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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Hospital sues EHR vendor for system installation failure

A small Montana hospital is suing an EHR vendor for failure to install “in excess of” $441,000 in electronic equipment as promised, according to the Helena Independent Record.

EHR safe harbor extended through 2021

The sunset date for donation of items and services for EHR adoption has been extended to Dec. 31, 2021, by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General.

Health IT salaries continue to rise

Federal initiatives including Meaningful Use and ICD-10 are keeping healthcare IT professionals in high demand—and well compensated.

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The AMDIS Connection | Challenges of Leapfrog CDS Certification

Computerized physician order entry (CPOE) and clinical decision support (CDS) are among the most beneficial and transformative elements of EHRs. However, the process in which hospitals prove their effective use of these tools is challenging. 

Digital Assent Joins Greenway Medical Technologies Online Marketplace

ATLANTA, Dec. 16, 2013-- Digital Assent, the leading provider of real-time patient satisfaction surveys and online reputation marketing solutions for the United States healthcare market, today announced it has joined the Greenway Medical Technologies online Marketplace of value-added partners for users of Greenway's integrated electronic health record (EHR) and practice management solutions.

Sevocity EHR Announces PDX (Provider Patient Data Exchange)

SAN ANTONIO, Dec. 17, 2013-- Sevocity, a division of Conceptual MindWorks, Inc. (CMI), today announced PDX ™ (Provider Patient Data Exchange) for Sevocity Electronic Health Records (EHR) customers.

Providers look to vendors to deliver functionality

Providers are more concerned with vendors’ ability to deliver functionality than technology differentiation, according to a study by KLAS Research.

VA St. Louis Health Care System to Install LiveData PeriOp Manager, With DSS Integration to VistA Electronic Health Record System

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--LiveData, Inc. today announced that the Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care System in St. Louis has purchased LiveData PeriOp Manager, the company’s operational intelligence solution for the perioperative setting. LiveData and partner Document Storage Systems, Inc. (DSS) will fully integrate PeriOp Manager with the VA St. Louis Health Care System’s VistA (Veterans Health Information Systems and Technology Architecture) electronic health record (EHR), enabling patient information and case workflow to be viewed and managed by the whole perioperative team.

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