
    Las Vegas, NV 89146

    Main Number:  1-702-258-9895
    Toll Free: 1-888-258-9895

    More contact info

     

     

      • Staff
      • Board of Directors
      • Employment
      • CPB Compliance
      • Our Policies
      • Our Business Members
      • Listen on the Radio
      • Other Ways to Listen
      • Sign-up for NVPR News
      • FCC Public Inspection File
      • CPB Funding
      • History
    • News 88.9 KNPR
    • Classical 89.7 KCNV
    • Desert Companion
  • Programs

    On News 88.9 KNPR

    On Classical 89.7

    News

    • All Things Considered
    • BBC World Service
    • Here & Now
    • Hidden Brain
    • It's Been a Minute with Sam Sanders
    • KNPR's State of Nevada
    • Marketplace
    • Morning Edition
    • On the Media
    • Planet Money - How I Built This
    • Reveal
    • Take Two
    • The Daily
    • The Takeaway
    • Weekend Edition Saturday
    • Weekend Edition Sunday

    Humor

    • Ask Me Another
    • Live Wire!
    • Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!

    Arts & Life

    • Bullseye
    • Desert Bloom
    • Fresh Air
    • Nevada Yesterdays
    • Radiolab
    • Snap Judgment
    • Sound Opinions
    • TED Radio Hour
    • The Business
    • The Moth
    • This American Life

    Classical

    • Chicago Symphony Orchestra
    • Classical Music
    • Concierto
    • From the Top
    • Music from the Hearts of Space
    • New York Philharmonic
    • Performance Today
    • Pipedreams
    • Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
    • Sunday Baroque
    • SymphonyCast

    Special Projects

    • Race and Racism in Nevada
    • StoryCorps Virtual: Las Vegas
    • Coronavirus - What You Need to Know
    • Fifth Street
  • Projects
  • Support
      • Support NVPR
      • Contact Member Services
      • Corporate Support
      • Donate your Car
      • Give Voice Major Gift Initiative
      • myPublicRadio
      • NVPR Facebook Fundraisers FAQ
      • Planned Giving
      • Volunteer
    • myPublicRadio
    • Donate Now
        • Member Benefits

    Main menu

    Search

    Listen

    News 88.9 KNPR
    Classical 89.7 KCNV
    Podcasts view all

    member station

    Support
    Subscribe to electronic medical records

    electronic medical records

    NPR
    Shots - Health News
    The reality of electronic medical records has yet to live up to the promise.
    Tweet Share on Facebook Share on Google+ Email

    Why The Promise Of Electronic Health Records Has Gone Unfulfilled

    Mar 18, 2019
    The government used a 2009 financial stimulus package to move the country from paper medical charts to electronic records. Care was supposed to get better, safer and cheaper. It hasn't worked out.
    • Listen Download
    NPR
    Shots - Health News
    As more doctors' offices give patients electronic access to their medical records, both patients and their physicians are asking: Exactly how much of your medical record should you get to see?
    Tweet Share on Facebook Share on Google+ Email

    Open Medical Records Can Spur Frank Talk Between Doctors And Patients

    Aug 23, 2018
    As more doctors' offices give patients electronic access to their medical records, both patients and their physicians are asking: Exactly how much of your medical record should you get to see?
    NPR
    Shots - Health News
    Information that could refine the uses of approved drugs may lie deep inside patients' medical records.
    Tweet Share on Facebook Share on Google+ Email

    To Improve Treatments, Researchers Want To Hunt For Clues In Medical Records

    Jul 15, 2018
    The vast amount of data held in electronic medical records and insurance bills contains bits that could be useful in refining the use of approved for drugs. But how to find it?
    NPR
    Shots - Health News
    Checking your prescription history or past medical tests should be easier soon if you have an iPhone.
    Tweet Share on Facebook Share on Google+ Email

    Medical Records May Finally Be Coming To Your Apple Smartphone

    Feb 14, 2018
    In a planned upgrade of Apple's operating system for iPhones, the Health app will include health records, so people can take detailed, personal health information anywhere.
    NPR
    Shots - Health News
    Jody Christ with her granddaughter Aliana Brightbill. A genetic screen helped doctors figure out why Christ had consistently high cholesterol.
    Tweet Share on Facebook Share on Google+ Email

    Electronic Health Records May Help Customize Medical Treatments

    Jan 09, 2017
    Most people's doctors put their health information in an electronic health record. Scientists are mining those records for clues to what treatments work best for individuals.
    • Listen Download
    NPR
    Shots - Health News
    Bad data in means bad data out.
    Tweet Share on Facebook Share on Google+ Email

    Social Security Data Errors Can Turn People Into The Living Dead

    Aug 10, 2016
    The government keeps track of who is alive and who is dead. But there can be errors. And when you're mistakenly ruled dead, it can be remarkably tough to convince people you're still among the living.
    NPR
    Shots - Health News
    Nurse practitioner Rachelle Quimpo begins an ear exam on Shreya Sasaki at a Kaiser Permanente health clinic inside a Target retail department store in San Diego, Calif., as Dr. Heidi Meyer watches via video. Kaiser says it will train medical students to
    Tweet Share on Facebook Share on Google+ Email

    Kaiser Permanente's New Medical School Will Focus On Teamwork

    Dec 18, 2015
    The California-based health care provider plans to enroll its first students in 2019. It's the latest of 20 U.S. medical schools opened in the past decade to boost the number of primary care doctors.
    NPR
    Shots - Health News
    African-American patients with chronic kidney disease were half as likely to use an electronic health portal than were non-black patients.
    Tweet Share on Facebook Share on Google+ Email

    Online Health Tools Might Not Help The People Who Need It Most

    Oct 23, 2015
    An online portal to manage chronic kidney disease sounds great, but poor, older or black people were less likely to use it. That means the shift to e-health could make health disparities worse.
    NPR
    Shots - Health News

    Despite A Wave Of Data Breaches, Fed Says Patient Privacy Isn't Dead

    Mar 20, 2015
    Hackers may have gained access to records for 11 million people covered by Premera Blue Cross. It's the latest lapse keeping an obscure government agency that investigates the breaches busy.
    Tweet Share on Facebook Share on Google+ Email
    NPR
    Shots - Health News
    U.S. taxpayers have poured $30 billion into funding electronic records systems in hospitals and doctors' offices since 2009. But most of those systems still can't talk to each other, which makes transfer of medical information tough.
    Tweet Share on Facebook Share on Google+ Email

    Sharing Patient Records Is Still A Digital Dilemma For Doctors

    Mar 06, 2015
    There's good news and bad news about electronic medical records. They're now in most doctors' offices — but most doctors still can't easily share them.
    • Listen Download
    NPR
    Shots - Health News
    Tweet Share on Facebook Share on Google+ Email

    Fines Remain Rare Even As Health Data Breaches Multiply

    Feb 27, 2015
    Since 2009, a federal watchdog has levied only 22 penalties against health care organizations for failing to safeguard information about patients.
    NPR
    Shots - Health News
    Older people were less inclined to share anonymized health data, an NPR-Truven Health Analytics poll found.
    Tweet Share on Facebook Share on Google+ Email

    Poll: Most Americans Would Share Health Data For Research

    Jan 09, 2015
    The topics for study didn't matter much to people who said they were willing to share. Every category — ranging from safety issues to health costs — scored at least 90 percent in the NPR poll.
    • home
    • How to reach us
    • About
    • Support
    • Twitter
    • Facebook
    • NVPR News
    • Instagram

    © All Rights Reserved. | Privacy Policy

    PRXNPRAPMBBC INN