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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Halamka, Tripathi weigh in on Stage 3 proposed rule

Commentary on the proposed rule for Meaningful Use Stage 3 keeps coming. CIO of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, John Halamka, MD, and Micky Tripathi, president and CEO of the Massachusetts eHealth Collaborative, penned their thoughts on the good, the bad and the ugly of the rule, which was published on Halamka's blog, Life as a Healthcare CIO.

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athenahealth shares high MU success rate, expanded guarantee program

Cloud-based EHR provider athenahealth's customers have successfully attested to Meaningful Use Stage 2 at a rate of 98.2 percent.

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Venture capitalist on Epic's opening up

EHR giant Epic Systems recently announced plans to open an app-type store. Steve Krupa, senior managing director of Psilos Group, a healthcare-focused venture capital firm and one with a portfolio company--PatientSafe Solutions--that will directly benefit from the Epic platform, spoke to Clinical Innovation + Technology about this development.

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Standardization Needed for EHR User Interfaces

While some EHR systems are more widely deployed than others, a broad variety of systems are in use at hospitals and practices across the country.

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Patient-Centered Care: Building the Connected Healthcare Enterprise

Sponsored by Sectra

CIOs and Health IT Leaders Talk Integration, Interoperability and Images.

Three associations react to Stage 3 proposed rule

Professional associations are reacting to the proposed rule for Meaningful Use Stage 3. Although the rule promises greater flexibility, there is a lot of skepticism.

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Wachter addresses IT's impact on relationships, safety

Patient safety expert Robert Wachter, MD, penned an op-ed in The New York Times lamenting the effect digitization is having on the practice of medicine.

Cerner, Intermountain Healthcare implement iCentra EHR

SALT LAKE CITY — March 19, 2015 — Cerner Corp. and Intermountain Healthcare announced today  the implementation of iCentra, a model electronic health record (EHR), practice management and revenue cycle system, at two Intermountain hospitals and 24 clinics across northern Utah.

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