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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athenahealth revenues jump 27%

Cloud-based EHR vendor athenahealth has reported a 27 percent increase for the three months ended March 31, 2015. 

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Senate committee forms EHR working group

Senate health committee Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) and ranking member Patty Murray (D.-Wash.) announced a bipartisan, full committee working group to identify ways to improve EHRs. 

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Choose your EHR trainers carefully

Volunteer EHR trainers seem to be more effective than those who are appointed by management, according to a story published in BMC Medical Informatics & Decision Making. 

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Even as incentives end, EHR market expected to keep growing

Despite the end of Meaningful Use incentive money, the EHR market is likely to continue grpwing over the next four years, according to a report from Kalorama Information. 

DoD looks to partner with Silicon Valley

The Department of Defense will establish its own digital service team to help build partnerships with the private sector on IT and data.

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Burwell in the hot seat in Senate hearing on MU, ICD-10

The Senate continued its examination of health IT issues during a Senate Appropriations subcommittee hearing that put Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell in the hot seat, fielding questions about Meaningful Use and the ICD-10 transition.

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More government data

This week in health IT, the federal government revealed interesting information related to EHR adoption and hospital ratings.

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Lay of the land

The annual HIMSS conference always serves as a great barometer of the top concerns in the health IT arena.  

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