Electronic Health Records (EHR, EMR)

Several experts contend that the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT is attacking the wrong problems and the last thing anyone needs is more prescriptive regulation about EHR functionality, usability and quality measurement.

The research firm also said that with more than 1,000 products in the health IT space, the current market is unsustainable and hospitals should expect more vendor mergers and acquisitions in the near future.

'Our technology to produce data from genetic medicine is far more advanced than our ability to use it in a clinical environment.'

Stage 7 is the pinnacle in the move to high-functioning EHRs.

Enables health boards in Scotland to share health information.

Electronic health records increasingly include automated alert systems.

Even if the Department of Veterans Affairs were to switch from its Vista system, the basis of Medsphere’s OpenVista EHR, Medsphere would continue to thrive, Irv Lichtenwald said.

The consensus that EHR vendors and profit-hungry hospitals are intentionally making it hard for patients and outside providers to access information is based on evidence – much of it put forth by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT – that is primarily anecdotal. 

Universities are key incubators of "early-stage, high-risk, high-yield research that transfers to the private sector."

U.S. Federal Trade Commission said that the cloud-based electronic health record vendor misled patients into sharing sensitive medical without knowing it could be posted in a public-facing provider directory.