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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Mobile users have better EHR experiences

A survey of more than 600 physicians crossing specialties and practice size found that those using EHRs on mobile devices are better at using EHRs and get more out of them than those using desktop or laptop computers.

BlueStep/BridgeGate Health Rebrands, Unveils Fully Interoperable EHR for LTPAC

SALT LAKE CITY, Oct. 21, 2014-- BlueStep/BridgeGate Health, a provider of clinical and interoperable technology for healthcare, announced today it is rebranding to VorroHealth. Vorro is an Italian word that loosely translates to wish, willingness or intention. 

PointClickCare Launches Integrated Direct Messaging Enrollment at LeadingAge Annual Meeting & Expo 2014

NASHVILLE, Tenn.--PointClickCare, the leading cloud-based software platform for the senior care market, announced today that enrollment is now available for its secure Integrated Direct Messaging tool. 

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Delbanco: OpenNotes is ‘contagious’

BOSTON—Since OpenNotes first was implemented in Boston, rural Pennsylvania and Seattle in 2010, the number of patients with access to their notes has swelled from 19,000 to nearly 4.5 million as more organizations join the movement, according to speakers at the 2014 AMDIS Fall Symposium.

Nurses' dissatisfaction with EHRs at 'all-time high'

About 92 percent of nurses are dissatisfied with EHR systems, according to the Black Book EHR Loyalty survey, which polled nearly 14,000 registered nurses from 40 states.

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$11B DoD EHR bid coming to an end

It's the last chance for potential bidders for the Department of Defense’s $11 billion contract to replace its EHR system to submit an application.

Practice Fusion Expands to Puerto Rico, Adding New Partners ASSERTUS, Atlantic Pathology and HRP Labs

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 9, 2014--Practice Fusion, the nation's largest cloud-based electronic health records (EHR) platform, today announced strategic partnerships with three of Puerto Rico's premier health service companies, ASSERTUS Inc., Atlantic Pathology and HRP Labs.  The partnerships are part of Practice Fusion's effort to support the region's doctors and their ability to participate in the healthcare ecosystem.

NoteSwift Expands Partnership in Allscripts Developer Program

Boston, MA, October 15, 2014 -- NoteSwift Inc. announced today the availability of NoteSwift™ for Allscripts TouchWorks® EHR. NoteSwift is the bridge between the EHR and Dragon Medical and interprets speech either as commands that a clinician can use to navigate the TouchWorks Note module, or as content to be inserted into the patient note.

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