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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BT to Offer Medsphere’s OpenVista Electronic Health Record

IRVING, Texas & CARLSBAD, Calif.--Medsphere Systems Corporation and BT have reached an agreement in which they will jointly promote Medsphere’s OpenVista® EHR under a software-as-a-service (SaaS) model, relieving hospitals of many costly and burdensome IT responsibilities.

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2015 off to rocky start for MU

Meaningful Use is in the headlines again and not in a good way.

Calif. hospital earns EMRAM Stage 7

Children’s Hospital of Orange  County (CHOC Children's Hospital) in Orange, Calif., has earned HIMSS Analytics' Stage 7 Award, the highest level on the Electronic Medical Records Adoption ModelSM (EMRAM), which is used to track EHR progress at hospitals and health systems.

Practice Fusion and OptimizeRx Partner to Help Providers Improve Patients' Access and Adherence to Medication

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 13, 2015-- Practice Fusion, the #1 cloud-based electronic health record (EHR) for doctors and patients, announced an agreement with OPTIMIZERx Corporation (OTCQB: OPRX) to integrate its patient savings and support system into the Practice Fusion EHR.

Federal officials paint rosier picture of MU Stage 2 attestations

Although reports so far on Meaningful Use Stage 2 progress appear bleak, federal health officials counter that the majority of providers eligible to attest to MU Stage 2 already have done so.

ACP offers recommendations for improved documentation

The American College of Physicians has issued recommendations for improving clinical documentation in EHRs to combat 'note bloat'--overloading of extraneous data.

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Volunteers sought for virtual clipboard initiative

Several organizations led by the Sullivan Institute for Healthcare Innovation are seeking volunteers for a virtual clipboard initiative designed to facilitate the patient intake process, including automating the collection of critical health insurance and demographic information.

Associations welcome renewed Flex-IT Act

Legislators have reintroduced the Flexibility in Health IT Reporting (Flex-IT) Act of 2015, a bipartisan bill granting the nation's healthcare providers additional flexibility in meeting Meaningful Use requirements through a shortened reporting period in 2015.

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