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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UnitedHealth to invest $10M in Calif. critical access hospitals

UnitedHealth Group will invest $10 million to help Californias critical access hospitals improve their health IT systems and adopt EHRs.

IMV: RF procedures increase while installs decline over past decade

The number of patient visits accommodated by the radiographic fluoroscopy (RF) departments increased at a rate of 3.5 percent per year between 2004 to 2009, while the total RF installed base declined at a rate of 2 to 3 percent per year over the past decade, according to a report issued by market research firm IMV Medical Information Division.

Weno seeks ONC-ATCB status

Weno Healthcare has submitted its application to become an Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) authorized certification and testing body (ATCB) in an effort to increase overall adoption for certified EHR technology.

CCHIT, Drummond Group first to be approved as ONC-ATCBs

The Certification Commission for Health IT (CCHIT) has been recognized by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT as an Authorized Testing and Certification Body (ONC-ATCB) under the initial certification program created to certify that EHRs are capable of meeting the criteria to support meaningful use and qualify eligible providers and hospitals for funding under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

From the Editor: In Praise of Innovation, and a Plea for PHRs

Healthcare practitioners have a paradoxical reputation as both adept technology users and hidebound technology resisters. We found plenty of the former during our call for entries for the first CMIO Health IT Innovation Awards, which isnt surprising.

PHRs: Power to the Patients

It seems like such a simple idea: A patient-owned, electronic personal health record (PHR) that both patients and physicians can populate with data to create an accurate, comprehensive care picture and ensure the patient gets optimized care. After all, who knows more about a patient than that patient?

Health Affairs: EMR transition could take some time

The adoption of basic or comprehensive EHR systems by U.S. hospitals increased from 8.7 percent in 2008 to 11.9 percent in 2009, but only 2 percent of hospitals met the federal meaningful use standards needed to qualify for government financial incentives, according to an article published Aug. 26 in an advance online edition of Health Affairs.

GE donates EMR to Texas university

GE Healthcare is donating its Centricity Advance EMR platform to the University of Texas at Austin for educational purposes.

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