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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EHR Association updates Code of Conduct

The EHR Association has released Version 2 of the EHR Developer Code of Conduct after unanimous approval by the association’s member companies earlier this month.

HCI is HIMSS' first EMRAM education provider

The HCI Group, a healthcare IT services consultancy, is HIMSS' first official Electronic Medical Record Adoption Model (EMRAM) Global Education provider.

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Study: Doctors increasingly override drug allergy alerts in EHR

A consistent rise in physician overrides of drug allergy alerts in electronic health records (EHRs) highlights an urgent need for increased efforts to help reduce alert override rates and alert fatigue among doctors, according to results of a recent study published in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association.

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Carestream Shows Benefits of Image-Enabling EHR Systems At HIMSS Conference

Company Demonstrates Integration of Images Captured by Mobile Devices; Capabilities of Vendor-Neutral Physician Viewer and Patient Portal Modules.

Study finds advanced EHRs can reduce adverse events

Patients with fully electronic health records experienced fewer adverse events such as hospital-acquired infections, according to a study funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and published in the Journal of Patient Safety.

Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh wins HIMSS Davies Award

Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC has been named a 2015 HIMSS Enterprise Davies Award recipient.

EHNAC finalizes cloud certification program

The Electronic Healthcare Network Accreditation Commission (EHNAC) has finalized the criteria for Cloud-Enabled Accreditation Program (CEAP) along with the accreditation achievements of three cloud-computing vendors: FIGmd; HealthcarePays Network; and MedicaSoft.

Senate HELP committee passes bills with HIT impact

The Senate health committee kicked off the first of three committee meetings on its biomedical innovation agenda by passing seven bills with bipartisan support. The next meeting is scheduled for March 9, where the committee will debate and vote on at least five bipartisan bills.

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