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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Lay of the land

The annual HIMSS conference always serves as a great barometer of the top concerns in the health IT arena.  

ONC: 76% of hospitals using basic EHR

EHR adoption continues to increase with the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT revealing that 76 percent of non-federal acute care hospitals in 2014 adopted at least a basic EHR system with clinician notes—a 27 percent increase from 2013.

EHR, CDS can help improve childhood obesity treatment

EHR data can be for childhood obesity interventions, according to a study published in JAMA Pediatrics. 

CPSI establishes EHR-focused subsidiary

CPSI, EHR systems and services provider, has formed Evident, a wholly owned subsidiary that will provide EHR solutions previously sold under the CPSI name as well as an expanded range of offerings targeted specifically at rural and community healthcare organizations.

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Kaiser Permanente expanding its Atlanta presence

Kaiser Permanente has announced plans to open a new IT campus in Atlanta that create approximately 900 new IT jobs by 2019. 

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Jonathan Bush on MU: A big joke that is actively unproductive

CHICAGO--athenahealth’s Jonathan Bush had some harsh words for the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT, Meaningful Use and interoperability when speaking to Clinical Innovation + Technology during the 2015 HIMSS Annual Conference & Exhibition.

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ONC panel addresses MU criticism

CHICAGO—A panel of leaders from the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT shared their recent accomplishments and future plans while diplomatically fielding questions about criticisms of the just-released Meaningful Use Stage 3 proposed rule.

Survey shows EHR skepticism increasing among U.S. doctors

Most U.S. doctors are more proficient using EMRs than they were two years ago, but fewer believe that EMRs have improved treatment decisions, reduced medical errors or improved health outcomes.

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