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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NEJM: Less than 2% of hospitals have comprehensive EHRstimulus might help

Although the consensus is that EHRs have the potential to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of U.S. healthcare providers, less than 2 percent of acute-care hospitals have implemented a comprehensive EHR; further, less than 8 percent have a basic EHR in place, according to a study published online March 25 in the New England Journal of Medicine that is scheduled for publication in the April 16 print edition.

HL7 participates in new charter to develop informatics standards

Health Level Seven (HL7) has joined the new Standards Development Organization (SDO)Charter Organization (SCO) to increase coordination and collaboration on healthcare informatics standards development.

aycan enters Hungarian market

aycan, together with its partner Xerox, has launched its aycan xray-print solution in Hungary, with its first install at St. Janos Hospital in Budapest.

Report: Mammo procedures decline 16% from 2000 to 2008

X-ray mammography procedures in the United States saw a 2 percent dip last year, from 37.3 million procedures in 2007 to 36.7 million procedures in 2008, according to a report published by healthcare marketing research company IMV Medical Information Division.

HHS launches new office to help distribute stimulus funds

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has created the Office of Recovery Act Coordination, to help ensure the timely, organized and transparent distribution of an estimated $137 billion in American Recovery & Reinvestment Act funds under its management.

SIR: Adult stem cells may be viable for PAD therapy

Interventional radiologists are establishing how to use stem cells to create new or more blood vessels to treat peripheral arterial disease (PAD) in individuals with extensively narrowed or clogged arteries. Recent successful techniques use imaging to view and locate transplanted stem cells, and to confirm that they remain alive in the body once injected, according to a study presented at the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) annual conference this week in San Diego.

SIR: Interventional radiology makes childbirth safer

Interventional radiology treatments are making childbirth safer for women who have C-sections that are complicated by massive bleeding and for those who suffer from the pregnancy condition of "invasive" placenta, according to two studies released at the annual meeting of the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) this week in San Diego.

SIR: GE, Steris align to provide interventional suites

GE Healthcare has entered into collaboration with Steris, a surgical technology company, to offer Steris products in its interventional suites. The partnership was announced at the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) annual meeting this week in San Diego.

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