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. 

Reimbursement rates jump near top of practice manager concerns

A survey of members of the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) shows that practice managers are concerned with three main challenges: dealing with rising operating costs; managing finances with the uncertainty of Medicare reimbursement rates; and selecting and implementing a new EHR system.

HealthBridge opens Tri-State REC

HealthBridge, a nonprofit health information organization, has launched the Tri-State Regional Extension Center (REC) to help physicians and other medical professionals switch from paper records to EHRs.

Computer Zone, Prognosis team up for EMR technologies

Computer Zone and Prognosis Health Information Systems have partnered to deliver the Prognosis ChartAccess EMR and ancillary applications to hospitals via cloud computing or software-as-a-service model, supported by Computer Zones implementation methodology.

NQF now accepting quality data set model comments

The National Quality Forum (NQF) will be holding a public comment period on the Quality Data Set, an information model that defines concepts used in quality measures and clinical care to automate EHR use, through July 1.

Meaningful Metrics: The Patient Experience & the Baseline

A pair of recent Health Affairs studies offer some interesting insight: First, EMR adoption is farther along than you might expect, and many of those EMRs already meet a significant number of the criteria for meaningful use. Second, looking to the future, patients could have more of a say in EMRs.

Michigan childrens hospital chooses Shimadzu DR technology

The University of Michigan C.S. Mott Childrens Hospital has selected the Mobile DaRt Evolution with CXDI-60C, a digital mobile x-ray system by Shimadzu Medical Systems for installation in the Hospitals Holden neonatal intensive care unit.

Feature: Small breast lesions can be diagnosed with NIR optical tomography

As an adjunct therapy to ultrasound and mammography, near-infrared (NIR) optical tomography can serve as a safe, quick and noninvasive method that may aid in the accurate diagnosis of small indeterminate breast lesions, according to research published June 22 in Radiology. 

FDA clears Riverain's updated chest CAD technology

The FDA has granted approval for Riverain Medicals newest version of the OnGuard chest x-ray computer-aided detection (CAD) technology.

Around the web

The American College of Cardiology has shared its perspective on new CMS payment policies, highlighting revenue concerns while providing key details for cardiologists and other cardiology professionals. 

As debate simmers over how best to regulate AI, experts continue to offer guidance on where to start, how to proceed and what to emphasize. A new resource models its recommendations on what its authors call the “SETO Loop.”

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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