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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CMS proposal requires chronic care providers to use 2014 CEHRT

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ proposed physician fee schedule for the 2015 calendar year includes provisions requiring physician practices that offer chronic care management services to Medicare beneficiaries to use EHRs certified to at least the 2014 edition.

WEDI Announces Meaningful Use Webinar Series in Collaboration with the Centers for Medicaid & Medicare Services

Reston, VA, July 07, 2014--The Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI), the nations leading nonprofit authority on the use of health IT to create efficiencies in healthcare information exchange, announced today its summer webinar series with the Centers for Medicaid & Medicare Services (CMS) titled Getting the Most Out of Meaningful Use. The three-part webinar series will begin Tuesday, July 15th and will include a series of presentations with Q&A to help providers, vendors and other interested parties prepare to meet meaningful use including the revised implementation timeline and requirements.

ONC updates testing program for EHRs

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT has released updates to the 2014 Edition Test Method, which covers EHR test procedures, test data and test tools.

$162M plan to update VA's VistA

ASM Research, an Accenture Federal Services Company, has been awarded a three-year, $162 million contract from the Department of Veterans Affairs to support the Veterans Health Information Systems and Technology Architecture Clinical Application and Enterprise Core Services.

iPatientCare Partner, TransFirst, to Bring Efficiency and Automation to Patient Payment Process

Woodbridge, NJ--July 01, 2014--iPatientCare, Inc., a pioneer in mHealth and cloud based ambulatory EHR, Integrated Practice Management and Patient Portal Solutions, announced its partnership with TransFirst to provide a fully-integrated patient payment solution.

AHIMA: Poor documentation risky to patient health

Clean, granular and accurate data is the foundation for many other information technology processes and procedures, which underscores the need for good clinical documentation.

Philips and Salesforce.com Announce a Strategic Alliance to Deliver Cloud-Based Healthcare Information Technology

AMSTERDAM and SAN FRANCISCO, June 26, 2014 -- In a move to accelerate the transformation of the healthcare industry, Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG AEX: PHIA) and salesforce.com (NYSE: CRM) today announced a strategic alliance to deliver an open, cloud-based healthcare platform, leveraging Philips' leading positions in medical technology, clinical applications and clinical informatics and salesforce.com's leadership in enterprise cloud computing, innovation and customer engagement.

Study: Advanced EHRs save on patient care

Hospitals that use advanced EHRs have lower cost-per-patient admission than comparable hospitals with similar case mix, according to a recent study.

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