Electronic Health Records (EHR, EMR)
More than 30 organizations from across Canada are forming partnerships in a $15.5 million series of initiatives aimed at preventing chronic disease – a challenge that the United States is also tackling. Electronic health records play a critical role in Canada's plan.
It's time to revive the discussion of electronic health record software in light of the new federal regulations that define criteria for meaningful use and also set criteria for the EHR technologies that must be implemented by doctors and hospitals in order for them to become, and be paid for being, "meaningful users of certified EHR technology."
It may seem unlikely today, but within the next 10 years there will be widespread use of electronic health records across the country, the nation's health IT chief predicted Thursday.
On Feb. 3, IBM announced that it will acquire leading healthcare Master Data Management vendor Initiate for an undisclosed sum. The healthcare IT sector is white hot right now, so it is likely IBM paid a pretty penny for Initiate.
Butler Health System in Butler, Pa., has deployed a new patient portal to help its more than 200 affiliated physicians achieve “meaningful use.”
A gap exists between policymakers' expectations that electronic medical records can improve coordination of patient care and clinicians' real-world experiences with EHRs, according to a study by the Center for Studying Health System Change.
The Owen Clinic, located at the University of California in San Diego, is using a new customizable electronic medical record to meet the specific needs of its HIV patients.
By offering its members a patient portal through clearinghouse provider Office Ally, Blue Shield of California is hoping for greater adoption of the tool.
A survey sponsored by the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) and Dell has found that the data centers of small and medium-sized hospitals in North America, Europe, and China are not prepared for the "wave of data" that will soon be inundating them.
Three more hospitals have been recognized for attaining Stage 7, the highest level on the HIMSS Analytics Adoption Model.