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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ONC corrects 2015 Edition proposed rule

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT has made corrections regarding four certification criteria to its proposed rule for the voluntary 2015 Edition of EHR technology certification criteria.

EHR adoption varies state to state

EHR adoption continues to rise nationwide, but a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reveals considerable variation in adoption state to state.

Former Health IT Coordinator Blumenthal discusses ‘brokenness’ of healthcare

The reason why the medical profession has been slow to adopt technology at the point of care is that there is an asymmetry of benefits, David Blumenthal, MD, MPP, former national coordinator of health IT, said in an interview published in The Atlantic.

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MU payments top $24B

The federal government has now paid out more than $24 billion in incentives through the Meaningful Use program, National Coordinator for Health IT, Karen DeSalvo, MD, MPH, MSc, said at a Federal Trade Commission event.

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This week in health IT: Four things to know

The findings of a survey released this week seem to encapsulate the dilemma EHRs pose: physicians find them both promising and frustrating.

HIMSS14: Image Enable Your EMR

Sponsored by Vital, a Canon Group company

Clinical Innovation + Technology was on hand at HIMSS14 to cover healthcare IT trends. We stopped in the Vital Images booth to learn more about images and the EMR.

FDB MedsTracker® Achieves 2014 Edition Modular EHR Health IT Certification from ICSA Labs

South San Francisco, CA – March 20, 2014 – First Databank (FDB), a leading provider of integrated drug knowledge, today announced the company’s medication reconciliation solution, FDB MedsTracker, has achieved 2014 Edition Ambulatory and Inpatient Modular EHR ONC Health IT Certification. The solution was certified on by ICSA Labs, an Office of the National Coordinator-Authorized Certification Body (ONC-ACB) and is compliant in accordance with the criteria adopted by the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS).

VA, DoD look to seamlessly integrate EHRs by 2017

The Department of Veterans Affairs is working to achieve seamless integration of its VistA EHR with the Department of Defense’s separate system by 2017, VA Secretary Eric Shinseki told Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs during its FY 2015 budget hearing.

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