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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For now, Obama admin bests Va. healthcare reform challenge

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit curtly handed down an opinion in the Obama administrations favor by vacating and remanding the Commonwealth of Virginias challenge to the constitutionality of the individual mandate provision in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA).

California Gov. signs identity theft protection bill into law

Sen. Joe Simitians (D-Calif.) identity theft protection bill became law last week as California Gov. Jerry Brown signed California Senate Bill 24, which gives consumers the information they need to help prevent identity theft.

athenahealth unveils cloud-based service

athenahealth, a developer of cloud-based business services for physician practices, released athenaCoordinator, a new cloud-based service designed to address systemic breakdowns that have prevented care coordination across the healthcare supply chain.

ANSI selects AHIMA to assist with informatics standards

The American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) has been delegated to the role of secretariat for the International Organization for Standardizations Technical Committee 215 (ISO/TC 215) on health informatics by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI).

Personal Health Records at the Crossroads

In an integrated healthcare world, a personal health record (PHR) provides a secure, patient-accessible destination for clinicians to deliver information to patients from an EHR or EMR. Much depends on how theyre used and by whom. And the question still remains: Will people embrace them?

HIMSS EHR Association elects leaders to tackle industry challenges

The HIMSS Electronic Health Record Association (EHR Association), a collaboration of 42 EHR suppliers, announced new leadership for the coming year following its annual elections in June.

Q&A: Parkland's Medicare crisis through the eyes of its clinical engineer chief

Threatened with cutoff from Medicare reimbursements due to numerous safety violations, Parkland Hospital in Dallas has been working hard to heal its own wounds. Its clinical engineering department has played a crucial role in the effort. In an interview with Healthcare Technology Management, the departments director, Tom Collins, encouraged others to learn from the intense experience his team is living through as Parkland's compliance deadline approaches.

GE selects Clerity as systems integration partner

Clerity Healthcare, an IT solutions provider, has been selected by GE Healthcare as an exclusive systems integration technical solutions provider for GE Centricity Practice Solution and Centricity EMR customers.

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