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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Global EHR use could save $78B

EHRs could save the global healthcare industry as much as $78 billion over the next five years.

AMA holds steady on MU stance

The American Medical Association continues to call for the governmnt to halt penalties in the Meaningful Use program, saying that full interoperability, which is not widely available, is necessary to achieve the goals of EHRs.

VA patients derive value and benefit from OpenNotes

A preliminary assessment showed that access to clinical notes via the Department of Veteran Affairs’ OpenNotes program proved beneficial for patients, according to a study published in the American Medical Informatics Association.  

Modernizing Medicine Closes First $15M Tranche of Expected $20M Round of Funding

BOCA RATON, Fla.--Modernizing Medicine, Inc., the creator of the Electronic Medical Assistant®(EMA™), a cloud-based, specialty-specific electronic medical record (EMR) system, announced that it has closed on approximately $15M of an expected $20M funding round

Rite Aid and HealthSpot Announce Plans to Pilot HealthSpot Stations

CAMP HILL, Pa.--Rite Aid announced today it has entered into an agreement with HealthSpot®, a pioneer in patient and provider driven healthcare technology, to provide convenient healthcare services via private, walk-in HealthSpot stations inside select Rite Aid locations. Rite Aid will pilot the HealthSpot stations in the greater Akron/Canton, Cleveland and Dayton/Springfield markets.

Wolters Kluwer Health Teams up with Amazing Charts/Pri-Med to Enhance Prescription Workflow and Patient Education through EHRs

HUDSON, Ohio--Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading global provider of information for healthcare professionals and students, is expanding its relationship with Amazing Charts, a division of Pri-Med™, to further both organizations’ missions of enhancing prescription workflow and patient education. 

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Low attestation stirs the pot

Meaningful Use numbers announced during this week's Health IT Policy Committee meeting stirred the pot when it comes to calls for more flexibility and loosening up the timeframe for the incentive program.

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DeSalvo remains committed to ONC goals

During the Nov. 4 Health IT Policy Committee meeting, Karen DeSalvo, MD, MPH, MSc, national coordinator for health IT, thanked everyone for their support and reiterated her continued leadership at the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT after being named acting assistant secretary for health.

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