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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AAPM: Three modalities measure breast density, may predict cancer risk

Three different methodscone-beam CT, breast MRI and dual-energy mammography have proved accurate for measuring breast density, according to two post-mortem studies presented Sunday at the 52nd annual meeting of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) in Philadelphia.

Carestream lands multi-site installs in Midwest

Carestream Health will convert general radiology exam rooms and existing mobile x-ray imaging systems from CR to DR at Heartland Regional Medical Center in St. Joseph, Mo.

AMDIS: ONC advisor says meaningful use final rule achieves balance

OJAI, Calif.The goal was to make meaningful use ambitious, but achievable, said Farzad Mostashari, senior advisor for policy and programming at the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC), who clarified several points and answered many questions about meaningful use at the AMDIS Physician-Computer Connection Symposium Thursday.

AMDIS: Health execs initially pleased with meaningful use rules

OJAI, Calif.A first look at the 864-page final rule for Meaningful Use and EHR Certification shows that policymakers listened and responded to some physicians concerns, said speakers Pat Wise, RN, vice president of healthcare information systems at HIMSS, and Michael Zaroukian, MD, PhD, CMIO and associate professor of medicine at Michigan State University, during a presentation at the annual AMDIS Physician-Computer Connection Symposium Wednesday.

USPSTF recommends densitometry screening for some women younger than 65

Expanding their earlier recommendations on osteoporosis screening, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) has recommended that high-risk women under the age of 64 may be good candidates for densitometry screening.

ONC on EHR certifying bodies: Paradigm shifts ahead

Were in a transitional period between what the prior paradigm of testing certification included and what this new paradigm will include for purposes of meaningful use, said Steven Posnack, MHS, MS, director of the federal policy division at Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) during an informational call for health IT providers on the recently released final rule to establish a temporary certification program for EHR technology.

JACR: Algorithm slashes unnecessary ER cervical spine x-rays

The number of unnecessary cervical spine radiographs in the emergency department can be decreased with the addition of an imaging algorithm, according to a study published in the July edition of the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

Reimbursement rates jump near top of practice manager concerns

A survey of members of the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) shows that practice managers are concerned with three main challenges: dealing with rising operating costs; managing finances with the uncertainty of Medicare reimbursement rates; and selecting and implementing a new EHR system.

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