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: Physician EMR use rose slightly in 2009

Physicians have been increasingly adopting EMR systems, with an estimated 43.9 percent of physicians using a fully or partially functional EMR system in their office-based practices in 2009, according to an annual survey from the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS).

Social Security awards $17.4M in ARRA contracts for EMRs

Fifteen healthcare providers and networks have received $17.4 million in contract awards funded through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) to provide EMRs to their agency, Michael J. Astrue, commissioner of the Social Security Administration, has announced.

HealthTech acquires MedHost

HealthTech Holdings, a healthcare technology holding company and parent of Healthcare Management Systems, has acquired MedHost, a provider of emergency department information systems, for an undisclosed sum.

Thomas added to SRSsoft's board of directors

EMR provider SRSsoft has appointed David Thomas to its board of directors.

McKesson, HP bundle EHR technologies

A collaboration between McKesson and HP was formed to offer physicians McKessons EHR/practice management systems bundled with HP office hardware.

Circulation: Fully automatic 3D software shows promise in cath lab

A fully automatic 3D reconstruction software has compared favorably to 2D x-ray images in the cath lab, while also contributing new clinical information about patients' coronary anatomy, according to a feasibility study reported Jan. 26 online in Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions.

Report: SaaS, speech recognition keys to EHR vendors' success

EHR vendors must incorporate software-as-a-service (SaaS) and speech recognition services into their product portfolio if they wish to take advantage of market opportunities in 2010 EHR market, according to a report by market research firm Ovum.

NextGen begins EHR certification program

EHR provider NextGen Healthcare Information Systems has begun its NextGen Certified Health IT Consultant Program, in order to provide NextGen certification training to the health IT consulting community and to regional extension centers on NextGen EHR, NextGen EPM and ancillary modules.

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