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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ClientTell Joins Greenway Online Marketplace with ReminderManager™ Certified API Solution

VALDOSTA, Ga., May 21, 2013 -- ClientTell, an enterprise-class notifications company, today announced that its ReminderManager patient communication solution has joined the Greenway Medical Technologies Online Marketplace as a certified API solution for users of Greenway's PrimeSUITE platform.

More than half of providers have received incentive pay

More than half of all doctors and other eligible providers have received Medicare or Medicaid incentive payments for adopting or meaningfully using EHRs, according to an announcement made by Health & Human Services Department Secretary Kathleen Sebelius.

EHR association responds to senators’ call to ‘reboot’ MU

The HIMSS EHR Association offered up its two cents on the Republican senators’ white paper, “Reboot: Re-examining the Strategies Needed to Successfully Adopt Health IT,” asserting that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS’) EHR incentive program should be maintained.

Net Health Acquires Integritas, Urgent Care and Occupational Health Leader

PITTSBURGH, May 21, 2013 -- Net Health, the leading provider of clinical solutions for outpatient specialty care, announced today the acquisition of Integritas, Inc., a provider of integrated clinical EMR and practice management solutions for the growing urgent care, occupational health, and hospital employee health markets.

Health Innovation Council urges Congress to reconsider EHR program

Claiming it has failed to improve patient care, the Health Innovation Council—an independent group of healthcare experts—is urging Congress to take a second look at the Center for Medicare and Medicaid’s (CMS’s) EHR incentive program.

Consumer group responds to GOP senators' call for MU reboot

A coalition of consumer organizations has responded to the Republican senators who called for a reboot of the Meaningful Use (MU) program, recommending instead that the program be strengthened and maybe even accelerated.

Physicians Share Opinions on Electronic Health Records in Recent DoctorDirectory Survey

Asheville, NC May 16, 2013 -- DoctorDirectory, a leading marketing solutions company serving healthcare professionals and pharmaceutical industry clients, asked their community of HCPs to submit questions for a series of peer surveys. After collecting the submissions, the questions were divided up into separate surveys and sent to HCPs across the United States. Results from the EHR study were recently published.

e-MDs Partners with dashboardMD to Provide Enhanced Business Intelligence Reporting Capabilities and Turnkey Healthcare Analytics

Miami, FL, May 16, 2013 -- dashboardMD, a leading provider of business intelligence reporting solutions for healthcare, announced today that it has formed a strategic partnership with e-MDs, a leading provider of electronic health records (EHRs) and practice management (PM) solutions.

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