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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Boston's Tufts Medical Center awards Jonathan Bush for visionary leadership

Tufts Medical Center will award the Ellen M. Zane Award for Visionary Leadership to athenahealth Chairman and CEO Jonathan Bush.

Probst: Healthcare ready to transition to 'something better'

The U.S. healthcare system is “in a good position to transition to something better” than Meaningful Use, according to Marc Probst, CIO of Intermountain Healthcare.

HITPC finalizes 4 key recommendations for HIT comparison tool

The co-chairs of the Certified Technology Comparison Task Force presented their recommendations for a national health IT comparison tool during the Jan. 20 Health IT Joint Committees meeting.

athenahealth partners with medical center for inpatient EHR

athenahealth and University of Toledo Medical Center are partnering to develop the vendor's EHR for deployment in the hospital, which will be the largest acute care hospital to use athenahealth's EHR, according to a Fortune report.

Ambulatory EHR market to grow by 30% within five years

The U.S. ambulatory EHR market is expected to grow by 30 percent over the next five years, according to analysis from Frost & Sullivan.

31 providers urge Burwell to rethink MU

A letter to Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell from 31 healthcare organizations addresses concerns about Meaningful Use (MU) and the current state of EHRs.

Basch offers recommendations to 'reconceptualize' MU

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services should “completely reconceptualize” the Meaningful Use program, say Peter Basch, MD, FACP, medical director for ambulatory EHR and health IT policy for MedStar Health, and Thomson Kuhn, senior systems architect at the American College of Physicians, writing on the Health Affairs blog.

Cleveland provider earns HIMSS Davies Award

The MetroHealth System of Cleveland, Ohio has been named a 2015 HIMSS Enterprise Davies Award recipient.  

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