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. 

ReadSoft Signs Multi-Year Contract with DISC Corporation to Process in Excess of 50 Million Documents Per Year

HELSINGBORG, Sweden --Regulatory News: DISC Corporation has over 55 years of experience as a service provider to the healthcare sector, specializing in the digitization of patient records for ambulatory care providers into their respective Electronic Health Records (EHR) systems. To deliver the BetterChart solution, the organization automates the end-to-end process of the document type classification and data capture of its clients’ patient records, affording its clients invaluable time and the necessary tools to continue to grow comfortably. But to meet existing service level agreements with its clients, DISC initially hand-keyed this information to ensure document type and patient record information were captured and processed in a timely fashion.

CMS updates quality measures

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has posted updated clinical quality measures for eligible professionals under the 2014 Edition of the Meaningful Use program.

CareCloud Raises $20 Million to Support Continued Record Growth of Company’s Cloud-Based Clinical and Financial Platform for Physician Practices

MIAMI -- CareCloud, the fastest-growing provider of cloud-based practice management, electronic health records (EHR), and medical billing software and services, today announced it has secured $20 million in Series B financing. The funds will fuel the Company’s continued aggressive growth across all business functions, with a focus on product development while also bolstering sales and marketing capabilities. The funding round was led by Tenaya Capital and included existing investors Intel Capital and Norwest Venture Partners. This round brings CareCloud’s total funding to $44 million. Stewart Gollmer, Tenaya Capital’s Managing Partner, will join CareCloud’s Board of Directors.

ITelagen Partners with Horizon-Keystone Financial for the Financing of Electronic Health Records (EHR)

Jersey City, NJ, June 11, 2013 -- ITelagen, Inc., a leading provider of healthcare IT support and system administration, today announced a partnership with Horizon Keystone Financial (Horizon). Horizon is headquartered in Mt. Laurel, NJ and since 1994, has successfully partnered with manufacturers and their dealers to offer affordable financial solutions to a nationwide customer base.

Cleveland Clinic increases patient access to EMRs

Cleveland Clinic is making its patients' EMRs much more transparent and accessible by providing patients online access to almost all of the information in their medical files.

EHR Assn. unveils vendor code of conduct

The Health Information and Management Systems Society EHR Association, a collaboration of more than 40 EHR vendors, released an EHR Developer Code of Conduct.

ONC offers EHR guide based on Beacon experiences

A new guide from the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT's Beacon Community team is designed to help interested stakeholders learn from the experiences of the Beacon communities in implementing EHRs.

Clinigence and Spring Medical Systems Announce PQRS Reporting Partnership

ATLANTA-- Clinigence, a next-generation clinical business intelligence technology provider, today announced it will offer Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) reporting capabilities to users of Spring Medical Systems’ SpringCharts electronic health record (EHR) system. This new capability is an extension of the current alliance between the vendors, which provides Clinigence’s clinical reports to SpringCharts EHR users.

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