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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McKesson upgrades ambulatory EHRs

Bright Note Technology is now available across the range of McKessons ambulatory EHR products for physician practices.

BMJ: EHRs could help flag patients for domestic abuse risk

EHRs could be used to predict a patients risk of suffering domestic abuse, according to research published Sept. 29 in the online version of the British Medical Journal.

LibertyHealth adds EDIMS system

EDIMS, a provider of interoperable emergency department information management systems for hospitals, said that LibertyHealth, a two-hospital health system in northern New Jersey, has launched the firm's nursing documentation and charge capture systems.

Report: No one formula guarantees health IT success

A new report from healthcare market research firm IDC Health Insights, which examines how Norwegian hospitals have adopted digital technologies, concludes there is no single formula for successful health IT implementations.

Image-Enabled EMRs Present Challenges, Future Hopes

With the national push toward EMR adoption being urged by the financial incentives of the HITECH Act and the mindset that now is the time, healthcare executives, physicians, clinicians, IT leaders and IT vendors are scrambling to define the ideal method of incorporating medical images, most often native to PACS, into the EMR while improving interoperability among departments and without creating additional storage burdens.

Webahn debuts voice, EMR iPhone apps

Healthcare IT software developer Webahn has launched two new iPhone applications for physicians: Capzule for Webahn's online EMR service, Capzule.com; and Accent, a voice recording application for the firm's online transcription service OvernightScribe.com.

N.Y. Hospital buys Siemens DR systemand charity benefits

John T. Mather Memorial Hospital in Port Jefferson, N.Y. has purchased a new direct radiography (DR) system and handed a sizeable check to a national charity at the same time.

Imris gets FDA clearance for MRI/angio suites

Imris has received FDA 510(k) approval for its IMRISNV and IMRIScardio, which have the capabilities of both MRI and x-ray angiography in a single suite.

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