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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Survey: Only handful of respondents 'familiar' with ACOs

An Accountable Care Organization (ACO) Readiness Study, conducted by Beacon Partners, showed that 15 percent of respondents are very familiar with ACOs, and 61 percent reported they were only somewhat familiar with ACOs.

PwC: Healthcare is underprepared to protect patient info

The majority of health organizations are underprepared to protect patient privacy and secure data as new uses for digital health information emerge and access to confidential patient information expands, according to a report released by the Health Research Institute at PriceWaterhousCoopers (PwC).

CHIME pushes back on ONC's metadata rule

In response to an advanced notice of proposed rulemaking on the use of metadata standards to support health data exchange, the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) is urging government officials to study the complex issues more closely. It also urged continued work with industry partners to develop and test metadata standards before considering any broader action.

GE releases low-dose CT technology

GE Healthcares Veo, a low-dose CT technology, recently received FDA 510(k) clearance and is now available in the U.S. The CT technology utilizes model-based iterative reconstruction, and is available on GE Discovery CT750 HD systems in Europe, Canada and parts of Asia.

Health Affairs: Real benefit will come later from meaningful use, CPOE

A new studythe first study to evaluate the relationship between meaningful use for computerized medication ordering and hospital mortality ratesreleased online by Health Affairs, examines the potential impact on Medicare and Medicaid patients of the Stage 1 meaningful use EHR requirements.

IT leaders look back on first year of meaningful use

What does meaningful use look like one year later? That was the point of a discussion during a press briefing hosted by the College of Health Information Management Executives (CHIME), Health Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) and EHR Association in Washington, D.C., as industry leaders assessed year one of the Medicare & Medicaid EHR Incentive Program.

Rodriguez named HHS Office for Civil Rights director

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced that Leon Rodriguez has been appointed the director of the Office for Civil Rights (OCR).

Carestream launches mobile DR

Carestream Health has launched Carestream DRX-Revolution mobile x-ray system as a works-in-progress.

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FDA commissioner urges clinicians to join fight against medical misinformation

FDA Commissioner Robert Califf, MD, said the clinical community needs to combat health misinformation at a grassroots level. He warned that patients are immersed in a "sea of misinformation without a compass."

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