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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Survey: Lagging progress in patient knowledge of EHRs

While EHR adoption is on the upswing, patient education does not appear to be keeping pace. Only 29 percent of U.S. adults with doctors have been informed that their medical records will be converted to digital format, according to a recent online survey conducted by Harris Interactive on behalf of Xerox.

Considering the future of EHRs and MU

This week AMDIS held its first fall symposium in Boston where the emphasis was on disruption, innovation and the future of health IT and EHRs.

Intermountain and Cerner Announce Strategic Partnership

With a shared vision to improve quality and make healthcare costs sustainable, Intermountain Healthcare and Cerner Corporation are announcing a multi-year strategic partnership. Drawing on Intermountain’s pioneering leadership in quality improvement and data analytics and Cerner’s expertise in information technologies, the multi-year partnership will implement the Cerner electronic medical record and revenue cycle solutions across all of Intermountain’s hospitals and clinics.

Republican senators request one year MU extension

Senate Republican Conference Chair John Thune (R-S.D.) and 16 other GOP senators sent a letter to HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius requesting a one-year extension of Meaningful Use Stage 2 on Sept. 25.

EHR allows for reduction in blood transfusions

A Minnesota hospital has cut the average amount of blood transfused by 14 percent since 2011 using a decision support tool in its EHR.

UC-Davis earns Davies award

University of California-Davis Medical Center in Sacramento is the winner of the 2013 Enterprise Davies Award of Excellence for its use of health IT, specifically EHRs.

Vitera Healthcare Solutions Receives Frost & Sullivan Award

Tampa, Florida – Sept. 17, 2013 – Vitera Healthcare Solutions, the nation’s premier provider of ambulatory electronic health records (EHR) and practice management software and services, announced today that it has earned the 2013 Customer Value Enhancement Award from Frost & Sullivan for providing outstanding customer value and helping physicians’ practices thrive in a complex, changing healthcare environment.

41% would switch doctors for EMRs

Forty-one percent of U.S. consumers are willing to switch physicians to gain online access to their own EMRs, according to a survey conducted by Accenture.

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