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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MU participants, payments continue to climb

The number of eligible providers and hospitals registered for the Meaningful Use program and receiving incentive payments continues to creep up, according to the latest report provided at the Aug. 7 Health IT Policy Committee meeting.

EMR-using patients more satisfied with their doctors

Patients who have used EMRs are significantly more satisfied with their doctors overall and report higher satisfaction across other dimensions of care such as ease of access to information and clarity and thoroughness of communication.

VA awards $14M EHR contract

The Department of Veterans Affairs has awarded CACI International a $14 million contract to provide core development support on the VA’s Virtual Lifetime Electronic Record program.

ONC offers guidance on EHR contract terms

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) has issued guidance that explains important contract terms when negotiating with a vendor to purchase an EHR product in an effort to better help organizations select the most appropriate EHR.

AMA, AHA add to MU criticisms

Meaningful Use (MU) takes yet another hit from organizations seeking to reduce the burden of the program. The American Hospital Association and the American Medical Association, calling MU requirements "overly burdensome," make four recommendations to improve the program for providers in a letter sent to Department of Health & Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius.

drchrono Voted Top EHR for iPad by Physicians, Launches Free Digital Medical Forms Library

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., July 25, 2013 -- drchrono, creator of the original Electronic Health Record (EHR) iPad app, announced today that they have been ranked the top EHR for iPad by physicians in Black Book Ranking's 2013 survey and that they would be making the full survey findings available for free to physicians. Black Book, one of the largest independent technology services and market opinion research companies with a dedicated healthcare division, ranked drchrono the top EHR for the iPad based on a survey of 485 EHR vendors used by 16,623 physicians in the United States.

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Much debate over MU program

The past month has included much debate about the Meaningful Use program and whether a pause is warranted, and, just this week the CommonWell Alliance finally shared its plans to drive EHR interoperability.

CommonWell Health Alliance shares goals for interoperability

“The current healthcare interoperability world looks like the internet in the 1980s and 1990s,” said Arien Malec, vice president, strategy, RelayHealth and representative of the CommonWell Health Alliance, at a National eHealth Collaborative webinar on July 22.

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