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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RECs to get more EHR funds for critical access, rural hospitals

David Blumenthal, MD, the national coordinator for health IT in the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC), has announced $12 million in new technical support assistance to help critical access hospitals and rural hospitals adopt and become meaningful users of certified health IT.

ONC awards contracts to track EHR progress

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) has awarded $3.9 million in contracts to provide ongoing data that will provide information on physician behavior regarding EHR purchase, implementation and adoption.

Harris: Thin majority of public supports healthcare reform

The Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act (PPACA) is viewed favorably by 51 percent of respondents in a poll judging President Obamas most important bills in the results of The Harris Poll of 2,566 adults surveyed online Jan. 17 to Jan. 24 by research firm Harris Interactive.

MobileMD brings HIE to Conn. hospital

The Charlotte Hungerford Hospital (CHH), a 109-bed, general acute care hospital based in Torrington, Conn., signed an agreement with health information exchange (HIE) company MobileMD to provide HIE and EHR systems to CHH and its healthcare community.

Florida med facility to install athenaCollector

St. Vincents HealthCare (SVHC), a nonprofit regional medical facility in Jacksonville, Fla., will deploy health IT company athenahealths cloud-based physician medical billing and practice management service, athenaCollector, to its network of medical providers.

EHR certification update 2.4.11

CMIO.net presents a weekly update of the EHR products certified by the Office of the National Coordinator of Health IT Authorized Testing and Certification Bodies (ONC-ATCBs). The following EHR certifications were announced recently:

NEJM: Healthcare reform needs work before 2014

Despite the heated rhetoric in Congress about repealing and replacing the Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act (PPACA), there is a dearth of productive ideas for improving on the legislation, according to a perspective paper published Jan. 19 online in the New England Journal of Medicine.

The AMDIS Connection: EHR Adoption? This Looks Like a Job for Super-users

Helping physicians and other eligible professionals adopt and make meaningful use of EHRs is a top priority for many CMIOs in 2011. The most obvious and proximate reason is the time-limited availability and front-loading of meaningful use incentive payments beginning this year. The longer term reason that will persist after meaningful use incentives expire is that EHR meaningful use is seen by CMS and other payors as essential to achieving national quality, value and healthcare reform goals.

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