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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Washington AG rules against EHR donations from labs

Washington state's attorney general (AG) has ruled that a donation of money by a clinical lab to physicians to defray the cost of an EHR violates the state’s anti-rebate law when the donations are made to physicians who refer specimens to those labs.

KLAS ranks vendors' 2012 performance in nearly 100 categories

Market research firm KLAS released its 2012 rankings of health IT vendors and what they have to offer. Nearly 1,000 products and services were considered for the report and a variety of healthcare executives, managers and department heads from more than 6,000 organizations contributed a total of 19,802 unique evaluations to inform rankings.

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Weekly roundup: ONC celebrates 2012, rallies for 2013

The Office of the National Coordinator of Health IT (ONC) held its annual meeting this week, reviewing its 2012 achievements and looking to next year’s goals. “If we thought healthcare was just fine, we wouldn’t be here today,” said Farzad Mostashari, MD, ScM.

Mostashari: 'We have the wind at our backs'

“If we thought healthcare was just fine, we wouldn’t be here today,” said Farzad Mostashari, MD, ScM, national coordinator of health IT, speaking at the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT’s (ONC) annual meeting on Dec. 12.

ONC: EHR adoption, MU efforts continue to increase

Physician adoption of EHRs and other electronic tools to help improve care, safety and coordination of healthcare continues to rise, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) reported in a data brief.

Mount Sinai wins HIMSS Davies Award of Excellence

Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York City is the winner of the Health Information Management and Systems Society's (HIMSS) 2012 Enterprise HIMSS Davies Award of Excellence. Since 1994, the Nicholas E. Davies Award recognizes excellence in health information technology, specifically excellence in use of the EHR to successfully improve quality of care and patient safety.

ONC updates health IT dashboard to include EHR incentives data

The health IT dashboard, an interactive online supplement to public data available from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, now includes summary data on the Medicare EHR incentive programs.

EHR adoption rate for office-based docs maintains forward momentum

EHR adoption rates among office-based providers continued ticking upward in 2012, the second year of the incentive program for demonstrating Meaningful Use. More than 70 percent of National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey respondents reported using EHRs, according to a December data brief from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 

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