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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Epic to create app store for EHR add-ons

EHR vendor Epic Systems is getting ready to launch an app store for third-party developers to build add-ons for Epic’s core products. The store, reportedly called App Exchange, is seen as Epic’s response to criticisms that the Verona, Wis.-based company has been a hindrance to interoperability of patient data for healthcare organizations using systems from different vendors, according to the Wisconsin State Journal.

Pa. hospital earns Davies Award

St. Clair Hospital of Mt. Lebanon, Pa., has been named a 2014 HIMSS Enterprise Davies Award recipient.

Cerner, Mortara Introduce CareAware Waveform Management

Health IT vendor Cerner and development partner Mortara Instrument, a leading U.S. manufacturer of diagnostic cardiology instrumentation, including multi-parameter patient monitoring, have joined together to introduce CareAware Waveform Management, which displays waveforms and other physiological data from patient monitoring systems and integrates them into the EHR.

Practice Fusion Releases Online Check-In, eliminating the need for patients to fill out paper forms in the doctor’s office

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – Feb. 12, 2015 – Practice Fusion, the #1 cloud-based electronic health record (EHR) for doctors and patients, released Online Patient Check-In – a new service that lets patients complete traditional check-in forms from their phone, tablet, or computer before getting to the doctor’s office.

Deloitte introduces Evergreen EHR implementation

Deloitte Healthcare Practice has unveiled Evergreen, a "new approach" to EHR implementation and maintenance designed to help reduce hospital system IT costs as healthcare moves to a value-based model more reliant on clinical and enterprise data.

AMA ‘alarmed’ by low MU attestation rate

While federal officials are touting the high “retention rates” of hospitals in Meaningful Use, the American Medical Association remains highly critical of the entire direction of the program.

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Hospitals boasting high retention rates in MU program, officials say

Retention rates for hospitals in the Meaningful Use program are strong, federal officials told the Health IT Policy Committee on Feb. 10.

Kareo and digiChart Collaborate to Provide Specialized, Integrated Solutions for OB/GYN Practices

IRVINE, Calif.--Kareo, the leading provider of cloud-based medical office software for small medical practices, today announced it has entered into a partnership with digiChart, a provider of specialty-specific EHR technology for OB/GYN practices.

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