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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Carnegie Mellon study links EMR use to 30% reduction in Rx errors

Advanced EMRs can significantly impact patient safety, reducing medication error-related events by 30 percent as well as events caused by complications by 25 percent, according to a study from Cargenie Mellon University published in the Social Science Research Network.

iCare Announces Partnership with ZirMed

San Francisco, CA, November 15, 2014 -- iCare, the enterprise cloud EHR provider, today announced it will be partnering with ZirMed®, the premier cloud-based enterprise business and clinical performance solution for healthcare.

Texas CFO convicted of MU fraud

The former CFO of a Texas hospital has pled guilty to lying before a U.S. Magistrate Judge when attesting to successful meaningful use of an EHR, even though the organization did not meet Meaningful Use requirements.

IOM report calls for more data elements in EHRs

The Institute of Medicine has issued a report calling for 12 elements of standardized social and behavioral data to be included in EHRs as well as changes in certfication and Meaningful Use requirements based on the increase in data gathering.

Cerner breaks ground on new campus, promises 16,000 jobs

EHR powerhouse Cerner has broken ground on a new campus and promises 16,000 new jobs over the next decade.

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More concerns, more breaches

This week saw data breaches, new reports on telehealth and the ongoing saga of Karen DeSalvo’s role as head of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT.

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Allscripts to pay $9.7M in EHR reseller dispute

A North Carolina judge has ordered Allscripts Healthcare Solutions to pay more than $9.7 million in an arbitration award to settle a 19-month lawsuit with a health IT services provider over its former EHR system.

Global EHR use could save $78B

EHRs could save the global healthcare industry as much as $78 billion over the next five years.

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