EMR/EHR

Electronic medical records (EMR) are a digital version of a patient’s chart that store their personal information, medical history and links to prior exams, texts and reports. The goal of these systems is to enable immediate access to the patient's data electronically, rather than needing to request paper file folders that might be stored in fragment files at numerous locations where a patient is seen or treated. EMRs (also called electronic health records, or EHR) improve clinician and health system efficiency by making all this data immediately available. This helps reduce repeat tests, repeat prescriptions and repeat imaging exams because reports, imaging or other patient data is not not immediately available. 

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Nuance, Epic partner for EHR-integrated AI-virtual health assistants

At HIMSS 2018, Nuance Communications and Epic announced a partnership that will integrate Nuance's new artificial intelligence (AI)-powered virtual assistant platform into Epic’s electronic health record (EHR).

EMR alert system, training boosts cardiac rehab referrals from 12% to 75%

Researchers established a system of alerts based on electronic medical records to identify patients who qualify for cardiac rehabilitation at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. In just nine months, the program boosted referral rates from 12 percent to 75 percent.

Implementing EHR does not affect a hospital's bond rating

Implementing an electronic health record (EHR) system does not affect a hospital’s bond rating, according to a study published in the Journal of American Medical Informatics Association.

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Acuant, Healthpac develop software to auto-fill EHRs

Acuant will partner with Healthpac, a provider of medical billing and practice management software, to develop an integrated automatic identity information system to reduce wait times during patient intake.

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Physicians spend 30% of visit time working on EHRs

Primary care physicians spend an average of 30 percent of patient visit time working in electronic health records (EHRs), according to a study published in Family Medicine.

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Method extracts EHR data for improved psychiatric care

Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School have developed a method of extracting symptom information from electronic health records (EHRs) to allow physicians to identify psychiatric disorders missed in traditional sources of clinical data. Findings were presented in Biological Psychiatry.

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AAFP: 7 recommendations to reduce physician EHR burden

The American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) has written a letter to CMS and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) with recommendations to reduce clinician burden.

Electronic signatures top 4 EHR compliance-related issues

Electronic signatures, self-populating entries, retrospective self-populating entries and customization are the four most common compliance issues for organizations utilizing electronic health record (EHR) software.

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