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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Indiana hospitals use state HIE messaging service

Physicians and patients at the Howard Regional Health System and St. Joseph Hospital can now benefit from clinical information exchanged through Indiana Health Information Exchange's (IHIE) DOCS4DOCS service.

Report: EHR adoption will be spurred by penalties, not incentives

With a $36 billion injection into health IT through the stimulus fund, the federal government hopes to create a digital healthcare infrastructure that reduces costs and improves quality. While many have their eyes on the carrot, the big stick of penalty payments are actually much more of a incentive for hospitals and physicians to comply, according to an analysis from PriceWaterhouseCoopers' Healthcare Research Institute.

TeraMedica aligns with Compressus

TeraMedica Healthcare Technology is partnering with Compressus to deliver an enterprise approach to providing a data management and unified view to a resident EMR system.

CRM: Transradial PCI in STEMI proves safe, effective in five-year experience

The transradial approach is a safe and effective way to treat ST-segment-elevation MI (STEMI) patients during PCI procedures, compared to a transfemoral approach, according to a retrospective, five-year study in the April-June issue of Cardiovascular Revascularization Medicine. In fact, site-related complications are less common with this approach.

Legislators seek to increase DXA reimbursement

In an effort to protect patient access to osteoporosis testing, lawmakers have introduced the Medicare Fracture Prevention and Osteoporosis Testing Act of 2009 to reverse the cuts in Medicare for dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA).

FDA clears wireless DR for Carestream

The FDA has granted marketing clearance to Carestream Health for its DRX-1 system, a wireless digital radiography (DR) detector.

Hospital CIOs eye new technologies, despite shaky budgets

CHICAGOImplementing clinical systems, including an EMR and computerized physician order entry (CPOE) systems, was cited as the top priority for health IT professionals who responded to the 20th Annual Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Leadership Survey, which was presented Monday at the annual conference.

Report: 67% of physician offices do not use EMRs

With the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 offering incentives to physicians to adopt EMR systems in their offices, a new research survey released by SK&A Information Services reveals that 67 percent of medical offices with four or more physicians do not currently use EMR software.

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