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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Viztek scores N.Y. PACS/DR order

Viztek has installed its Opal-Ortho PACS software and U-Arm DR system at North Shore Orthopedic Surgery and Sports Medicine in Smithtown, N.Y.

AJMC: EHRs help keep cardiac patients healthy

An EHR program cut cardiac deaths by 73 percent through linking coronary artery disease patients and teams of pharmacists, nurses, primary care doctors and cardiologists with an EHR. It also kept the patients healthy two years after they left the program by keeping them in touch with their caregivers electronically, according to a randomized trial published in this month's American Journal of Managed Care.

Governors' alliance advises states on health IT adoption

The National Governors Association's State Alliance for e-Health Tuesday issued a report, which is intended to give interim guidance to state leaders as they begin to implement the Health IT for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act included in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009.

GE deploys RIS/PACS at LSU

Louisiana State University (LSU) Health System will deploy GE Healthcare's RIS, PACS and diagnostic reporting system.

Allscripts, Merge align for image enhanced' EHRs

Healthcare IT developer Allscripts has selected Merge Healthcare's Cedara WebAccess software application to "image enhance" Allscripts' EHR solutions.

Agfa HealthCare books Q2 sales slip

Agfa Healthcare recorded a 5.8 percent slide in sales for its fiscal 2009 second quarter and attributed the downturn in part to the overall global economic slump.

Angio procedures grow at 4.5% clip, looks up for angio system vendors

From 2004 to 2008, total procedures performed in angio labs grew 20 percent, from four million in 2004 to 4.8 million procedures in 2008 for hospitals with 150 beds or more, resulting in an average annual growth rate of 4 to 5 percent, according to a report from market research firm IMV.

Maine to deploy statewide EHR

The State of Maine is planning to go live this week with a statewide EHR network, HealthInfoNet, which will connect 15 hospitals, three health clinics and the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention.

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