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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HITPC: Data dispel concerns about non-returning MU attesters

About 85 percent of Medicare early adopters have successfully attested to Meaningful Use for 2011, 2012 and 2013, reported Elisabeth Myers, policy and outreach lead at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ Office of eHealth Standards and Services during the Health IT Policy Committee on April 8.

IOM report says social, behavioral health 'vital' to care

The inclusion of social and behavioral health domains in EHRs is vital to providing crucial information to providers treating individual patients, to health systems concerned about the health of populations and to researchers involved in determining the effectiveness of treatment, according to a study from the Institute of Medicine.

EMR testimonials: Better for billing or better for patients?

Patients weigh in on the good, bad and ugly of EMRs, tackling whether they are mostly instruments to maximize patient billings, whether they interfere with physician-patient interactions and how they improve care coordination.

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Majority have EHR governance structure, advisory committees

Sixty percent of those who responded to an EHR governance study have a formalized EHR governance structure in place.

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Challenges and successes of EHR adoption

CHICAGO--In a presentation at the Human Factors and Ergonomic Society’s 2014 Symposium on Human Factors in Healthcare, Abel Kho, MD, MS, presented an update on the successful adoption of and challenges to implementing EHRs across the different regions of the country and locally in Chicago, as well as current rates of Meaningful Use attestation.

NIST report focuses on better integrating EHRs

The National Institute of Standards and Technology has issued a report that includes recommendations for developers and outpatient care centers to better integrate EHRs into clinical workflow.

Late-adopting specialists may struggle meeting MU Stage 2 requirements

Late-adopting primary care physicians may succeed at meeting requirements for downloading personal health information in Meaningful Use Stage 2, but specialists may struggle with achieving required thresholds, according to a study in the American Journal of Medical Quality.

AHIMA cautions about using copy-and-paste

A new position statement from the American Health Information Management Association warns industry stakeholders about the risky practice of copy and pasting within an EHR because that "can result in redundant, erroneous and/or incomprehensible health record documentation."

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